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Approaching 75 Years of Service
To Members and the Graphic Communications Industry
TRAVEL IN TIME. . .Click here for a look at some major milestones in
our Association and our industry, taken from the pages of
From Pioneers to Leaders--A History of NAPL's 75 Years of Leadership. A free copy
of this commerative book will be given to Soderstrom Dinner attendees.
Our History, Our Future
1933 - National Association of Photo-Lithographers
1971 - National Association of Printers and Lithographers
1999 - National Association for Printing Leadership
TODAY - NAPL, the trade association for excellence in graphic communications management
NAPL was founded in 1933 in the midst of the Great Depression as the National Association
of Photo-Lithographers, setting out on a mission that continues to this day: to
help its members stay on the leading edge of innovation and profitably grow their
business. Over the years, the Association has evolved along with the graphic communications
industry it serves.
By the early 1970s, the letterpress industry, once a competitor to photolithographers,
had become heavily engaged in the lithographic field. For decades, our members had
been lithographers, who were not known as printers. However, with letterpress printers
joining our ranks in ever-growing numbers, in 1971, we changed our name to the National
Association of Printers and Lithographers.
Later, in the 1980s and 1990s, as letterpress faded and the industry saw the explosion of computers and the arrival of digital technology, the printer's craft became an ever-more complex business demanding more advanced management skills. NAPL turned its focus to building and supporting industry leaders and, in 1999, the Association again changed its name, this time to the National Association for Printing Leadership.
Today we are best known simply as NAPL, an acronym that has a heritage of nearly 75 years of service to companies in the printing and graphic communications industry. As the trade association for excellence in graphic communications management, NAPL counts among its members many of the industry's most progressive companies.
For information on membership in NAPL,
call (800) 642-6275, Option 5, or click
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