The WTS had dreams of huge publisher increases like they had in the 70's and 90's. The year 2007 does not show huge publisher growth as was expected
As has already been mentioned on this site is the purchase of a large amount of printing equipment from MAN ROLAND in 2003
Here is a link http://www.ondemandjournal.com/sitesearch/article.cfm?id=10261
A quote from that site:
February 10, 2003 -- The international religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses has recently ordered seven LITHOMAN presslines from MAN Roland( Web Site Related Articles ), to be installed in its printing plants in England, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Japan (one press each) and the USA (two presses). Delivery of the order running in the middle of tens of million Euros are expected to take place from July 2003
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Did the WTS make a wise investment??. The awake mag is now once a month and the watchtower mag is going to be scaled back. What next? Also there is a slow down in new books published. (The book study is using the old revelation book - old light)
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