Finat announces winners of label awards competition

Finat, the global self-adhesive label industry association, has announced the winners of its annual label awards competition. In this 30th edition, both ‘Best in Show’ and ‘Printing Processes Group Winner’ awards went to Italy-based Pilot Italia for its Barceló Rum labels. 

‘We consider this a truly regal label that makes good use of the metalized paper substrate,’ said Tony White, chairman of the panel, of Pilot Italia’s label, which was printed by a combination of UV flexo and offset litho with additional embossing. ‘This label has an immediate shelf appeal, evoking lazy days under the palm trees and the sugar fields of the Dominican Republic, home of Barceló Rum since 1929.’ 

With its unusual design, the Illusion Box from Kimbells Pack in the Philippines won the special jury award ‘because the application shows how the printer has been able to differentiate himself from the pack’, Tony White continued.

Organizers witnessed a trend towards more entries for the marketing and end-users group, with 180 entries. It is the cosmetics group within this category that holds this year’s winner with the ‘no label look’ label from Skanem Liverpool in the UK for Colgate Palmolive Sublime.  

The non-adhesive application group winner was Turkey-based Etimag Etiket with an offset litho sleeve which made good use of vibrant colors for Balea body lotion, said the judges.  

Schreiner Group, of Germany, won the innovation category for the second year running. This category awards new applications or products that are not covered in the other categories. The company has developed an integrated printed electronic device using wireless and electroluminescence technology combined with a self-adhesive application. 

The 30^th edition of Finat’s award competition attracted more entries than ever before. In the past decade there has been an increase of 150 percent, while this year alone there has been a 10 percent increase with a total of 325 entries from 55 different companies. The greatest number of contributions came from India, Turkey and the UK. The judging panel included industry experts from Turkey, Spain and the UK, with a Dutch member judging purely on the design of the labels.  

This year the Finat label awards competition chalked up 20 winners. Many of these are being entered into the World Label Awards competition that is taking place in conjunction with Labelexpo Americas in Chicago in September. From last year’s Finat award winners, six became a World Label Award winner, including Schreiner Group, Schäfer-etiketten, Collotype, Amberley Labels, Skanem Hobro and Tapp Technologies.

The winners of the 2010 Finat label competition are: 

Best in show: Pilot Italia, Italy, for Barceló 

Special jury award: Kimbells Pack, Philippines, for Illusion Box

Marketing and end-users group

Alcoholic drinks: Tapp Technologies, Canada, for Sbragia 2007 Home Ranch Merlot

Food products: Bahar Etiket, Turkey, for Sumwadda

Household products: GundlachLogo – Logo Etiketten, Germany, for Rial Liquid Soap Olive Milk

Industrial product: Skanem Skurup, Sweden, for Mobil 1 New Life

Cosmetics: Skanem Liverpool, United Kingdom, for Colgate Palmolive Sublime

Pharmaceutical: Super Label, India, for Rantac MPS Suspension

Security: Schreiner Group, Germany, for AU Gas Siegel (vehicle emissions inspection gas seal)

Booklets: Skanem Introl, Poland, for Kampanj Arla Ko 670g

Promotional coupons: Skanem Skurup, Sweden, for Pokémon

Self promotional: Kimbells Pack, Philippines, for Illusion Box

Sets of labels: Helf Etiketten, Austria, for Mutter Natur Essig

The marketing and end-users group winner: Skanem Liverpool, UK, for Colgate Palmolive Sublime

Printing processes group

Flexography: Spear, UK, for Innis & Gunn Original

Rotary letterpress: Kuresa, Peru, for Antigua Bottega

Screen printing (silk): Flexiket, Denmark, for Meda Baby Shampoo

Reel fed offset litho: Tapp Technologies, Canada, for Rodney Strong 2008 Sauvignon Blanc

Digital printing: Skanem Hobro, Denmark, for Vikingsild

Combination printing: Pilot Italia, Italy, for Barceló

The printing processes group winner: Pilot Italia for Barceló

Non-adhesive applications

Labels/tags: Skanem Newcastle, UK, for Ocean Pure Hot + Spicy King Prawns

Sleeves: Etimag Etiket, Turkey, for Lenhart – Balea Young body lotion

Cartons: no winner

The non-adhesive applications group winner: Etimag Etiket, Turkey, for Lenhart – Balea Young body lotion 

Innovation

Schreiner Group, Germany, for RF activated EL, group winner

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