Membership

The BCPIA is a trade association devoted to promoting and advancing the best interests of the printing industry in British Columbia. It is the voice of the printing industry and provides its members with one of the most dynamic partnership arrangements of any association in North America.

BCPIA’s mission statement is "to help its members prosper".

Four Memberships in One

Firms that join the British Columbia Printing and Imaging Association automatically become members of the Canadian Printing Industries Association, the Printing Industries Association of America, and the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation. This seamless series of partnerships offer members in the BCPIA unprecedented benefits.

The printing industry in Canada is one of the most economically important and technologically advanced industrial sectors. Canada’s printing industry is the fourth largest manufacturing employer in the nation with more than 75,000 employees, who work in 3,200 establishments.

Members

Members of the BCPIA are progressive, innovative firms engaged in the selling of services and products to print buyers throughout the province. Members range from the largest companies to small family run businesses. These firms are engaged in the manufacturing of the printed product from prepress through bindery.

Suppliers to the industry join as associate members. Other categories include consultants, educational institutions and government.

BCPIA’s profit-oriented companies find membership a wise investment. They realize that members benefits when an industry pools its efforts and resources for the common good of all. Members take advantage of a range of networking and educational opportunities and services offered by BCPIA such as:

· Seminars on management topics, relevant to the industry, held quarterly in the Lower Mainland and the Interior.

· Pro-active government affairs in BC with issues such as WCB Assessments and buy BC promotions to help support BC printers. Federal government representation through both BCPIA and CPIA.

· Group discounts on business services including a webpage program and product through WebAlive Canada, Visa/MasterCard Merchant Program, Employee Benefits Program, a North American-wide Slow Pay program, 20% savings on IPA webinars and CDs, and retail discounts.

· Monthly management information and newsletters from GATF, PIA, and CPIA including ratio studies which can compare your company’s performance with 1000 printing industry companies in Canada and the US. (See Special Industry Benefits Sheet)

· PressLines sent out from BCPIA quarterly and E-Clips sent out monthly.

· BCPIA Scholarships for first year students from BC who are entering their first year of an approved graphic communications program.

• Education leadership through BCPIA’s Education Task Force working on developing a new program to be offered in BC.

• Small industry reference library from which members may borrow books.