Great Lakes Association Merges Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin Groups
Founded in 1927, PII serves the print and graphic arts community in Illinois and Indiana. PII’s current membership is nearly 350 companies and is home to one of the largest concentrations of printers and print-related companies in the United States.
PIW is currently celebrating 125 years of operation. Established as the Milwaukee Typothetae in 1886, PIW expanded over the years to include other organizations such as the Ben Franklin Club, the Graphic Arts Association, and the Master Printers Association. Wisconsin is home to some of the largest printers in the United States, but also represents a wide range of different types of print processes such as sheetfed and web offset, flexographic, screen and rotogravure.
PII and PIW are both affiliates of the world’s largest graphic arts trade association, Printing Industries of America, which has more than 10,000 member companies worldwide. Printing Industries of America represents an industry with nearly one million employees.
About The Great Lakes Graphics Association
The Great Lakes Graphics Association is the trade association dedicated to representing the graphic arts industry throughout Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin through education, promotion, and public affairs. GLGA is headquartered in Pewaukee, WI, and is an affiliate member of Printing Industries of America.
About Printing Industries of America
Printing Industries of America is the world’s largest graphic arts trade association, representing an industry with approximately one million employees. It serves the interests of more than 10,000 member companies. Together with its nationwide affiliate network, Printing Industries delivers products and services that enhance the growth, efficiency, and profitability of its members and the graphic communications industry through advocacy, education, research and technical information.
Source: PIA.
