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Printing Industries of America is now accepting entries for the 2011 William D. Schaeffer award. This award recognizes an individual’s focus on advancing environmental awareness and action in the graphic communications industry. The deadline to enter is February 18, 2011, and is open to all members of the industry.

The Binding Industries Association (BIA) Conference, May 23–25, 2011, at the Omni Orlando in ChampionsGate, Florida, will have two in-depth plant tours to complement the many sessions at the conference. The two plants that will be toured are NIS Print and SunDance Marketing Solutions. 

In honor of International Printing Week, we've collected some thoughts from our Director of Graphic Services, Lloyd DeJidas. In this second installment, Lloyd talks about the current automation trend in the industry and how it impacts classic lithographic printing. Enjoy!

Tours of Harley-Davidson and Hallmark during the upcoming Continuous Improvement Conference will give attendees the rare opportunity to see how two major U.S. companies are using operational excellence and Lean manufacturing to reach higher levels of performance. These tours will showcase how to utilize just-in-time (JIT) production, high performance teams, metrics, problem solving and other applications of continuous improvement.

Pittsburgh, Pa., November 29, 2010—The Label Printing Industries of America (LPIA) is pleased to announce that John “Jack” Turan, Team Leader, Hammer Packaging Corporation, Rochester, NY, is the 10th inductee into the LPIA Hall of Fame. Turan was inducted during the November 2010 Fall Management Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

Printing Industries of America is pleased to announced that the first quarter 2011 meeting of the Automation Solutions Network (formerly the JDF User Group) will be held in Wilmington, DE, February 16–17, 2011, at Associates International, Inc. (Ai) (http://www.associatesinternational.com), a leading integrated marketing services provider.

Printing Industries of America is proud to announce the 2011 Continuous Improvement Conference--the only conference for the printing and packaging industry that is focused on operational excellence and Lean manufacturing--will be taking place April 10–13 in Kansas City, Missouri. Now in its 22nd year, the 2011 Continuous Improvement Conference will feature a tour of Harley-Davidson and Hallmark factories, two plants that utilize Lean techniques, as well as advanced case studies, a new "how-to" tutorial track, and keynote addresses.

Printing Industries of America is proud to announce that the 2011 Binding Industries Association (BIA) Annual Conference will be taking place May 23-25, 2011, at the Omni ChampionsGate hotel in ChampionsGate, Florida. This signature conference is designed to bring together management from trade binderies, graphic finishing, information packaging, custom loose-leaf manufacturing, and the suppliers to those industries. This conference will provide companies with the resources, tools, and connections they need to succeed. 

Printing Industries of America proudly announces the recipients of the 2010 Best Workplace in the Americas Awards. A total of 36 graphic arts companies, both members of Printing Industries of America and non-members, were selected by a committee of distinguished HR experts from within the industry. 

Printing Industries of America can help eco-minded printers and those needing to meet customer requests through chain of custody (CoC) Certification, a certification needed in order for to use the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) logo and Sustainable Forest Initiative (SFI) logo. The ability to display these logos on a product and make a certified claim can add a level of integrity and environmental responsibility to a printed piece that can impress environmentally aware consumers.

Printing Industries of America is pleased to announce that Janet Green, CEO of Greens Printing in Irvine, California, is the recipient of the 2010 Lewis Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award. 

Six industry leaders were formally inducted into the Ben Franklin Honor Society of Printing Industries of America at a black-tie induction and awards ceremony held Friday, November 12, in San Francisco, California. 

The Binding Industries Association (BIA) is pleased to announce that entries are now being accepted for the 2011 Product of Excellence Awards (POE). This contest recognizes outstanding craftsmanship in the binding, graphic finishing, and custom loose-leaf manufacturing and is the pinnacle of success in the binding industry.

Printing Industries of America and the Digital Printing Council are proud to announce the recipients of the 2010 web2awards. This award celebrates the forward-thinking mindset of printers and their ability to adopt current technologies to augment their businesses

You have their business and their trust, now how do you keep it? How can you help your best customers be more successful and at the same time generate additional income? 

QR codes are picking up speed fast in the printing industry.  As smart phone adoption increases QR codes offer a way for print to be engaging and more interactive than ever before.  Our upcoming LPIA Fall Management Conference and Converge Conference will help labelers and printers embrace this technology to bolster their business. As an introduction, we talked to David Platz, Technical Services Specialist at A&M Label, about QR codes and their experiences with them so far.