SGIA: Our Focus, Your Future.

1948: The Screen Printing Association is established

1995: Changed name to Screenprinting & Graphic Imaging Association International

2003: Changed name to Specialty Graphic Imaging Association

Affiliate: Screen Printing Technical Foundation

Membership: Over 4,000 imagers and suppliers, currently representing more than 80 countries

Chairman of the Board, October 2007—October 2008: Kent Yunker, Yunder Industries Inc, Soquel, California

President and CEO: Michael E. Robertson

Who We Are: From T-shirts to touch pads, SGIA members create the products and environmental graphics that shape our worlds. SGIA, a non-profit worldwide association for the imaging community, exists to provide imaging professionals with the know-how, advice and knowledge they need to succeed. While our members are diverse, they share a common bond: They use imaging technologies to enhance, complete or create products.

Where We’re Going: SGIA will explore and support the technologies and markets our members use today and tomorrow, with special attention on our core technologies: screen printing and digital imaging.

Meetings:

SGIA Convention & Exposition: The largest annual exposition for the imaging industry is the marketplace for networking, education and technology. The newest equipment, a wealth of industry players and top-rated seminars combine to give attendees the tools to move their businesses forward.

• October 15-18, 2008; Atlanta, Georgia

• November 18-21, 2009; New Orleans, Louisiana

The Membrane Switch Symposium: Membrane switch production is a highly-specialized, rapidly-changing facet of the graphic imaging community. SGIA’s annual Membrane Switch Symposium gives hundreds of membrane switch producers an opportunity to network, talk shop and attend educational sessions on the latest technologies, trends and issues affecting this highly-focused market segment.
• To Be Determined

The National Environmental, Health & Safety Conference for the Graphic Communications Industries (NEHS): Brought to you by SGIA (with the Flexographic Technical Association, PIA/GATF and the Newspaper Association of America), NEHS provides educational and networking opportunities centered on health and safety issues and regulations.
• March 10-12, 2008; Indianapolis, Indiana