Printing Industries of America
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Printing Industries of America is a nonprofit trade association which advocates for the United States printing industry.
It is the world’s largest graphic arts trade association, representing more than 12,000 member companies and an industry with more than $16.1 billion in revenue and 1.2 million employees.
Established in 1887, it had no permanent headquarters until 1902 when an office opened in New York City. In 1908 the office was moved to Philadelphia and in 1912 it was moved to Chicago, where it remained until a move to Washington, DC in 1929.
In 1999 PIA consolidated with the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation. PIA/GATF, as it is now known, continues to have a lobbying presence in Washington. The main headquarters, however, moved to GATF's campus in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, in 2003.
