The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) and Printing Industries of America (PIA) today announce that, as of May 1, 2020, the two organizations will officially merge.

SGIA, NAPCO Media, and Printing Industries of America (PIA), and its affiliates have joined forces to launch a powerful resource channel dedicated to providing the printing and graphic communications industry with up-to-the-minute news and resources on COVID-19.

The Red Dot Award is an international design competition for product design, communication design and design concepts.

The International Sign Association is urging various state organizations and federal agencies to include sign and graphics companies as “essential businesses” or “critical infrastructure” as states and localities enact business closures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

A statement issued last week was meant to assure small businesses in the U.S. that they can pursue avenues to lessen the financial blow—current and future—caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Alexandria, Virginia-based International Digital Enterprise Alliance, better known as Idealliance, announces that Alexandra Batista, a senior student at Ryerson University in Toronto, has become the first Idealliance-certified Color Management Professional under the nonprofit's new Higher Education Membership Program.

Cal Poly's Graphic Communication Department will host International Graphic Communication Week from Tuesday through Friday, Jan. 21-24, in San Luis Obispo, California.

The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) today announced that longtime printing industry marketing and sales executive Jack Noonan has joined the organization as vice president of business development.

Fremont, California-based large-format printer and software manufacturer EFI announces that Dr. Douglas Edwards is its new chief technology officer. Edwards succeeds Ghilad Dziesietnik, who recently retired after 25 years with EFI.

After years of being on OSHA’s list of high hazard industries for amputations, the printing industry has been dropped from the list of targeted industries.