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Welcome to Currents, the Great Lakes Graphics Association's weekly e-newsletter, bringing you information and education you can use to run your business. Currents is published every Tuesday.

National News and Education

November Shipments

Top Packaging Trends

Décor Capabilities

PICB Credit Dispatch Tip

PGSF Textbook

Sales Tip of the Week

GLGA Association News

Your Weekly Calendar

GLGA Academy

Member News

Litho Press / Central Nine

SCREEN Americas

MGF Services & Equipment

National News and Education

November Printing Shipments Were Nothing to Be Thankful For


Shipments are only half of the story; profitability is the other half. As costs for just about everything continue to rise, printers can only pass so much of that onto customers. From WhatTheyThink. 

Packaging Pros Drink in Top Trends


Sip on February’s most-popular packaging articles to see what’s shaping design, sustainability, and business priorities. From Packaging Digest.

Turning Décor Capabilities into New Revenue


Since we are already experts at printing custom products daily, why not utilize those skills and ingenuity to increase revenues by entering a market driven by trends (Décor)? By GLGA member Debbie Nicholson of Think-to-INK! on American Printer.

Beware the Ides of March...


...especially if your receivables are unprotected. From Printing Industry Credit Bureau.

PGSF Receives Publishing Rights to Introduction to Graphic Communication Textbook


Introduction to Graphic Communication is the widely used textbook coauthored by the late Cal Poly Professor Emeritus Harvey Levenson and industry leader John Parsons, former Editorial Director of The Seybold Report. From the Print and Graphic Scholarship Foundation.

Name It. Defeat It.


You are ready to make the calls. You are set to make the calls. But you just can't get to go? Is it laziness, procrastination, or something else? It's important to know what Bill Farquharson has to say on the subject in this week's Short Attention Span Sales Tip. From the Sales Vault.

GLGA Association News

Your Weekly Calendar

For all the news and announcements about our events, check out the Event Calendar on our website and our LinkedIn networking group page.


Upcoming Webinars - FREE for GLGA Members:





GLGA Academy Featured Course of the Week - FREE for GLGA Members

INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCTION

Wide Format 101

GLGA's Print Academy has more than 215 different lessons and quizzes on all things print-related and business skills to help those in the industry be more efficient, effective and successful.


Editor's note: You will need a user name to the GLGA website to view. GLGA members, register for yours by clicking here. 

Membership News

Litho Press Welcomes Future Printers in the Making

Posted on LinkedIn by Litho Press, Indianapolis, IN. With Central Nine Career Center, Greenwood, IN.

SCREEN Holdings Announces Leadership Updates, Highlighting Expanded Role for Ken Ingram, President of SCREEN Americas

Posted on their website by SCREEN Americas, Elk Grove Village, IL.

For Sale: MGF Services & Equipment Offers 2007 Heidelberg PD-112/TD-112 SBP-112-MKE StahlFolder

Posted on their website by MGF Services & Equipment, Oconomowoc, WI.

About Us

The Great Lakes Graphics Association is the trade association dedicated to representing the graphic arts industry throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin through education, promotion, and public affairs. It represents approximately 13 percent of the total print market in the United States with its three-state region, accounting for combined annual shipments of nearly $19 billion. Founded in 1886, GLGA is celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2026 and continues to be the oldest print trade association in North America. 

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