Industry Associations
The following sites are wide-format and grand format industry resources listed for your reference. Wide-Format Imaging does not guarantee the accuracy of these sites.
United States
Central
Reprographic Association
Regional association focusing on the Central US.
www.cra1.org
Digital
Printing & Imaging Association (DPIA)
National association serving the digital printing industry.
www.dpia.org
Eastern
Regional Reprographics Association
Regional association for firms in the Northeast US and Eastern
Canada.
www.erra.org
International
Reprographics Association (IRgA)
The International Reprographic Association is a trade association
founded in 1927 to represent the large- and small-format imaging
industry.
www.irga.com
International
Sign Association (ISA)
The International Sign Association (ISA) was founded in 1944
as the National Electric Sign Association (NESA) to represent
manufacturers, users and suppliers of on-premise signs and sign
products.
www.signs.org
Photo
Marketing Association International
www.pmai.org
Southeastern
Reprographic Association
Regional association focusing on the Southeastern US.
www.serepro.com
Screen
Printing & Graphic Imaging Association International (SGIA)
Established in 1948, SGIA is a non-profit, worldwide association
for the imaging community.
www.sgia.org
Western
Reprographics Association
Regional association focusing on the Western US.
www.westernreprographics.org
International
ARED
Acik Hava Reklamcilar Dernegi (Turkish Sign Association)
www.ared.org.tr
Asociacion
Espanola de Reprografia
Reprographic association of Spain.
www.aer-repro.com
Asociatia
Romana de Serigrafie Si Imprimerte Tampografica (ARSIT)
Screen printing association of Romania.
www.arsitd.homestead.com
Asserit/CNA
Screen printing association of Italy.
www.cna.it
Associacao
Portuguesa das Industrias Graficas e Transformadoras do Papel
Screen printing association in Portugal.
Email: apigtp@mail.telepac.pt
Associacion
Española De Empresarios de Serigrafia
Screen printing association of Spain.
www.agmp.es
Association
Suisse Romande des Entreprises de Serigraphie
Phone: 41-22-342-4338
Association
des Maitres Imprimeurs du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg
Screen printing association of Luxembourg.
Phone: 352-424511-1
The
Bombay Master Printers Association
A screen printing association in India.
Phone: 91-22-493-4654-497-0912
The
Bombay Screen Printers & Processors Association
A screen printing association in India.
Phone: 91-22-493-7093
British
Promotional Merchandise Association (BPMA)
www.martex.co.uk/bpma
Bundesverband
Druck E.V.
Screen printing association of Germany.
www.bvdm-online.de
Catalan
Screen Printing Association Agrupació Catalana de Serigrafia
Screen printing association of Spain.
Phone: 34-3-6921598
Croatian
Screenprinters Association
Email: mirjana.bjelan@zg.tel.hr
Czech
Republic Screen Printing Association
www.serigrafie.cz/sitotisk
E
Transfer Print Technology
Screen printing association of Bulgaria.
Email: ett@popovo.net
Fachverband
Reprografie Osterreich
Reprographics association of Austria.
www.reprografie.at
Febelgra
Sectie Zeefdruk Section Serigraphie
Screen printing associaiton in Belgium.
www.febelgra.be
Federation
of European Reprographic Association
The Federation of European Reprographic Associations was formed
in September 1993 and is a federation of five national associations
of reprographic companies in Europe.
www.reprography.com
FESPA
FESPA promotes screenprinting and digital imaging through 26
separate National Associations in Europe.
www.fespa.com
Grafisk
Arbejdsgiver Forening
Screen printing association of Denmark.
www.ga.dk
Hellenic
Screen Printers Association
Screen printing association of Greece.
Email: lombardias@otenet.gr
Japan
Federation of Reprographic Industrial Cooperative Associations
Phone: 81.3.3816.0778
Korea
Screen Printing Industrial Cooperative
Phone: 02-785-4216
Korean
Reprographic Association
Phone: 82.02.752.2020
Le
Groupement Professional de la Serigraphie Francaise
Screen printing association of France.
www.gpsfr.org
Magyar
Szitanyomok Szovetsege
Screen printing association of Hungary.
Email: mszsz@vnet.hu
Norske
Serigrafers Forening
Screen printing association of Norway.
www.serigrafer.org
Reprografiforbundent
Reprographic association of Sweden.
Phone: 46.40.6.60.66.00
Reproklub
Reprographic association of the Czech Republic.
Phone: 420.2.76.85.70
Romanian
Screen-Printing and Pad-Printing Association
Phone: 4-56-221268
Russian
Screenprinting Association
www.rspa.ru
The
Screenprinters Association of Poland
www.ssp.com.pl
Screenprinting
Association of New Zealand Inc.
Phone: 64-9-536-5410
Screenprinting
& Graphic Imaging Association of Australia Inc.
www.printnet.com.au
Screenprinting
& Imaging Graphic Association of the Philippines
Phone: 632-712-3312
Screen
Printing Association of China
www.csgia.org
Screen
Printing Association of India
Phone: 91-22-412-2640
Screen
Printing Association of Japan
Phone: 81-03-3946-9558
Screen
Printing Association of Korea
Phone: 02-279-2745
Screen
Printing Association (UK) Ltd
www.spauk.co.uk
Slovak
Screenprint Association
www.ideaweb.sk/sitotlac
Slovenian
Screenprinting Association
Email: info@efekt.si
South
African Screen Printing Association
Phone: 27-11-794-3810/8
Southeastern
Reprographic Association
Regional association focusing on the Southeast US.
www.serepro.org
Stowarzyszienie
Sitodrukarzy Polskich
Screen printing assocaition of Poland.
Phone: 48-42-56-6536
Suomen
Seripainoliitto RY: The Association of Finnish Screen Printers
www.suomenseripainoliitto.fi
Svenska
Screentryckares Forening
Screen printing association of Sweden.
www.screentryck.org
Syndicat
National de la Reprographie (SNR)
Reprographics assocaition of France.
Phone: 33.1.53.53.96.77
Taiwan
Screen Printers Association
Phone: 886-04-287-1181
The
UK Reprographic Association
Phone: 44.1483.596206
Valojaljentamoiden
yhdistry ry
Reprographics association of Finland.
Phone: 358.9.673.511
Verband
Druck & Medientechnil
Screen printing association in Austria.
www.druckundmedientechnik.or.at
Verband
Schweizer Siebdruckereien
Screen printing association of Switzerland.
www.vss-apss.ch
Verband
Schweizerisher Reprografie-Betriebe (VSR)
Reprographics association of Switzerland.
www.reprografie.ch
Vereinigung
Schweizerischer Siebdruckereien
Phone: 41-71-385-8817
Vereniging
Repro Netherland
Reprographics association of The Netherlands.
www.reproned.nl
Vereniging
Van Zeefdruk en Sign Ondernemingen
Screen printing association of The Netherlands.
www.zso.nl
Wirtschaftsverband
Kopie & Medientechnik e.V.
Reprographics association of Germany.
www.reprografie.de
YSA
Screen printing association of Yugoslavia.
Email: tehnologika@beotel.yu
Industry Information
Flemish
Innovation Center for Graphic Communication (VIGC) and GraphicBrain.com
GraphicBrain.com is a service provided by VIGC, the Flemish
Innovationcentre for Graphic Comms.
www.vigc.org
and GraphicBrain.com
WhatTheyThink.com
Started in March of 2000, WhatTheyThink.com provides daily news,
interviews, and research to its members. Its goal is to provide
unbiased, real-time market intelligence to print and publishing
executives.
www.whattheythink.com
Industry Research
CAP
Ventures
CAP Ventures is a strategic consulting firm for providers and
users of business communication technologies and services. The
company provides research, analysis, forecasting, benchmarking,
counsel, and market education.
www.capv.com
IT
Strategies
The company advises and assists digital printing vendors, printing
press manufacturers, image processing software & silicon
players, and large user industries on strategic practices for
entering new markets and capturing new customers.
www.it-strategies.com
Lyra
Research
Lyra Research provides market, product, and technology information
and analysis focused on the imaging industry.
www.lyra.com
Web
Consulting
Established in 1993, the principal activities of Web Consulting
Ltd are to provide information to the digital and screen printing
industries.
www.webconsulting.co.uk
Industry Books
Wide-Format
Printing: An Introduction and Buyer’s Guide
By Kenneth Sandlin
wfprinting.tripod.com
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