However the supporting economic analysis, Manufacturing in the UK: An economic Analysis of the Sector, suggests that print should be of high importance, proving that it is the third highest provider of added value and has the third highest percentage of jobs in manufacturing.
Contributions from industry at this event, alongside responses to the framework, will help to build policy for the manufacturing sector ahead of the 2011 budget.
The BPIF and Unite have both insisted that print be given a platform to air their views.
Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke said: "I want to make it clear, there has to be a seat at the table for print, packaging and paper manufacturing in January and we will be lobbying hard for a place for trade bodies and unions to attend."
BPIF director of corporate affairs Andy Brown added: "There are clear examples of advanced manufacturing in the print industry and we want to be involved in the summit.
"Clearly we need to do everything we can to get print across, it is a sector that offers more added value than any other. I am not sure the sector is invited or how it is perceived by the BIS in manufacturing terms."
The summit is part of the Growth Review Framework for Advanced Manufacturing, which will see £50m invested in the Manufacturing Advisory Service.
