SGIA show makes way for new, well-supported, Print United Expo

SGIA will retire the SGIA Expo in the US following this year’s event in Las Vegas, 18 - 20 October, and lend its support to a new Print United Expo, the first of which will take place in Dallas in October 2019.

The new event - co-owned by SGIA and Napco Media - will cover print and finishing technologies in industry segments from garment to graphic, packaging to commercial, and industrial. Its objective is to convey all components of integrated solutions to satisfy virtually any client need. “Printers are exploring all options to expand their footprint of services to customers - from design to print collateral to large-format,” said Karen Fulton, president and CEO of Printing Industries Association of San Diego (PIASD), a participating association. “It’s important to provide venues where they can evaluate capital investments in one location, with suppliers who truly have their best interests first.” Print United reports that ten independent regional and state affiliates of Printing Industries of America (PIA) have agreed to promote the launch of the Print United Expo to their members: Graphic Arts Association (GAA), Great Lakes Graphics Association (GLGA), Printing and Imaging Association of MidAmerica, Printing Industries Alliance, Printing Industries Association of San Diego (PIASD), Printing Industries Association of Southern California (PIASC), Printing Industries of Ohio and N. Kentucky, Printing Industry Association of the South (PIAS), Printing and Imaging Association of Georgia (PIAG) and Visual Media Alliance.