One of the many joys from being a part of the Product of the Year competition is the effort to make the judging for all categories as objective as possible – and nowhere is this more evident that in the Output device categories.

The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) and Printing Industries of America (PIA), which merged on May 1, 2020, today announce the new organization name as a combined company: PRINTING United Alliance. 

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.