CEO DATELINE - New printing group merger planned
In yet another printing industry merger, Printing United Alliance announced today a mutual intent to combine with the $3.4 million-revenue Idealliance. Printing United itself was formed last year by the merger of the $13 million-revenue Specialty Graphic Imaging Association and the $2.1 million-revenue Printing Industries Association. In 2019, SGIA acquired NAPCO Media, a business-to-business digital media company targeting the printing industry and related sectors.
Read MoreCEO DATELINE - Total exits American Petroleum Institute over climate change policy
The French oil giant Total announced Friday that it would leave the American Petroleum Institute after a review determined the U.S.-based association is not aligned with the company's positions on climate change.Want more news?
Read MoreCEO DATELINE - SHRM announces $50,000 tech competition
The innovation and venture capital arm of the Society for Human Resource Management has launched a new competition for workplace technology innovations, with $50,000 on the line for the winner.Want more news?
Read MoreCEO DATELINE - Association offering hotels as vaccination sites
The American Hotel & Lodging Association is proposing that hotels be used as sites to administer COVID-19 vaccines.Want more news?Consider joining CEO Update. Membership gives full access to the latest intelligence on association management, career advancement, compensation trends and networking events, as well as hundreds of listings for senior-level association jobs.
Read MoreCEO DATELINE - Trade groups for organic and sustainable foods merge
The Sustainable Food Trade Association has ceased operating as an independent entity and merged with the Organic Trade Association. OTA has formed an Organic Trade Association Sustainable Food Action Council, which will consist of former SFTA members and is open to all OTA members.Carbon management and sustainability expert Lisa Braun, who had been on the staff of SFTA, is joining OTA as the sustainability technical services manager for the new council, which will hold its first meeting Jan. 21.
Read MoreCEO DATELINE - Brewers Association returns postponed trade show to Denver
The Brewers Association has pushed back the date of its upcoming trade show from March to September and moved the event to Denver.The Craft Brewers Conference & Brew Expo America was originally scheduled to take place in San Diego from March 29-April 1, according to an association statement. The event has been moved back to Sept. 9-12 because of the pandemic and will instead be held in the Colorado Convention Center.
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