Professional Resources

Organized in 1948, TAGA is the only global professional technical association for the graphic arts industries. TAGA, which has over 300 individual members worldwide, also maintains the industry's best permanent set of technical papers and abstracts. TAGA serves the CTO, CIO, and R&D management personnel of printers, publishers, and premedia companies, as well as engineers and scientists employed by graphic arts systems and equipment providers, ink manufacturers, and paper manufacturers. TAGA focuses on graphic arts systems, software, and computer technology developments, as well as the more traditional areas of press, ink, and paper engineering applications. The association also provides guidance and support to its 12 active student chapters around the world, including chapters in Canada, France, Sweden, and Taiwan. TAGA's Annual Technical Conference provides students opportunities to participate in several competitions as well as an opportunity to meet prospective employers.

Mission: To provide a worldwide forum for sharing and disseminating theoretical, functional and practical information on current and emerging technologies for Graphic Arts print production and related processes.

Technical Association of the Graphic Arts 

TAGA
Printing Industries of America
200 Deer Run Road
Sewickley, PA 15143-2600
Phone: 412-259-1706
Fax: 412-259-1765
For general information, please send inquiries to: taga@printing.org

TAGA Officers

President
Paul Cousineau
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
US Route #1 & Ridge Rd.
P. O. Box 300
Princeton, NJ 08540-0003
Tel: (609) 520-4868
Fax: (609) 620-7206
Email: paul.cousineau@dowjones.com
(term expires 2013)

Executive Vice President
Dr. Don Duncan
Director of Research
Wikoff Color Corporation
1886 Merritt Road
Fort Mill, SC 29715
Tel:803-805-8385
Email: don.duncan@wikoff.com
www.wikoff.com
(term expires 2013)

Vice President, Technical Papers
Dr. Alexandra Pekarovicova
Western Michigan University
A-231 Parkview, CEAS, PCI
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5462
Fax: (269)276-3501
Email: a.pekarovicova@wmich.edu
(term expires 2012, 1^st term)

Vice President, Membership and Publicity
John Sweeney
Member Advisory Board
Color Logic, Inc.
74 Longuevue Dr
Pittsburgh, PA 15228
Phone: (412) 341-0698
Email: john@color-logic.com
(term expires 2012, 1^st term)

Vice President, Education
Dr. Martin Habekost
Assistant Professor
Ryerson University
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3
CANADA
Tel: 416-979-5000 x 6951
Email: mhabekos@ryerson.ca
(term expires 2012, 1^st term)

Secretary/Treasurer
Hal Stratton
Komori America Corporation
5520 Meadowbrook Industrial Court
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Tel: (847) 545-4030
Fax: (847) 806-0987
Email: hstratton@komori.us
(term expires 2013,1^st term)

Immediate Past President
Prof. Björn Kruse
Linköping University
Department of Science and Technology
Campus Norrkoping/ITN
Norrkoping S-601 74
SWEDEN
Fax: +46 4611363270
Email: bjokr@itn.liu.se
(term expires 2013)

TAGA Board of Directors 

Term Expires in 2012

Udi Arieli
Director, Digital Workflow and CIM Solutions
EFI, Inc.
Columbia Centre III
9525 Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 725
Rosemont, IL 60018
Tel: (847) 671-6140
Email: Udi.Arieli@efi.com

Eugene Langlais
Capricorn Research
17 Nathan Lord Road
Amherst, NH 03031
Phone: (603) 672-5384
elanglais@matterfixer.net
1^st term

Dr. Liam O' Hara
Clemson University
G-01 Tillman Hall
Clemson, SC 29634-1353
Fax: (864) 656-4808
Email: lohara@clemson.edu

John Seymour
Principal Engineer – Research
QuadTech
N64 W23110 Main Street
Sussex, WI 53089-3230
Tel: (414) 566-7853
Email: John.Seymour@quadtechworld.com
1^st term

Term expires in 2013 

Charles Gehman
Vice President, Product-Platforms
Mimeo.com
460 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016-7315
Email: cgehman@mimeo.com
1^st term

Dr.Yung-Cheng Hsieh
Professor and Dean
Department of Graphic Communication Arts
National Taiwan University of Arts
59, Section 1, Ta-kuang Road
New Taipei City, Pan-Chiao District 22058 
TAIWAN
Fax: 886-2-8969-7515
Email: ych@ntua.edu.tw

David Niles
Sappi Fine Paper North America
89 Cumberland Street
Westbrook, ME 04092
Fax: (207) 856-3739
Email: david.niles@na.sappi.com

Rick Riegger
Japs-Olson Company
7500 Excelsior Blvd.
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
Email: rriegger@japsolson.com

Term expires in 2014 

Brian Lawler
Assistant Professor
Graphic Communication Department
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, California 93407-0381
Fax: 805 756-7118
Email: blawler@calpoly.edu
1^st term

William Li
Color Technology Manager
Eastman Kodak Company
4225 Kincaid Street
Burnaby, BC, V5G 4P5
CANADA
Email: william.li@kodak.com
1^st term

Erwin Widmer
Managing Director
Ugra
Lerchenfeldstrasse 5
St. Gallen CH-9014
SWITZERLAND
Tel: +41 71 274 76 10
Fax: +41 71 274 76 63
Email: widmer@ugra.ch

Dr. Yu-Ju (Mandy) Wu
Appalachian State University
Assistant Professor Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology
Department of Technology and Environmental Design
120 Katherine Harper Hall
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
Tel: (828) 262 7984
Email: wuy@appstate.edu
1^st term

Staff

Managing Director
Dr. Mark Bohan
Printing Industries of America
200 Deer Run Road
Sewickley, PA 15143
Tel: (412) 259-1782
Email: mbohan@printing.org

Conference Assistant
Elise Cohen
Printing Industries of America
200 Deer Run Road
Sewickley, PA 15143
Tel: (412) 259-1713
Email: ecohen@printing.org