PIA | Extreme Offset: Troubleshoot, Control, Optimize

May 01, 2012
May 03, 2012

The first step in implementing a successful color managed workflow and working to achieve ISO 12647-2 and G7® qualifications begins at the press. In this workshop—working in a live pressroom environment—Extreme Offset will provide you with effective tools and techniques necessary for troubleshooting problems, controlling print components, and optimizing your presses performance, as well as confirming that it is printing at an ideal, consistent state.

Also in this intensive, hands-on workshop, you will be taught how to identify, troubleshoot, and solve the trickiest print-related problems. Uncover all of those wasteful activities in your pressroom that can be made more efficient. Increase job throughput while printing higher quality, more consistent color with less downtime, waste and spoilage. Extreme Offset will show you how to print; quicker, cheaper, and better—register for Extreme Offset today!

Sewickley, PA

http://www.printing.org/node/9985

2012 Celebration of Print

May 18, 2012

Join hundreds of fellow print lovers at TWELVE Atlantic Station on Friday, May 18 for an evening of celebration honoring great print from the peach state.

Explore award-winning print on display during a fun cocktail reception followed by a dinner and awards ceremony to reveal the winners of the 2012 Print Excellence Awards. You'll have plenty of chances to mix and mingle while soaking in the year's most amazing combinations of craftsmanship and technology.

We'll also unveil the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Award recipient and toast the 125th anniversary of The Printing Industries of America with our guest of honor and emcee, PIA President Michael Makin.

http://celebrationofprint.eventbrite.com

PIA Webinar | Operational Excellence for Digital Printers | Sponsored by Oce

May 31, 2012

If you are not striving for operation excellence, you are falling behind! Understand how the principles of operational excellence can be used in your digital production facility to achieve the results that you are targeting. You will learn how, by building on the enablers, what tools can be used and how they can benefit your business, what can be learned from the industry leaders, and how aligning these with our strategic goal can provide the desired results. Leave this webinar with all of the practical steps that are required to implement operational excellence in your digital printing operation.

Free for PIA members!

http://www.printing.org/node/10190

PIA | Spring Administrative Meetings

Jun 01, 2012
Jun 03, 2012

The Spring Administrative Meetings of Printing Industries of America are the leadership meetings of the association (Board of Directors, Affiliate Managers meetings and committee meetings).

These meetings will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh June 2-3, 2012.

mailto:jcrespo@printing.org

PIA | Offset and Beyond

Jun 03, 2012
Jun 05, 2012

This program offers all the right ingredients for you to cook up the ideal educational experience. Regardless of your role, this event offers resources and information you need to excel in your position. From executive management to operations to production, this conference has quality sessions designed just for you.

Keynote Highlights —Ingredients for Leadership Excellence
Craig Faust, President, Commercial & Specialty, Quad/Graphics Inc.
Michael Komasinski, President, Schawk Retail Marketing
Volker Petersen, President & CEO, Brown Printing Companies

Topic Highlights—Recipes for Success
Innovation Squares: The Pressroom of the Future—The drupa Effect
Saving the Best For Last—a 10-Step Process for Efficiency and Profits in Finishing
Spot-On Key Performance Indicators—Utilizing Financial Metrics and Benchmarking to Increase Market Share
Inkjet Connect—Applications Abound! Industrial, Packaging, Labels, Transactional, and Transpromo Products
Driving and Implementing Innovation That Works—Production Planning With a Strategic and Tactical Edge
The Migration to Hybrid Printing—Automation and Integration of Digital Solutions In-Line With Conventional Print Standards and G7 in Action
Technology Tactics that Address the Production Line As a Total Process
The Publishing Eco-System: Technology and Market Trends—Adapting for the Future Today
Inkjet Connect—Integration, Consumables, Workflow, and More
Ink and Paper Market Intel

http://www.printing.org/node/10136

PIA | Binding Industries Association Annual Conference

Jun 04, 2012
Jun 06, 2012

The 2012 BIA Annual Conference dates have been announced. This year's event will be taking place June 4-6 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Check the conference website often for updated information regarding sessions, speakers, and plant tours.

http://biaconf.printing.org/

Print's Voice '12

Jun 05, 2012
Jun 06, 2012

Print’s Voice ’12 is Printing Industries of America’s annual legislative conference held in the nation’s capital. During this very special event, printing and graphic communications industry executives bring print’s advocacy agenda directly to Capitol Hill. This is done to further legislative goals and to promote our industry before a key audience—lawmakers. The two-day summit features policy and political events with key congressional, administration, and political leaders. It also includes face-to-face constituent lobbying visits with influential lawmakers. Print’s Voice ’12 is a key opportunity for printing industry executives to join together and demonstrate the industry’s economic and political influence. A strong showing by Printing Industries of America members at Print’s Voice ’12 is vital to raising our industry’s visibility on Capitol Hill.

Free for PIA members!

http://www.printing.org/node/10204

PIA | G7® Offset Operator Training Program

Jun 14, 2012
Jun 15, 2012

You've attended the IDEAlliance G7® Expert/Professional Training program and received the all-important G7 Certification. This additional training goes far beyond theory and is all about hands-on implementation of the G7 the G7 specification (TR015), and is specifically designed for equipment operators, managers, and consultants. This in-depth training program will explore all of the practical applications of executing and maintaining the conditions required for a successful G7 implementation within your printing plant facility—and more specifically—on particular pieces of equipment.

This two-day workshop takes place in the Printing Industries of America's state of the art prepress and pressroom laboratories with intensive, detailed hands-on instruction to get you completely knowledgeable on how to implement the techniques listed below. Upon successful completion of the program, you will receive a G7® Offset Operator's Certificate of Completion by Printing Industries of America, endorsed by IDEAlliance.

Note: Because this training program is very hands-in in nature, class sizes will be limited. Please register early to avoid any disappointments! It is recommended–but not a requirement–to attend the IDEAlliance G7 Expert/Professional Certification class before attending.

http://www.printing.org/node/10135

Multi-Channel Marketing, Part 1: Behind the Curtain

Jun 26, 2012

Presented by RICOH & PIAG

10am-12pm
PIAG Offices in Smyrna Georgia
FREE for PIAG Members / $25 for Non Members
Lunch Provided

Multi-channel marketing is the yellow brick road to success. The most effective campaigns reach buyers at different times, in different ways. But, how is it done and what makes it so effective? We're ditching the smoke and mirrors & getting real on what it takes to make it in today's print industry:
• The brains to execute
• The courage to try something new
• The passion for getting results

Join us for Multi-Channel Marketing, Part 1: Behind the Curtain to:
• Discover the drivers of multi-channel marketing
• Learn how to successfully implement & execute a multi-channel campaign
• Experience a live hands-on demo

Register at the link below:

http://peekbehindthecurtain.eventbrite.com/

PIA | New Media Boot Camp for Printers

Jul 11, 2012
Jul 12, 2012

This two-day workshop contains the perfect blend of classroom instruction and hands on opportunities to get you completely knowledgeable on these new and emerging technologies. Make no mistake, this program isn't theory—you'll walk away with the tools and techniques necessary to get started at your facility the very next day. Up the competition with new product offerings and learn how to extend printed material to the Internet and rich media while providing marketers with valuable campaign feedback and analytics!

Sewickley, PA

http://www.printing.org/node/10241