HP names winners of fourth annual awards contest

HP announced the winners of its fourth annual Indigo Digital Labels and Packaging Awards Contest at a gala dinner held during Labelexpo Americas. This year’s contest attracted 312 entries, 36 percent more than last year, from HP Indigo customers in 26 countries. 

Categories for the contest included label printing for wine, alcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic beverages, food, nutraceutical, and health and beauty products. The contest honored the best shrink sleeve and flexible packaging entries as well as the best entry produced as a self-promotion of a converter’s own capabilities. HP also named four ‘judges’ recognition’ winners for design, shelf appeal, security features and two-sided, clear film ‘sandwich’ printing. 

The contest’s independent panel of judges included Hanni Abudy, chair of the Graphic Designers Association of Israel; Dr Samuel Ingram of Clemson University; Adi Levy of Peer Print; Jean Poncet of Etiq&Pack magazine; and Yolanda Simonsis of Paper, Film & Foil Converter magazine.  

‘As the increase in industry participation in this contest shows, digital is more than holding its own in mainstream labels and packaging, as HP Indigo press capabilities and applications continue growing,’ said Alon Bar-Shany, vice president and general manager, Indigo division, HP. ‘Brands are realizing the tremendous value and versatility digital printing offers. As a result, we are seeing a wider variety of high-quality labels and packaging produced on our presses.’ 

Dion Label Printing, headquartered in Westfield, Massachusetts, took home two of the Best-In-Category awards in the neutraceutical and food categories. Dion’s two prize-winning labels were for Bullwater Health & Fitness’s Pomology Anti-Aging label and Hay River’s Organic Pumpkin Seed Oil. 

Australian printer Supa Stik Labels earned one best-of-category and one judges’ recognition award, while US converter Innovative Labeling Solutions took home two judges’ recognition awards, for shelf appeal and sandwich printing.  

The other winners were:  

B.H. Barcode, Israel (health and beauty)

Digital Label Solutions, USA (non-alcoholic beverages)

Dow Industries, USA (specialty product labels)

Foster Packaging, Ireland (flexible packaging)

Label World, USA (wine labels)

Obchodni tiskarny, Czech Republic (shrink sleeve packaging)  

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