Winners of Finat Label Competition 2025 announced

Finat has revealed the results of the 45th Finat Label Competition. The 2025 edition attracted a total of 184 entries, with 47 companies and 21 countries from all over the world participating. 

The judging of this year’s Finat Label Competition took place under the new chairmanship of Z. Murat Sipahioglu, Heidelberg Turkey.  After long years of chairing this event, Anthony White and his wife Connie decided to retire. The panel now consists of Messrs Z. Murat Sipahioglu, and fellow judge Steve Wood, both with more than 15 years’ experience and in-depth technical knowledge of the processes used in the label industry; two newcomers with technical expertise in their own right within the label industry: Phil Baldwin (Bobst, UK) and Fahri Ilazi (Kocher+Beck, DE), and Mick de Reuver from FroQ Brandservices BV (NL) who provided his marketing experience.  

Türkiye and Austria topped the list of countries entering with a combined total of 47 entries followed by Spain with 18 and Germany with 16 entries. The highest number of entries by category was led by wines (38), beers and spirits (28) and with sets of labels in third place (16). The number of entries using digital as one of their main printing processes increased slightly to 88. 

This year, the food and beverages and industrial and automotive categories, previously included under general applications, were separated hence increasing the number of categories from 21 to 23.  This modification not only enabled Finat to see how many participants were actually interested in participating in each category, it also showed that the food and beverages category is still a popular category. 

The awards ceremony, presented by Dr. Vlad Sljapic, was held on May 21 on the occasion of the Finat European Label Forum in Amsterdam. Overall, the 2025 Finat Label Competition was again a testament to the dedication of the Finat community and the high quality of label printing around the world. 

The full list of winners can be found here.