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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 businesses. Currents is published every Tuesday.

In this issue:

National News and Education

April Shipments

2024 Packaging Pieces

Rehire Experience

Election Tensions

Eight No’s and a Yes

Video-Cardboard Sessions

GLGA Association News

Wage and Benefit Survey

Golf Outings

Upcoming Webinars

GLGA Print Academy




Member News

Check out the news about and featuring GLGA members

on our LinkedIn

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Time is Running Out to Participate in the 2024 GLGA Wage and Benefit Survey


Participating in the 2024 GLGA Wage and Benefits Survey will help you gain invaluable insights to stay competitive in your local labor marketplace. Great Lakes Graphics Association members in good standing receive a complimentary report ($1,000 Value) for submitting a completed survey. The final report includes both regional and state data and will be available early fall of 2024. 


Please click here to participate in the survey. 


Need a log-in? Create a new account. Questions? Contact Joe Lyman at (262) 522-2212, jlyman@glga.info.


Don't wait to participate - our hard deadline is Friday, August 9, 2024.

National News and Education

April Shipments: A Pleasant Surprise


April 2024 shipments came in at $7.30 billion, up from March’s $7.24 billion—an unexpected but welcome rebound. Read more in this data analysis by WhatTheyThink.com.

10 Packaging Pieces that Peaked by Mid-2024


A new take on beer design, sustainability predictions, Jerry Seinfeld, Cheerios, and more lead our top stories of the year so far. Read more on PackagingDigest.com.

Return to Sender: How Rehiring Experienced Professionals Benefits Your Business 


With the right blend of experience and willingness to embrace new technologies, former industry professionals can bring immense value to your company. Read more by GLGA member Semper.

Navigating Pre- and Post-Election Tensions in the Workplace, Part I: A Guide for Employers


Taking proactive measures to ensure the safety and well-being of employees and providing an environment conducive to effective collaboration among employees can help prevent fraught work environments from forming. Read more by GLGA member Ogletree Deakins.

Eight No’s and a Yes


What does it take to get an appointment? A lot of the wrong responses, each looking negative. Take Bill Farquharson's advice from this week's Short Attention Span Sales Tip and follow the no's to a yes. Read more on the Sales Vault.com.

Video - Cardboard Sessions # 20 with Meg Myers


Welcome to Cardboard Sessions. A jam format music series that brings musicians together to play instruments built and designed by the creators of Cardboard Chaos. Meg Myers is playing the Cardboard Strat beautifully giving everything she has on this CS version of “T33NAGERS”, a song off her incredible album TZIA. Hear and read more.

GLGA Association News

GLGA Golf Outings - Wisconsin's Is the Final One of the Summer


Come enjoy industry networking and camaraderie over a round of golf, cold beverages, and delicious food. We're back at our long-time home at Lake Ripley Golf Club in Cambridge on Wednesday, August, 14. Don't wait to register - we're filling up fast.


Upcoming July Webinars - FREE for GLGA Members: 


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

INTRODUCTION TO FINISHING - THE WORLD OF FINISHING


This module is a general discussion of the many finishing techniques used for the different types of products in publication, transactional, marketing, and commercial print applications. This lesson is 27:44 in length.

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

Member News

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


Find news about and featuring GLGA members posted

on our LinkedIn networking group page.

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 celebrated its 135 year anniversary in 2021 and continues to be the oldest print trade association in North America. 

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