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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 4, 2012—Printing Industries of America has three important events to announce: First, the 2012 Automation Solutions Network has just released their plans for their next meeting this September hosted by Japs-Olson Company. Also, Printing Industries Press is featuring the long-awaited Direct Mail Pal 2012, which includes invaluable information on the latest USPS regulations, as the April/May Book of the Month. Finally, we are holding three spring G7^® Certification/Training programs for color management. Please feel free to contact Kristina Iorio at Kiorio@printing.org or 412-259-1721 for more information regarding these or any news and events at Printing Industries of America.

he stakes have been raised! We are looking for the Graphic Finisher of the Year and Custom Loose Leaf/Information Packaging Company of the Year! Be sure to enter all of your best work!

There is still time to register for the annual Printing Industry Financial Executives (PIFE) Conference in St. Louis, MO April 1-3, 2012! 

At a meeting held prior to the Vision 3 Summit a group of industry leaders convened to explore opportunities to unify NAPL and PIA. This action was taken for several reasons: the economic conditions of the past several years, the ongoing contraction of the industry and a response to calls for action from membership and suppliers.

You only have a few days left to enter the WOA Print Awards. Don't let your company stand on the sidelines and watch your competitors pass you by. Face up to the challenge.

The 2012 Printing Industry Financial Executives (PIFE) Annual Conference will take place April 1–3 in St. Louis, Missouri. The PIFE Annual Conference is designed for anyone with financial oversight at a graphic communications company looking for practical ways to reduce operational costs and improve their customers' experience and satisfaction through process improvement. It is ideal for executives and managers playing a vital role in driving financial excellence.

The Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA) is excited to announce that the four keynotes for the 64th Annual Technical Conference are Marc Olin, senior vice president and general manager of EFI, Steve Simske, director and chief technologist, Hewlett-Packard Labs Inc., Patrice J. Mangin, professor, chemical engineering, University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières, and Mike Puyot, president, Memjet Wide Format Inc. The keynotes will discuss the future of the industry, security, the pulp, paper, and forest product industries and inkjet technologies at the TAGA Technical Conference, March 18–21, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville-Riverfront Hotel, in Jacksonville, FL.