picture factory visit

frame production

printing of the posters

American sports motives

These are pictures from the factory we visited on Wednesday. It was pretty interesting... essentially they make the pictures that you buy at Ikea or Walmart or Target or Costco that are framed prints, like roses or a bridge or whatever. They have high quality printing machines, make the frames themselves, put them together and then shrink wrap and label them. All the big box stores do is put it on the shelf. And we wonder where all the jobs go. Essentially, these guys make about $1 on every picture they sell. I asked the guy how many pictures he shipped in 2009... he said 10 million or something... pretty amazing stuff.