Overwhelming support of the combination by members of both\u00a0Associations sets the stage for the merger\u2019s completion by July 1.<\/p>\n
Alexandria, Va. (February 18, 2016)\u2015The members of Idealliance and Epicomm have voted\u00a0overwhelmingly to approve the joining of their two industry associations, setting the stage for\u00a0completion of the merger by July 1. Members who took part in separate virtual meetings this week\u00a0offered their unequivocal support of the merger, some two weeks after the Idealliance Board of\u00a0Directors and Epicomm Board of Trustees announced their approval of the plan.\u00a0\u201cWe are very gratified that our respective memberships agree wholeheartedly with our\u00a0Boards and numerous industry observers that this merger will be highly beneficial to both\u00a0associations\u2019 members and to the industry at large,\u201d says David J. Steinhardt, Idealliance\u00a0President and Chief Executive Officer, who will serve in the same capacity in the new organization.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe extremely positive response to this merger makes it clear that this new association is\u00a0expected to return\u2014and we know it will return\u2014major dividends in terms of delivering\u00a0enhanced member services and serving as a strong new voice in support of industry growth,\u201d\u00a0says Epicomm Board Chairman Tim Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Impact, Minneapolis,\u00a0Minnesota, will serve as Chairman of the new organization.<\/p>\n
\u201cCombining the strategic management information and industry trends analysis of\u00a0Epicomm with the innovation in workflow processes and technology of Idealliance will create an\u00a0association that is far more than a simple one-plus-one joining of complementary offerings,\u201d\u00a0notes Steinhardt. \u201cIt will offer industry companies across all segments a single powerhouse
\nresource that recognizes the interdependent roles management excellence and workflow best\u00a0practices play in the success of any graphic communications company.\u201d<\/p>\n
The merged organization will retain the name Idealliance and be headquartered in the\u00a0current Epicomm headquarters at 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 320, in Alexandria, Va. It will have\u00a0more than 3,000 members, with about half coming from Epicomm and half from Idealliance.\u00a0Fewer than 130 companies have dual memberships.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the next four months, our two staffs will come together to coordinate and\u00a0recalibrate our combined benefits and create a seamless resource that provides a comprehensive\u00a0spectrum of benefits for all our members,\u201d says Ken Garner, President and Chief Executive\u00a0Officer of Epicomm, who will serve as Executive Vice President of the new association.\u00a0\u201cFrom business and technical best practices and consulting to government advocacy,\u00a0certification, training, and educational events, as a combined and unified association we will be\u00a0better able to more fully serve the total industry supply chain. This includes marketers and
\npublishers to providers of print, mailing, fulfillment, packaging, and content, as well as\u00a0information delivery services,\u201d notes Garner.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough our combined offerings, plus the new products and services we will be\u00a0developing together, we\u2019ll be working diligently to tailor our service offerings to the special\u00a0needs of each industry segment and every size company, from the single owner-operated copy\u00a0shop to the multinational corporation with customers and facilities around the globe,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n
As noted above, Johnson will serve as Chairman of the new association. Idealliance Vice\u00a0Chairman of the Board Dick Ryan, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Publishers Press,\u00a0Shepherdsville, Kentucky, will be Vice Chairman; Epicomm Secretary-Treasurer Wayne\u00a0Marshall, Vice President-Sales and Marketing, EDWARDS, Des Moines, Iowa, will serve as\u00a0Treasurer; and Idealliance Secretary Dino Pagliarello, Director, Product Marketing, Konica\u00a0Minolta Business Solutions, Ramsey, New Jersey, will be Secretary.<\/p>\n
Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, Idealliance is a not-for-profit industry group that is a\u00a0leader in information technology and graphic communications, and a catalyst for technological\u00a0advancement across the total media production process, developing standards and best practices\u00a0to enhance efficiency and speed information across the end-to-end digital media supply chain. Its\u00a0members include content and media creators and their publishers, print and digital service\u00a0providers, material suppliers, and technology partners.<\/p>\n
Among its best known offerings are the G7\u00a9 Expert\/Professional Certification and G7\u00a9\u00a0Master Qualification Programs, and print quality and workflow specifications; GRACoL\u00a9,\u00a0SWOP\u00a9, Mail.dat\u00a9, and PRISM\u00a9.<\/p>\n
Epicomm, the Association for Leaders in Print, Mail, Fulfillment, and Marketing Services,\u00a0was formed in 2014 through the merger of three long-standing graphic communications industry\u00a0trade associations: the Association of Marketing Service Providers (AMSP, founded in 1920), the\u00a0National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL, founded in 1933), and the National\u00a0Association of Quick Printers (NAQP, founded in 1975). Epicomm members include companies\u00a0offering printing, mailing, marketing, and fulfillment services, as well as industry vendors and\u00a0educators.<\/p>\n
Epicomm provides research and trends analysis, management insight and guidance,\u00a0advocacy, education, networking, and specialized consulting services. Among its best-known\u00a0offerings are the annual Epicomm State of the Industry Report, multi-faceted postal issues\u00a0advocacy, and strategic business development consulting services.\u00a0For more information, contact Idealliance Executive Vice President Steve Bonoff at (952)\u00a0896-1908 (sbonoff@idealliance.org) or Epicomm Executive Vice President Dean D\u2019Ambrosi at\u00a0(201) 523-6314 (ddambrosi@epicomm.org).<\/p>\n
About Idealliance:<\/p>\n
Idealliance (International Digital Enterprise Alliance) is a not-for-profit membership organization that has been a leader in information technology\u00a0and publishing since 1966. Idealliance advances core technology to develop standards and best practices to enhance efficiency and speedinformation across the end-to-end digital media supply chain – creation, production, management, and delivery of knowledge-based multimedia\u00a0content – digitally and in print. Idealliance members represent unique convergence of the leading brand owners, agencies, publishers, printers,\u00a0materials suppliers and solution providers. Idealliance provides a user-driven, cross-industry, and open environment in which its members can\u00a0strategize, innovate, standardize, and implement solutions to real business challenges in graphic communications. Idealliance is headquartered at
\n1600 Duke Street, Suite 420, Alexandria, VA 22314. For more information, visit www.idealliance.org or call (703) 837-1070.
\nAbout Epicomm:<\/p>\n
Epicomm, the Association for Leaders in Print, Mail, Fulfillment, and Marketing Services, is a not-for-profit business management association\u00a0representing companies in the $80+ billion graphic communications industry in North America. It provides industry advocacy, management\u00a0training, and a comprehensive slate of business-building solutions for companies in an evolving market environment. It was created in 2014 through\u00a0the merger of the Association of Marketing Service Providers (AMSP) and the National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL)\/National\u00a0Association of Quick Printers (NAQP). Its founding associations have some 200 years of combined experience serving graphic communications\u00a0companies of every size and specialty. Epicomm headquarters is at 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 320, Alexandria, Va., 22314. For more information,
\nvisit www.epicomm.org or call (800) 333-6272.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Overwhelming support of the combination by members of both\u00a0Associations sets the stage for the merger\u2019s completion by July 1. Alexandria, Va. (February 18, 2016)\u2015The members of Idealliance and Epicomm have voted\u00a0overwhelmingly to approve the joining of their two industry associations, setting the stage for\u00a0completion of the merger by July 1. Members who took part in separate virtual meetings this week\u00a0offered their unequivocal support of the merger, some two weeks after the Idealliance Board of\u00a0Directors and Epicomm Board of Trustees announced their approval of the plan.\u00a0\u201cWe are very gratified that our respective memberships agree wholeheartedly with our\u00a0Boards and numerous industry observers that this merger will be highly beneficial to both\u00a0associations\u2019 members and to the industry at large,\u201d says David J. Steinhardt, Idealliance\u00a0President and Chief Executive Officer, who will serve in the same capacity in the new organization. \u201cThe extremely positive response to this merger makes it clear that this new association is\u00a0expected to return\u2014and we know it will return\u2014major dividends in terms of delivering\u00a0enhanced member services and serving as a strong new voice in support of industry growth,\u201d\u00a0says Epicomm Board Chairman Tim Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Impact, Minneapolis,\u00a0Minnesota, will serve as Chairman of the new organization. \u201cCombining the strategic management information and industry trends analysis of\u00a0Epicomm with the innovation in workflow processes and technology of Idealliance will create an\u00a0association that is far more than a simple one-plus-one joining of complementary offerings,\u201d\u00a0notes Steinhardt. \u201cIt will offer industry companies across all segments a single powerhouse resource that recognizes the interdependent roles management excellence and workflow best\u00a0practices play in the success of any graphic communications company.\u201d The merged organization will retain the name Idealliance and be headquartered in the\u00a0current Epicomm headquarters at 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 320, in Alexandria, Va. It will have\u00a0more than 3,000 members, with about half coming from Epicomm and half from Idealliance.\u00a0Fewer than 130 companies have dual memberships. \u201cOver the next four months, our two staffs will come together to coordinate and\u00a0recalibrate our combined benefits and create a seamless resource that provides a comprehensive\u00a0spectrum of benefits for all our members,\u201d says Ken Garner, President and Chief Executive\u00a0Officer of Epicomm, who will serve as Executive Vice President of the new association.\u00a0\u201cFrom business and technical best practices and consulting to government advocacy,\u00a0certification, training, and educational events, as a combined and unified association we will be\u00a0better able to more fully serve the total industry supply chain. This includes marketers and publishers to providers of print, mailing, fulfillment, packaging, and content, as well as\u00a0information delivery services,\u201d notes Garner. \u201cThrough our combined offerings, plus the new products and services we will be\u00a0developing together, we\u2019ll be working diligently to tailor our service offerings to the special\u00a0needs of each industry segment and every size company, from the single owner-operated copy\u00a0shop to the multinational corporation with customers and facilities around the globe,\u201d he adds. As noted above, Johnson will serve as Chairman of the new association. Idealliance Vice\u00a0Chairman of the Board Dick Ryan, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Publishers Press,\u00a0Shepherdsville, Kentucky, will be Vice Chairman; Epicomm Secretary-Treasurer Wayne\u00a0Marshall, Vice President-Sales and Marketing, EDWARDS, Des Moines, Iowa, will serve as\u00a0Treasurer; and Idealliance Secretary Dino Pagliarello, Director, Product Marketing, Konica\u00a0Minolta Business Solutions, Ramsey, New Jersey, will be Secretary. Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, Idealliance is a not-for-profit industry group that is a\u00a0leader in information technology and graphic communications, and a catalyst for technological\u00a0advancement across the total media production process, developing standards and best practices\u00a0to enhance efficiency and speed information across the end-to-end digital media supply chain. Its\u00a0members include content and media creators and their publishers, print and digital service\u00a0providers, material suppliers, and technology partners. Among its best known offerings are the G7\u00a9 Expert\/Professional Certification and G7\u00a9\u00a0Master Qualification Programs, and print quality and workflow specifications; GRACoL\u00a9,\u00a0SWOP\u00a9, Mail.dat\u00a9, and PRISM\u00a9. Epicomm, the Association for Leaders in Print, Mail, Fulfillment, and Marketing Services,\u00a0was formed in 2014 through the merger of three long-standing graphic communications industry\u00a0trade associations: the Association of Marketing Service Providers (AMSP, founded in 1920), the\u00a0National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL, founded in 1933), and the National\u00a0Association of Quick Printers (NAQP, founded in 1975). Epicomm members include companies\u00a0offering printing, mailing, marketing, and fulfillment services, as well as industry vendors and\u00a0educators. Epicomm provides research and trends analysis, management insight and guidance,\u00a0advocacy, education, networking, and specialized consulting services. Among its best-known\u00a0offerings are the annual Epicomm State of the Industry Report, multi-faceted postal issues\u00a0advocacy, and strategic business development consulting services.\u00a0For more information, contact Idealliance Executive Vice President Steve Bonoff at (952)\u00a0896-1908 (sbonoff@idealliance.org) or Epicomm Executive Vice President Dean D\u2019Ambrosi at\u00a0(201) 523-6314 (ddambrosi@epicomm.org). About Idealliance: Idealliance (International Digital Enterprise Alliance) is a not-for-profit membership organization that has been a leader in information technology\u00a0and publishing since 1966. Idealliance advances core technology to develop standards and best practices to enhance efficiency and speedinformation across the end-to-end digital media supply chain – creation, production, management, and delivery of knowledge-based multimedia\u00a0content – digitally and in print. Idealliance members represent unique convergence of the leading brand owners, agencies, publishers, printers,\u00a0materials suppliers and solution providers. Idealliance provides a user-driven, cross-industry, and open environment in which its members can\u00a0strategize, innovate, standardize, and implement solutions to real business challenges in graphic communications. Idealliance is headquartered at 1600 Duke Street, Suite 420, Alexandria, VA 22314. For more information, visit www.idealliance.org or call (703) 837-1070. About Epicomm: Epicomm, the Association for Leaders in Print, Mail, Fulfillment, and Marketing Services, is a not-for-profit business management association\u00a0representing companies in the $80+ billion graphic communications industry in North America. It provides industry advocacy, management\u00a0training, and a comprehensive slate of business-building solutions for companies in an evolving market environment. It was created in 2014 through\u00a0the merger of the Association of Marketing Service Providers (AMSP) and the National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL)\/National\u00a0Association of Quick Printers (NAQP). Its founding associations have some 200 years of combined experience serving graphic communications\u00a0companies of every size and specialty. Epicomm headquarters is at 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 320, Alexandria, Va., 22314. For more information, visit www.epicomm.org or call (800) 333-6272.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16421"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16444,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16421\/revisions\/16444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}