Honor societies merge.HONOR SOCIETIES MERGE. Ash Khan Society (AKS) of Printing Industries of America 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. (PIA) and the Society of Fellows (SOF) Graphic Arts Technical Foundation See GATF. (GATF (Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, Sewickley, PA, www.gain.net) A membership organization for the printing and graphics arts industries. Founded in 1924 as the Lithographic Technical Foundation, GATF supports offset lithography and other mechanical press technologies as well as the ) announced the combination organizations to form the Ben Franklin Society of PIA/GATF. The two historical honor societies merged in November 2005. The new society recognizes and honors industry leaders who have made lasting contributions to the printing and graphic communications industries. This includes, but is not limited to, the PIA, GATF and the Print & Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF PGSF Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation ). |
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