FINAT announces award winners

A label for Crabbie’s Green Ginger wine – a Scottish drink – printed by Spear UK has won the Best in Show prize in FINAT’s 2009 Label Awards.
 
Spear UK, based at Cwmbran, Wales, entered the label in the Combination Printing section of the awards, which won it the prize for the best in that section as well as the Best in Show distinction. ‘It was outstanding combination printing, using UV flexography, screen printing and hot foil stamping to very good effect achieved in a single pass. The depth of color was effective and white lettering gave an almost 3-D effect,’ said Tony White, chairman of the judging panel. The company also won the Silk Screen Printing process prize for its Desperadoes Red label.
 
Poland’s Skanem Introl SA was a close competitor for the top accolade and was awarded a Special Jury Awards for its Sobieski Vodka Diament label. Norway-based Skanem, one of the largest groups in FINAT, also won awards for labels from its Liverpool, UK, and Willich, Germany, plants.
 
A booklet designed to show off the printer’s abilities using UV, flexo, screen and digital as well as scratch-off encapsulated scents, by Stratus Printing France, won the Alternative Uses Group award and an innovative lighting strip which can be used for a multitude of end uses, created by the Schreiner Group, of Germany, won the Innovation award. Using the principle of electroluminescence on a flat, printed circuit, this ‘label’ can produce ‘printed light’ by the meter.
 
White said: ‘We had a bumper entry this year – 291 – from 24 countries and awards were made to 41 companies. This reinforces the awards as a globally important competition and shop window for label printers.’
 
Winners from this competition go forward to the World Label Awards competition, judged in September, which declares the best labels in the world.
 
The quality of entries was so high that in two categories the judges could not choose the best and made joint awards.
 
The winners received their prizes in a Greco-Roman-style amphitheatre during FINAT’s annual congress at Antalya, Turkey.
 
The winners are:
 
The Best in Show

Spear UK for Crabbie’s Green Ginger Wine
 
Special Jury Award

Skanem Introl SA, Poland, for Sobieski Vodka Diament
 
Marketing and End-uses Group

Alcoholic drinks: Skanem Introl SA, Poland, for Sobieski Vodka Diament

Food Products: Amberley Labels, UK, for Fortnum & Mason Blenheim Mineral Water

Household Products: Skanem, Liverpool UK, for Omo Fleur d’agrume et bergamote

Industrial: Schreiner Group GmbH, Germany, for Luminous Brand Logo

Cosmetics: (joint winners) Skanem Willich GmbH, Germany, for L’Oral Elivive Re-Nutriao Shampoo Nutritivo, and WDH, Poland, for Senses

Pharmaceutical: Letragraphix Pvt. Ind., India, for Bicalutamide Tablets 50mg

Security: Securikett Ulrich & Horn Gmbh, Austria, for Sumitomo Void Label

Booklets/Coupons: No winner

Sets of Labels: (joint winners) Marzek Etiketten, Austria, for Lackner Tinnacher and Tapp Technologies, Canada, for Newfoundlander’s White Rum

The Marketing and End uses Group Winner: Amberley Labels, UK, for Fortnum & Mason Blenheim Natural Mineral Water
 
Printing Processes Group

Flexography: Flexiket A/S, Denmark, for Lego Bionicle Man

Letterpress: No winner

Screen Printing (Silk): Spear UK for Desperados Red

Offset litho: Collotype Labels, Australia, for Quickie

Digital Printing: Germark, Spain, for Navidad Regalo

Combination Printing: (joint winners) Spear UK for Crabbie’s Green Ginger Wine and Collotype Labels, Australia, for Dai Gum San Merlot 2006

The Printing Processes Group Winner: Spear UK for Crabbie’s Green Ginger Wine
 
Alternative Uses of a Label Press Group

Non-adhesive labels/Tags: No winner

Cartons: Kimbells Pack, Philippines, for Kojic Papaya Soap

Self Promotional Labels

Alternative uses group: Stratus Packaging, France, for Stratus Booklet 

Innovation Group: Schreiner Group Gmbh, Germany, for self adhesive lighting strip

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