Ronkonkoma, NY - November 3, 2008 - For nearly 15 years, the key associations serving the graphic communications industry have sponsored the National Environmental, Health & Safety Conference to help printers better understand and meet their environmental, health and safety (EHS) compliance obligations. In recent years, the conference focus has shifted to sustainable printing due to the intense interest and demands from the printer's customer base for sustainable green printing.

Print buyers are now being offered the opportunity to help the printing industry along its sustainability journey.  They are invited to participate as a Corporate Sponsor for this one-of- a-kind event that reaches all major print processes - flexographic, lithographic, screen-printing, digital imaging, and rotogravure. By becoming a Corporate Sponsor, print buyers not only reaffirm their commitment to sustainability, but will also be able to extend that commitment by providing their print suppliers with a discounted registration to the conference.

The 2009 conference program, themed "Printing for a Sustainable Future," is designed to assist printing companies with understanding elements of the newly launched Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) Partnership program (www.sgppartnership.org). The event is slated for March 16-18, 2009 in Indianapolis, IN.  By attending, printers will gain the information they need to help them to plan and implement sustainability-related activities.

For additional information on the NEHS Corporate Sponsorship Program, contact Marcia Y. Kinter, SGIA, Conference Chair at marcik@sgia.org, 703-359-1313 or Doreen M. Monteleone, FTA, Program Chair at 631-737-6020. For updates of the 2009 NEHS Conference, visit www.nehsconference.org.

The 2009 National Environmental, Health & Safety Conference is a collaboration of the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA), Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA), Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) and National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM).