Ralph Nappi

From among the record number of companies and entries to the PRINT 13 MUST SEE ’EMS competition, the judges combed through the submissions and selected 49 entries for the MUST SEE ’EMS honor. These winners were announced in August and now the 12 Best of Category winners have been announced.

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.

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts-based Print Buyers International (PBI) announced the 6th Annual Print & Media Conference will be held at GRAPH EXPO in Chicago, Sept. 13 through Sept. 14. Leading into the conference will be the popular, full-day PBI Boot Camp on Sept. 12. The news, which creates a robust classroom and GRAPH EXPO show floor learning experience for attendees, comes in the wake of PBI's highly successful Print Buyer Forums held at GRAPH EXPO over the past three years.

The Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation (GAERF) has announced the launch of graphicCOMMcentral.org, an innovative website that provides a direct connection to an extensive network of resources and information about today's graphic communications industry.

A new print advocacy program, aptly named "Positively Print", and designed to promote the power of print in the media mix, has been announced by the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC).