Expert on Asian Markets to Address LPIA Conference

PITTSBURGH—James Chan, Ph.D., president of Asia Marketing and Management in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will address taking the China market by the horns on November 13, 2008, 9:45am, at the Label Printing Industries of America (LPIA) Fall Management Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

As a consulting expert on Asian markets, Dr. Chan will examine the challenges and opportunities that exist for proactive business leaders who are considering doing business in China or other Asian countries—cultural considerations, economics, infrastructure, and political viewpoints—as well as avoiding common pitfalls. What are the realities of doing business in a country with a different mindset, legal traditions, and communication? How valid are contracts and agreements in China? What are the current and future trends that will affect China’s evolving textile market? Dr. Chan will provide the tips and techniques required to protect your intellectual property rights and beat the pirates.

Asia Marketing and Management is a Philadelphia-based consultancy that advises U.S. companies in building business relationships in China and in export entrepreneurship. Dr. Chan, founder and principal, started the independent consulting practice in 1983 after having served as China area manager and international promotion manager of Academic Press, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, a Fortune 500 publishing company.

The Label Printing Industries of America (LPIA) is a professional association for suppliers of label converting, packaging, and box wrap printing. Member printers produces more then 75 percent of the glue applied labels converted in North America for the consumer packaging industry including food, beverage, household products, and pet products.

For additional information on the LPIA or the LPIA Fall Management Conference, please contact Laurie Reynolds, Executive Director at 412-259-1802 or lreynolds@piagatf.org.