Finnish printers in running for international flexo awards

Finnish packaging printers RKW Finland and Pa-Hu, together with the packaging pre-press house Marvaco, have been shortlisted in both the EFIA Print Awards and the FTA Excellence in Flexography Award competition.

The HAU HAU Champion pallet ban

Four different designs feature in the two international competitions. At the EFIA Print Awards finals, to be held in the UK in March, RKW Finland is featured through the printed KOFF LITE packaging film for Sinebrychoff. This printing implements Marvaco’s new Full HD technology. The other entry, from Pa-Hu, is the HAU HAU Champion pallet band.

At the FTA Excellence in Flexography Award competition, to be held In Baltimore, USA during April, RKW Finland is featured with Carlsberg’s Falcon BBQ package design, which also uses Marvaco’s Full HD technology. The other entry is the PrimaCat carton printing for Prima Pet Premium from Pa-Hu.

Marvaco produced the repro and printing plates for the prints. Marvaco is the most awarded and leading pre-press house the Nordic region, handling annually over 20.000 packaging visuals with more than 70 professionals in Finland and Sweden. In Sweden the company operates under the name Linds Flexo, where the company celebrates the 100-year anniversary in 2014.

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