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Year 2000 Dates Announced for NAGASA Institute at GATF
Washington, DC, November 8, 1999: The North American Graphic Arts Suppliers Association (NAGASA) announced dates for seven upcoming NAGASA Institutes. Presented in coordination with the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF), NAGASA Institutes are comprehensive, five-day sessions encompassing formal instruction plus hands-on workshops with a range of imaging and printing technologies. Taught by process experts on GATF’s staff, the NAGASA Institute helps dealers, resellers, and manufacturers who sell through dealers and resellers enhance sales by providing attendees with a thorough understanding of traditional and digital technologies and workflows.
NAGASA Institute dates and locations for the year 2000 are:
- January 10-14, 2000, GATF, Sewickley, Pennsylvania (convenient to the Pittsburgh Airport)
- March 20-24, 2000, Graphic Arts Institute, San Francisco, California
- May 15-19, 2000, GATF, Sewickley
- June 26-30, 2000, GATF, Sewickley
- July 31-August 4, 2000, GATF, Sewickley
- October 16-20, 2000, GATF, Sewickley
- December 11-15, 2000, GATF, Sewickley
The NAGASA member fee to attend the five-day NAGASA Institute is $995; the non-member rate is $1195. Contact NAGASA at 202-328-8441 to get a course description and registration information, email the organization at information@nagasa.org, or see www.nagasa.org.
"We’re delighted the year 2000 gives us seven additional opportunities to present this seminar in collaboration with our training partners at GATF," stated NAGASA President and CEO Peter Brehm. He added, "Attendees at past sessions have come away ready to enhance sales and service by drawing on the knowledge gained at these valuable and intense work sessions." GATF President George Ryan noted that "Printers and publishers look to dealers to help them solve process problems. GATF welcomes the opportunity to train NAGASA members as problem-solvers. In the long-run, it helps GATF members tremendously."
The North American Graphic Arts Suppliers Association (NAGASA) is the world’s largest association devoted to the needs of dealers, distributors, value-added resellers, and manufacturers who sell through these organizations. NAGASA and its member network represent more than $4.5 billion of traditional and digital equipment and supplies within the total $6 billion printing and imaging channel marketplace. With hundreds of member firms, NAGASA is dedicated to advancing the channel as the source of value added quality products and services for customers.
Headquartered near Pittsburgh, PA., GATF is a member-supported, nonprofit, scientific, technical, and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of graphic communications industries worldwide. For 75 years GATF has developed leading-edge technologies and practices for printing, and each year the Foundation develops new products, services, and training programs to meet the evolving needs of the industry.