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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

Screen Printing Establishments

DTF Checklist

Megatrends / Packaging

Unpaid Interns

Sales Tip of the Week

Cardboard Jazz Acoustic Guitar

GLGA Association News

Excellence in Leadership Awards

State Golf Outings

GLGA Academy

Member News

WCTC

Branded by Woods

swissQprint

Last Call! Nominate a Deserving Professional for GLGA Excellence in Leadership Awards

Join GLGA in recognizing the best in the industry by nominating your staff or coworkers for the Excellence in Leadership Awards.

The Excellence in Leadership Awards program recognizes those in the industry who exemplify outstanding character, drive company growth, bring teams together and create the environment to help companies succeed. Click here to read more or to nominate a individual you believe deserves recognition.

Last chance to make a nomination! Deadline is the close of business this Friday, May 8, 2026.

National News and Education

Screen Printing Establishments—2010–2023

In 2023 there were 5,854 establishments in NAICS 323113 (Commercial Screen Printing), an increase of 31 percent since 2010. From WhatTheyThink.

A DTF Production Checklist

Here are the key elements to consider to optimize your customized apparel production. From Screen Printing Magazine.

Megatrends Poised to Reshape North American Packaging

The quickly changing landscape of geopolitics and trade, along with the continued growth of e-commerce and ongoing sustainability expectations, indicate that two materials will come out as clear winners— paper and flexible plastics. From Two Sides North America.

Beware of FLSA Violations With Unpaid Interns

Under the FLSA, employers must pay interns in nonexempt positions at least the minimum wage and overtime pay, unless they meet specific criteria that show the internship primarily benefits the intern. From GLGA member Ogletree Deakins.

Prospecting is Not What You Think It Is

In this week's Short Attention Span Sales Tip, Bill Farquharson changes the definition of prospecting to something easier and more attainable. From the Sales Vault.

Cardboard Chaos: Cardboard Jazz Acoustic Guitar

The Cardboard Acoustic is the one that wouldn’t let us go. Years of talking about it, working through ideas on how, laughing it off … because who’s actually insane enough to build a fully functional jazz acoustic out of cardboard? By Signal on YouTube.

GLGA Association News

2026 State Golf Outings

Fun, food, prizes and camaraderie! Don’t miss the 2026 state golf outings – our most popular networking events of the year. Hope you can join us for one, two or all three!

Registration is open for the Indiana and Illinois outings. Registration will open soon for the Wisconsin outing. If you have any questions about these events, please contact Sharon Flick.

Indiana Golf Outing

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Eagle Creek Golf Club, Indianapolis, IN

Illinois Printers Scholarship Golf Outing

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

White Pines Golf Club, Bensenville, IL

Wisconsin State Golf Outing

BIG NEWS COMING SOON

Membership News

Designed to Shine: Waukesha County Technical College Annual Portfolio Event Is May 6

Posted on LinkedIn by Peggy Kiefert Krouse of Waukesha County Technical College, Pewaukee, WI.

Branded by Woods: a Presence Designed to Hold Attention

Posted on LinkedIn by Branded by Woods, Holland, IN.

swissQprint Celebrates 10 Years in North America

Video interview with Erik Norman, president of swissQprint Americas, Elgin, IL.

About Us

The Great Lakes Graphics Association is the trade association dedicated to representing the graphics manufacturing industry throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin through education, promotion, and public affairs. It represents approximately 13 percent of the total graphics manufacturing 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 and graphics manufacturing trade association in North America. 

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