CHARLOTTE, NC (July 16, 2003) -- The Printing Industry of the Carolinas, Inc. (PICA) is proud to announce its Platinum Sponsors for the 2003-2004 fiscal year. Platinum Sponsors are companies who supply equipment, products, and supplies to printing companies in North and South Carolina. PICA started the Platinum Sponsorship program in 2001 to give a limited number of suppliers more benefits and recognition for their association sponsorship. They receive exclusive recognition in The PICA Scanner, the association's quarterly newsmagazine, and the PICATalk and FLEXOCarolinas email/fax newsletters. Platinum-level sponsorship of the summer and fall conferences, all educational events, and complimentary website advertising are also included as well as five days of free facility rental in the PICA Education and Conference Center in Charlotte, NC, among other benefits. The 2003-2004 Platinum Sponsors are: xpedx, which is based in Greensboro, NC, and has branches in Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington and Winston-Salem, NC and Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville, SC. Jacksonville, FL-based Mac Papers is the second Sponsor, with branches in Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Raleigh, NC and Columbia and Greenville, SC. The third Platinum Sponsor is Heidelberg USA, based in Columbia, MD and Atlanta, GA. PICA has availability for two more Platinum Sponsors. For more information call PICA at (704) 357-1150.