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@kaileytrull @ClemsonGC After this merge, the company generated 160 billion dollars each year! This is proof that print is not dead.

The Gravure Association of the Americas formed as a way for gravure specialists to network themselves and their services and encourage more use of this technique. To encourage new membership, they hold printing competitions. Visit gaa.org #GC1010 @ClemsonGC

The Printing Industries of the Carolinas (PICA) formed in an effort to promote printing education of all print techniques across North and South Carolina to stress the importance of one of the oldest and most used form of communication picanet.org #GC1010 @ClemsonGC

The National Print Owners Association (NPOA) was created by 19 printers who were dissatisfied with the associations they were in. Because of this, they decided to form their own and specialise in offset and digital printing. Visit printowners.org/a-brief-histor… #GC1010 @ClemsonGC

@Meredit51777826 @ClemsonGC I also researched PIA. The variety in printing processes used explains why this organisation is able to serve over 10,000 members.

The reason the rotogravure process works after the etched roller is dipped in a tray of ink is due to the doctor blade scraping off the excess ink on the non-sunken part of the roller; the engraved cells are then the only parts with ink. envaflex.net/en/blog-catego… #GC101 @ClemsonGC

Lithography is planographic printing meaning the image is transferred by utilising water and oil repulsion. The first ever lithography prints were printed with stones as rollers and have a stony grain when magnified! Learn more at antiqueprintsblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/lithog… #GC1010 @ClemsonGC

Recently, the concept of screen printing has been combined with digital printing. This means you can now get extremely detailed images on T-shirt’s and other products typically produced using screen printing. See examples at realthread.com/digital #GC1010 @ClemsonGC

@LaurebWilliams @ClemsonGC That is so interesting how much is printed with Flexography! It’s crazy how such a simple process is so versatile! #GC1010

Flexographic printing is everywhere today, yielding functional printed products of anything you can think of. Almost everything printed today can be produced flexographically. To learn more, read blog.luminite.com/blog/how-flexo… to discover the easy three-step guide! @clemsongc #GC1010

@kaileytrull @ClemsonGC That’s crazy that this form of printing has been around since the 1920s but is still growing so rapidly! #GC1010