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Since 1857 the AIA has represented the professional interests of America's architects. As AIA members, more than 83,000 licensed architects, emerging professionals, and allied partners in designing express their commitment to excellence and livability in our nation's buildings and communities. Membership in the AIA offers a vast pool of resources to help you compete in today's market and keeps you informed of critical professional issues that may challenge your success.
For more than 100 years, IPA has been tracking, evaluating, and promoting technology and management innovations to keep members in the forefront of the graphic communication industry.

When you join IPA you become part of a community dedicated to communicating the world's messages more effectively. You'll benefit from direct access to all of IPA's valued resources, including the Association's most important resource—its membership.
AICC represents a majority of the independent corrugated packaging manufacturers and their suppliers. We are dedicated to strengthening the independent's position in the marketplace through programs and publications that empower our members to compete successfully in a rapidly changing industry and an increasingly competitive and global business environment.
AICC represents a majority of the independent corrugated packaging manufacturers and their suppliers. We are dedicated to strengthening the independent's position in the marketplace through programs and publications that empower our members to compete successfully in a rapidly changing industry and an increasingly competitive and global business environment.
FPPA’s mission is to provide the communication, training, information and standards you need to remain successful and profitable. Membership is open to businesses who are involved in or supply to the flexographic industry. Levels of membership include platemakers and pre-press companies who are primarily manufacturers of flexographic printing plates and not associated with converting operations; associates, suppliers of products or services to flexographic pre-press platemakers; and affiliates, companies or converting operations engaged in flexographic pre-press or platemaking but not as the organizations primary business. FPPA also welcomes academic and trade press members.
FTA, founded in 1958, is the leading technical society devoted exclusively to the flexographic printing industry. Since then, the FTA has grown to include every employee at over 1800 company locations. Our members come from all aspects of the flexo industry, and include printers, suppliers, graphic trade shops, consumer product companies, designers, end-users, consultants and educational institutions. Together they provide a wealth of products, services and shared knowledge to the flexographic printing industry. We invite you to join us.
FTS has been in the flexo training and consulting business since 2000. During that time we have trained people from countries all around the globe and helped companies from around the world improve their profits through our consulting services.
The goal of IDEAlliance is to enable publishers and other information-driven enterprises to strategize, innovate, standardize and implement information technology solutions in an open and cooperative cross-industry environment.  IDEAlliance provides the opportunity for those who create, produce, manage and deliver content to interface with those who develop the software tools to facilitate these functions. IDEAlliance addresses the entire content delivery supply chain and all its business processes. The guiding philosophy of IDEAlliance is that by working together everyone achieves more. 
The International Association of Printing House Craftsmen is an international organization dedicated to individuals in the printing and graphic arts industry for the purpose of their self development, their companies' success, and the enhancement of the printing and graphic arts industry in society. It does this through education, information, and research both through local chapters and through its executive staff.

ISA  is a 2,600 member organization comprised of manufacturers, users and suppliers of on-premise signs and sign products from the 50 U.S. states and 54 additional countries. ISA exists to support, promote and improve the sign industry, which sustains the nation’s retail industry.

Today, Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) is the world's largest graphic arts trade association, representing an industry with more than $174.5 billion in revenue and 1.05 million employees.

Founded in 1933, NAPL is a not-for-profit trade association for commercial printers and related members of the Graphic Arts Industry.  NAPL has a proven history of dependability and reliability and an unchallenged record for forward thinking and planning that always keeps NAPL members ahead of the curve on industry issues and developments. In 2002, The Research & Engineering Council of The Graphics Arts joined NAPL to become The R&E Council of NAPL. NAPL is dedicated to helping its corporate and individual members succeed by providing a wide range of educational services focused on building managerial competencies that will improve profitability.
SGIA is the only international association for specialty imaging. SGIA provides imaging professionals with the tools and information needed to make the best possible business decisions. SGIA member benefits include the most extensive online industry resource available. The SGIA News and the SGIA Journal provide members with the latest news shaping our industry, such as emerging markets, government regulations, and technological developments.

TLMI is North  America's leading trade association dedicated to the tag and label industry. TLMI member companies are among the world leaders in technical achievement, capable of delivering the highest quality tags and labels for both decoration and information. Throughout the year, TLMI holds technical seminars and forums designed to educate its members and improve product quality and production efficiency. As a result, TLMI member companies utilize the latest in state-of-the-art equipment and technology in meeting their customers' tag and label needs.

TLMI member companies are divided into two categories: CONVERTERS, who are engaged in the manufacture of tags and pressure sensitive labels, and SUPPLIERS, who produce the raw materials used by these manufacturers in producing finished products.

TAPPI is the leading technical association for the worldwide pulp, paper, and converting industry. Founded in 1915, TAPPI has grown into the world’s largest professional association serving the pulp, paper, and converting industries.

TAPPI’s members look to the association for information, education, and knowledge-sharing opportunities. As a professional technical society, TAPPI is in a unique position to offer a wide array of information, products, services, and opportunities unparalleled in the pulp, paper and converting industry.