About the Printing Industry of Illinois/Indiana Association

PII’s mission is to provide effective programs and services that promote the growth and profitability of its members.  PII is a member-driven association dedicated to protecting its members’ interests while promoting the graphic communications and printing community to print buyers including designers, ad agencies, corporations and more.  PII exists to provide information, products and services that enable our members to operate profitably – today and in the future.

Corporate membership in PII includes automatic membership in the national association Printing Industries of America.  Membership provides access to a wide range of national and regional education and training, technical consulting services, economic forecasting, human resources and environmental/health/safety services, group buying programs, and government affairs programs.

Founded in 1927, PII serves the print and graphic arts community in Illinois and Indiana.  PII’s current membership exceeds 3250 companies.  We are an affiliate of the world’s largest graphic arts trade association, Printing Industries of America, which has more than 10,000 member companies worldwide. Printing Industries of America represents an industry with nearly 1 million employees.  Together, PII and Printing Industries deliver products and services that enhance the growth, efficiency and profitability of our members and the industry through advocacy, education, research and technical information.  Membership is valuable; details can be found in the value of membership section of this site.

Who belongs to PII?  Practically anyone and everyone in Illinois and Indiana’s graphic communications world, including commercial printers – web, offset, and combo shops, specialty printers including forms, labels, folding cartons and packaging, specialty printers of credit cards and plastic bags, trade shops, quick printers, prepress and design firms, print brokers, postpress companies including folders, diecutters, laminators, embossing firms, union and open shops and more.  Our membership also includes the myriad suppliers of equipment, products and services to the graphic arts industry.

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We offer three forms of membership in PII, each with a tiered dues structure.

Active members are defined as companies that are directly involved in the manufacture or production of printed materials.  This includes all printing companies (including in-plants), prepress shops and binding, finishing and specialty companies.  Membership dues are determined by the company’s gross annual sales generated in IL/IN. This membership category also includes prnit brokers and mail houses.

Associate members are vendors who supply the industry with equipment, consumable products or specialty services such as consulting, financial services and more.  Annual dues are based on a company’s gross annual sales to firms that manufacture or produce printed material in Ilinois and Indiana.

Education members are defined as secondary and post-secondary educational institutions that offer a graphic arts training curriculum.