World Class Print Award Winners Announced
September 2007
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ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Mark Andy is very pleased to announce the winners of the first annual World Class Print Awards competition. 162 total entries were received from around the world and judged by independent judges from the converting industry. The judges selected the winners in six prize-winning categories at Mark Andy headquarters office in St. Louis on August 16.
Over the years, Mark Andy has seen the many diverse and distinguishing type of labels being produced from customers around the world. Each year has brought new types of labels never before produced further highlighting the variety of printing processes, substrates, creative design and printing techniques. “Observing the quality of work from customers, we wanted to recognize the excellence in print work of customers over the years and give them the recognition they deserved,” said Jerry Henson, director of print services and organizer of the summer-long contest. The competition was open to owners and operators of Mark Andy or Comco printing presses who submitted any printed or converted narrow web application produced between January 1, 2006 and July 31, 2007. There were no limits to the number of entries that companies could submit.
The judge panel included Bill Garno, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jack Kenny, Rodman Publications; Steve Lee, Rotometrics; Jay Olendorf, Lithoflex Corporation; Robert Smithson, Flexographic Trade School, and Roy Webb of Mark Andy. Submissions were judged based on creativity in design, level of difficulty, print quality and execution. The types of winning entries ranged from pressure sensitive labels to unsupported films, laminated stocks, magnets, coupons, scratch-off gaming labels to paper cups.
The winning entries in the following six categories are:
Wine & Spirits:
Gold – Paragon Label – Rosso Classic (pressure sensitive material)
Silver – Landmark Label – Hogue Merlot (pressure sensitive material)
Bronze – Prime Package & Label – Budweiser promotional label (metallized film pressure sensitive material)
Gaming:
Gold – Scientific Games Latino America - 120 Premios de $1,000,000 Lotería - (metallized board stock)
830:
Gold – Priority Label Products – Marvel Edition Haircutting Kit (pressure sensitve material)
2200/Scout/Cadet:
Gold – Raypress Corporation – Crowne Plaza promotional flyer (multi-layered magnetic material)
Silver – Raypress Corporation – Carnation Milk coupon (multi-layered paper coupon)
Bronze – FlexoOne – The Davinity Collection gift tags (pressure sensitive material)
4150/LP3000/XP5000:
Gold – Spectrum Label – Buffy the Vampire Slayer 10th Anniversary Premium Trading Cards – (unsupported metallized film)
Silver – Spectrum Label – Signature Pizzas (pressure sensitive)
Bronze – Spectrum Label – Disney Magic Selections Apple Slices (pressure sensitive material)
Comco:
Gold – York Label – Olay Hydrating Cleanser (tube laminate)
Silver – Labelmakers Group – The Simpsons Lemon-Lime flavored water (unsupported shrink film)
Over the years, Mark Andy has seen the many diverse and distinguishing type of labels being produced from customers around the world. Each year has brought new types of labels never before produced further highlighting the variety of printing processes, substrates, creative design and printing techniques. “Observing the quality of work from customers, we wanted to recognize the excellence in print work of customers over the years and give them the recognition they deserved,” said Jerry Henson, director of print services and organizer of the summer-long contest. The competition was open to owners and operators of Mark Andy or Comco printing presses who submitted any printed or converted narrow web application produced between January 1, 2006 and July 31, 2007. There were no limits to the number of entries that companies could submit.
The judge panel included Bill Garno, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jack Kenny, Rodman Publications; Steve Lee, Rotometrics; Jay Olendorf, Lithoflex Corporation; Robert Smithson, Flexographic Trade School, and Roy Webb of Mark Andy. Submissions were judged based on creativity in design, level of difficulty, print quality and execution. The types of winning entries ranged from pressure sensitive labels to unsupported films, laminated stocks, magnets, coupons, scratch-off gaming labels to paper cups.
The winning entries in the following six categories are:
Wine & Spirits:
Gold – Paragon Label – Rosso Classic (pressure sensitive material)
Silver – Landmark Label – Hogue Merlot (pressure sensitive material)
Bronze – Prime Package & Label – Budweiser promotional label (metallized film pressure sensitive material)
Gaming:
Gold – Scientific Games Latino America - 120 Premios de $1,000,000 Lotería - (metallized board stock)
830:
Gold – Priority Label Products – Marvel Edition Haircutting Kit (pressure sensitve material)
2200/Scout/Cadet:
Gold – Raypress Corporation – Crowne Plaza promotional flyer (multi-layered magnetic material)
Silver – Raypress Corporation – Carnation Milk coupon (multi-layered paper coupon)
Bronze – FlexoOne – The Davinity Collection gift tags (pressure sensitive material)
4150/LP3000/XP5000:
Gold – Spectrum Label – Buffy the Vampire Slayer 10th Anniversary Premium Trading Cards – (unsupported metallized film)
Silver – Spectrum Label – Signature Pizzas (pressure sensitive)
Bronze – Spectrum Label – Disney Magic Selections Apple Slices (pressure sensitive material)
Comco:
Gold – York Label – Olay Hydrating Cleanser (tube laminate)
Silver – Labelmakers Group – The Simpsons Lemon-Lime flavored water (unsupported shrink film)
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