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 2008—October 2009: Carl Baldwin, Falcon Graphics, Arlington,Texas

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 Expo: 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 7-9, 2009; New Orleans, Louisiana

The Printed Electronics & Membrane Switch Symposium (PE&MSS): SGIA has expanded its popular Symposium to two full days and added new sessions. This is the only event tailored to the membrane switch and printed electronics communities, combining a specialized trade show and informative sessions with high-powered networking opportunities and live plant tours.
• May 18-19, 2010, Phoenix, Arizona