Label Industry Global Awards finalists announced

The judging panel of the Label Industry Global Awards has announced the finalists for the European Converter of the Year, the Label Industry Award for Continuous Innovation and the Label Industry Award for New Innovation. The winners will be revealed at the award ceremony and gala dinner at the Albert Hall in Brussels on the evening of September 23 – the opening day of Labelexpo Europe 2009.

Label industry expert Mike Fairley has already been announced as the winner of the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award. Judges for this year's awards, under the chairmanship of Helmut Schreiner, managing director of Schreiner Group, were Andrea Vimercati, new president of FINAT; John Hickey, former chairman of the board, TLMI; Andy Thomas, editor of Labels & Labeling; and Tony White, editor of NarroWebTech.

The 2009 finalists are:

European Converter of the Year – sponsored by Flint Group Narrow Web

? Marzek
? Pago
? Rako

Label Industry Award for Continuous Innovation – sponsored by Labels & Labeling, NarroWebTech and Label & Narrow Web

? Codimag
? EskoArtwork
? Flint Group

Label Industry Award for New Innovation

? EFI
? Erhardt + Leimer
? Kodak