GMG cooperates with the following institutes, organizations and working groups:
- DFTA: German-speaking Flexography Section – Technology Center
- ECI: European Color Initiative
- ERA: European Rotogravure Association
- FDI: Association of the Executive Managers in the Graphic Arts Industry and Information Processing
- Fogra: Graphic Technology Research Association in Germany
- GRACoL: General Requirements for Appplications in Commercial Offset Lithography
- GWG: Ghent PDF Workgroup
- ICC: International Color Consortium
- IDEAlliance: International Digital Enterprise Alliance
- Ifra: Worldwide Research and Service Organisation for the News Publishing Industry
- IPA: Association of Graphic Solution Providers
- IPM: Print Process Management
- PIA/GAFT: Printing Industries of America and Graphic Arts Technical Foundation
- PPA: Association for Publishers and Providers of Consumer, Customer and Business Media in the UK
- SWOP: Specifications Web Offset Publications
GMG supports the following universities:
- Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart: Stuttgart Media University
- Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften München: München University of Applied Sciences
- Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden: Dresden University of Applied Sciences
- Höhere Graphische Bundes-, Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt Wien
- Staatliche Akademie der Bildende Künste Stuttgart: Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design
- Universität Wuppertal: University of Wuppertal
