NIPPA networks its name change

Formally known as the National In-plant Print and Publishing Association,(NIPPA) the organization has changed its name to the Network of In-house Print Professionals Australasia following its recent annual conference.

NIPPA president David Harrison claims the acronym was kept because of its instant recognition in the printing industry, as well as among the organisation’s sponsors and supporters. “However, we needed to recognise that our membership continues to grow throughout Australasia,” he says. “We have members in all the states and territories with over 10 per cent coming from New Zealand”.

NIPPA membership is made up of managers from the educational, corporate and professional services sectors. Its main focus is to provide a range of professional development activities for members so that they can continue to provide a valuable service to their host organisation as professionals in their field.

Harrison attributes his organisation’s rapid growth to recognition that in-house print and publishing services provide a valuable combination of expertise, loyalty and security safeguards. “To a growing number of organisations, outsourcing is not an option,” he says. “There is too much risk in leaving the management of intellectual property, copyright obligations and privacy considerations to an outsider.”