FINAT announces 34th Label Awards winners

FINAT, the international association for the self-adhesive labeling industry, announced the winners of its 34th label awards competition at the award ceremony of its annual congress in Monaco. There were 241 awards entries representing 49 companies from 25 countries, including two newcomers this year, Ile de la Reunion and Latvia. The quality of the entries has been maintained at a high level once again.

FINAT Best in show and Printing Processes Group award went to Multi Labels in the UK

Chairman of the judging panel was industry expert Mike Fairley (UK), standing in for Tony White, who was unable to assist due to health issues. He was joined by the judging panel regulars Murat Sipahioglu (Turkey), Steve Wood (UK) and Rik Olthof (Cartils, The Netherlands). This year they received additional support from Bill Bruce (editor foodbev.com) and Bernard Plat, past president of the French label association UNFEA.

The Best in Show and Printing Processes Group winner awards went to Multi Labels, United Kingdom for ‘The Irishman Single Malt’ label. Commented the judges: At first glance this label looks simple to produce but the facts tell another story. The generous use of delicate gold hot foiling especially in the signature and reversed out areas is worthy of note. The fact that 10 colors were used to achieve the finished result along with embossing and varnishing in a single pass is testament to the degree of control required to produce this label to such a high standard.’

The Marketing/End-Uses Group Winner is Collotype Labels – Griffith, Australia for De Bortoli Wines – La Bohème. The Non-Adhesive Group was won by Masterpress S.A., Poland, for Heineken The Future – Limited Edition.

The Innovation Group winner was the Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG, Germany for Pharma-Tac Plus label.

Later in the year FINAT will be selecting the best labels from this year's winners to represent FINAT in the forthcoming WLA judging which will take place the day before the Labelexpo Americas show opens in Chicago in early September 2014.

 

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