Business Management – Convergence

The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association has created a Suppliers and Manufacturers Council, which taps an elite group of industry leaders from all printing industry segments to advise the association.

When incoming package volume ballooned on the Vanderbilt University campus, Mail Services implemented an automated package-handling system that reduced long lines and brought a host of other benefits.

What makes PRINTING United different, according to Mackenzi Farsheed, Director of Demand Generation and Marketing for MindFire Inc., is that it will represent “a united front where all printers can come together in the common goal of learning to build their businesses” with the help of MindFire solutions.

Mary Ann Geers, GPA's SVP for Marketing and Corporate Strategy, reveals that the company intends to “ramp up" its presence at PRINTING United next year as a leading supplier of substrates for graphic and packaging applications in all printing processes.

After exhibiting at the SGIA Expo for 45 years, Rollem International will continue to exhibit next year at PRINTING United in Dallas, Oct. 23-25, 2019. Rollem’s evolving product strategy coincides with PRINTING United’s theme of convergence – the opportunities that print service providers now have to branch beyond their core businesses into new and profitable print markets.

The main theme of the 2018 SGIA Expo could be summed up in one word: convergence. To stress the theme of permanent evolution, SGIA announced an end to its Expo format. This, however, does not mean the event is retiring. What was SGIA Expo will become PRINTING United.

In its final iteration as SGIA Expo, the leading trade show for the North American print industry welcomed 24,293 registrants to the Las Vegas Convention Center, where 612 exhibitors highlighted the latest technology driving the industry.

On the opening night of the 2018 SGIA Expo, attendees gathered at TAO Nightclub in Las Vegas to celebrate the launch of PRINTING United. Here's a glimpse of the action.

Garment printing can open up new revenue streams, expand relationships and give every department more reasons to stop at the in-plant.

Last week marked the end of the SGIA Expo and the beginning of PRINTING United. Earlier this week, Wide Format Online, an Australian publication and news source, noted that convergence is the driving force behind the event and not just a trend.