80 year old industry association given new life

Canadian Printing Industries Association (CPIA) has announce the launch of a newly restructured  industry association  . The CPIA now operates under a new membership structure with  six regional print associations and one supplier association. Each association will have one or two members on the board of CPIA depending on their size.

Richard Kouwenhoven CPIA Chair and President of Hemlock Printers in Vancouver

 This new framework enables the CPIA to provide a national voice and platform for the graphic arts industry, and to serve as a connection point for Canadian regional associations, the supplier community and graphic arts post-secondary programs. The combined membership of all the regional associations represent about 250 printers. The new board under Richard Kouwenhoven have conference call meetings once a month. The Atlantic provinces are expecting to have regional association in the next six months. A new website for CPIA has been constructed  http://cpia-aci.ca/