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PIM Awards $6500 in Scholarships in 2013

The PIM Education Foundation offers scholarships for students attending 2 year and 4 year degree programs.  In 2013, $6500 in scholarships were awarded to 6 students pursuing careers in Print. Scholarship applications must be received at the PIM office by April 1 each year, scholarship applications will be available in late September of 2013. 


PIM Walleye Fishing Tournament - Rescheduled

Due to the ultra-cold spring...
The Walleye Fishing Tournament has been rescheduled to:

Saturday, July 20, 2013 Big Stone Lake, SD

Come and enjoy a great day of fishing while supporting a great cause -
encouraging youth in print through the PIM Education Foundation.

Thank you to our sponsors!
Midstates Printing, Inc.
Cole Paper


PIM Star of Excellence Awards Banquet
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the largest and most prestigious print competition in the Midwest.

Star Awards Banquet
April 25, 2013

Questions regarding the Star of Excellence Awards? Contact Lola at 651-789-5504

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)

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Please check out the list of recommended actions you should do to comply with CPSIA

Congress Exempts Children's Books & Paper-Based Printed Materials from CPSIA; Industry Wins Freedom from New Environmental Regulation!

The high-stakes debt ceiling debate and votes may have stolen all of the media attention this week, but another very critical piece of legislation: a revision of the burdensome, flawed Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), which called for costly environmental testing and safety certification of children's books and other printed materials. The President is expected to sign H.R. 2715 into law in short order.

FSC Group Certification

There is a now an economical path to FSC Certification for small printers

A new group FSC Chain of Custody certification program is available to PIM member companies with less than $5 million in annual sales of “forest product business” (commercial printing, package printing, etc). 

The costs for this group certification will be substantially reduced; current price is $1695.

There is no difference between individual certificates and the group certificate as regards the use of the logo, the requirements for organization, and the use of certified papers on projects utilizing the FSC logo.

More details are available in the Program Overview. Interested member companies need to complete and submit the Group Enrollment Form and forward it with a 50% deposit to PIM.

For more information, please contact Paul Gutkowski at 651-789-5505 or paulg@pimn.org.