NAPCO Media Sold To SGIA

Posted on August 14, 2019 by mailomg in Memo 404, Uncategorized // 0 Comments

Irvin J. Borowsky

The company Irvin Borowsky started in 1958 as North American Publishing Company which today is known as NAPCO Media has been sold to the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA).

SGIA now owns the legendary publisher of Printing Impressions, Packaging Impressions, PromoMarketing, In-Plant Impressions, TotalRetail, Target Marketing, and Wide-Format Impressions.

The sale was announced August 6, 2019. No changes will be made to staff or office locations.

In 2017 SGIA and NAPCO Media joined in a strategic partnership to create the Printing United trade show, which will have its first event this October in direct competition to the PRINT show (formerly Graph Expo).

Irvin Borowsky’s Incredible Life (Wikipedia)

Photo courtesy National Liberty Museum

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