Printing Industries of America, Inc.

Eleven printing visionaries who have made lasting contributions to advancing the industry were honored last week.

The Ben Franklin Honor Society of Printing Industries of America, Sewickley, Pa., inducted various standouts, including Roger Buck, marketing director for The Flesh Co., St. Louis, at its annual induction ceremony that was held in Chicago.

Printing Industries of America has announced the election of its 2014 officers and board of directors. Through their instrumental involvement in Printing Industries of America and their local organizations, these individuals have displayed a passion for driving the industry forward.

Printing Industries of America (PIA) announced its support for the introduction of the Innovation Act of 2013. The act, introduced by House Judiciary Committee chairman Bob Goodlatte and a bipartisan group of co-sponsors, aims to address the recent abuses of the legal system by patent-assertion entities, or "patent trolls."

Printing Industries of America filed petitions last week with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in an effort to nullify two digital workflow patents that have been the basis for lawsuits against printing companies. The petitions seek an inter partes review by the USPTO of the patents’ validity.

Printing Industries of America issued the following statement regarding the formation of the Coalition for Fair Effective Tax Rates, intended to focus the 113th Congress on passing necessary tax reform legislation.

Printing Industries of America President and CEO Michael Makin issued the following notice to its membership.

On Nov. 24, 2012, a fire broke out in the Tazreen Fashions factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 112 workers and injuring 200 more.

The printing and graphic design industry wants the Obama administration to hurry up and regulate the rags that are used to sop up hazardous chemicals.

The draft of a final rule from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been sitting at the White House for more than a year, and the Printing Industries of America and the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association had one question for the White House during a meeting last week: Where’s our rule?

NPES members and their customers in the graphic communications industry will convene in Washington on June 4-5, 2013, for PRINT'S VOICE '13 meetings with congressional leaders and briefings by policy experts.

Pittsburgh-based Printing Industries of America’s President and CEO Michael Makin issued an open letter to Costco Wholesale Corp. CEO Craig Jelinek yesterday, regarding an article in The Costco Connection with several misconceptions about the impact of paper on the environment.