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National News and Education
Overtime Exempt Rule
Non-Competes
Internet Publishing
Invite Your Customers
Greenwashing
Video - Cardboard Sessions
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GLGA Association News
PIPI Survey Extended
Awards Celebrations
FREE Member Webinars
GLGA Print Academy
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Member News
Fineline Printing Group
SCREEN America
Thysse
Komori
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Celebrate Print and the People Who Make It Happen!
Join us for a celebration of excellence in the printing industry! This year there will be two award ceremonies on separate nights in the Chicagoland and Milwaukee locations.
Help honor this year's recipients and nominees of the Women in Print Excellence Awards. See all of this year's Graphics Excellence Awards Best of Category and Best of Division winners, and cast your vote for your favorite for the People's Choice Award. Who has won this year's Top Awards?!
Registration is open! For more information, contact Debra Warner at (414) 213-8329 or dwarner@glga.info.
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National News and Education | |
DOL Announces Final Overtime Rule Increasing FLSA Salary Basis
Effective July 1, 2024, the final rule increases the standard salary threshold from $684 per week ($35,568 per year) to $844 per week ($43,888 per year). And, effective January 1, 2025, the standard level will increase again to $1,128 per week ($58,656 per year). Read more by GLGA member Husch Blackwell.
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FTC Adopts Final Rule Banning Employers From Entering Non-Competes
The FTC voted to approve a final rule that will effectively ban the use of non-compete clauses by employers and require employers to rescind existing such agreements, with the exception of existing agreements with senior executives. Read more by GLGA member Ogletree Deakins.
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Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portal Establishments—2010–2021
According to County Business Patterns, in 2020 there were 8,947 establishments in NAICS 51913 (Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals). This category saw a net increase of 66 percent since 2010. In macro news, Q1 GDP is much lower than expected. Read more in this data analysis by WhatTheyThink.com.
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Unlock Value: Invite Customers Inside Your Printing World!
Open your doors and invite customers in to learn more about you and your company. Every tour will awaken possibilities not revealed in a phone call, email, or text. Read more by Debbie Nicholson of Think-to-Ink on American Printer.com.
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Two Sides Global Campaign Reports Increasing Greenwashing as Organizations Focus on Sustainability
Two Sides has challenged over 2,650 organizations found to be communicating greenwashing messages to their customers. Over 1,180 organizations have, so far, removed misleading anti-paper statements. Read more by Two Sides North America.
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Video - Cardboard Sessions # 22 with Marcus King
We are so excited and proud to have Marcus King here for a Cardboard Session playing new music off his latest album on the cardboard guitars, drums and keys. Hear and read more.
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Complete the "Printing Industry Performance and Insights" Benchmarking Survey - Deadline Extended
GLGA’s latest Printing Industry Performance and Insights survey needs your help. This study will build financial benchmarks. We aim to provide company leaders with comparable and relevant financial benchmarks that you can use to improve your businesses.
Deadline to participate is Friday, May 10.
All data will be kept confidential. Help us develop knowledge that will help you by taking the survey!
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Editor's note: the Great Lakes Graphics Association is among 15 regional printing associations partnering to sponsor the Performance and Insights studies. GLGA members can download reports from previous studies for free from the Members Only area of the GLGA website. | |
Upcoming Webinars - FREE for GLGA Members
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GLGA Print Academy Featured Course of the Week - FREE for GLGA Members | |
DIRECT MAIL PRINTERS
Direct mail printers are masters of timing and tracking. Learn how they must optimize operations from the point of receiving the customer’s job through tracking the delivery of the mailed piece(s) through the postal service. This lesson is 21:42 in length.
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Editor's note: You will need a user name to the GLGA website to view. GLGA members, register for yours by clicking here. | |
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Have some news to share? We want to hear about member company achievements, activities and anything else that's new at your business. Press releases, photos, company e-newsletters, and links to social media posts and blogs welcome! Send your news to Sharon Flick.
See more news about and featuring GLGA members posted
on our LinkedIn networking group page.
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Fineline Sponsors Scholarship Fund at Marian University Indianapolis
Posted on LinkedIn by Fineline Printing Group, Indianapolis, IN:
Over the past 5 years, Fineline has donated $40,000 to Marian and their Latino Scholarship efforts. The Latino Leadership Endowed Scholarship has been instrumental in assisting Marian grow from less than 5 percent Latino enrollment to this year where the freshman class was more than 17 percent Latino. Read and see more.
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SCREEN Receives Technology Award from Japanese Society of Printing Science and Technology for Truepress LABEL 350UV Series
Posted on their web blog by SCREEN Americas, Elk Grove Village, IL:
When evaluating the candidates for this year’s awards, the judges praised the Truepress LABEL 350UV series’ outstanding contribution to the development of label printing technologies. Read more.
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Thysse Featured in WhatTheyThink's Profiles in Print Films | |
Thysse, Oregon, WI, is the subject of WhatTheyThink Films' latest video. WhatTheyThink Films is a platform where the industry’s stories can be told in an engaging and entertaining format. See more. | |
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Komori's New Lithrone GX/G advance EX Edition Eco-friendly Offset Press to be Unveiled at drupa
Posted on their web blog by Komori, Rolling Meadows, IL:
Komori has pioneered an eco-friendly offset printing press designed to support printers while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Read more.
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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 celebrated its 135 year anniversary in 2021 and continues to be the oldest print trade association in North America. | | | | |
