FTA makes call for entries to 2016 Excellence in Flexography Awards

Competition categories include wide web, mid web, narrow web, combined corrugated, pre-printed linerboard, envelope, self-promotion, student and non-traditional flexo/emerging technologies. All members of the flexographic supply chain, including printers/converters, print buyers, suppliers, designers and students from around the world, are invited to enter. Entries must have been produced for a production run of an actual market product between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015. Download the 2016 Excellence in Flexography Awards brochure and entry form below.

The awards program is an annual competition sponsored by FTA in which flexographic printers/converters and other members of the supply chain can demonstrate print expertise to the entire global packaging community.

New for 2016, FTA members receive their first entry free of charge. Each entry thereafter is 80 USD. The entry fee for non-members is 150 USD per submission.

FTA Awards Committee chair Paul Lancelle said: ‘The Excellence in Flexography awards competition provides a great opportunity for companies of all sizes and across all industry segments to showcase and demonstrate their capabilities in achieving exceptional print results.

‘Teams of industry professionals utilize established judging criteria in determining the ‘best of the best’. The competitive bar continues to be raised each year from a print quality standpoint.’

Winners will be announced at an awards banquet being held on March 6, 2016 during FTA’s Annual Forum.