Lifetime achievement winner announced for Label Industry Global Awards

Voting for the prestigious Label Industry Global Awards is now closed and a panel of high-profile judges from across the label industry gathered in Warsaw on June 7 to review the nomination lists and count the votes. The judging panel unanimously selected Calvin Frost, CEO of the Channeled Resources Group, as the winner of the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award. Winners of the other Award categories will be revealed on September 11 at a Gala Dinner at Labelexpo Americas 2006 in Chicago.

Calvin Frost is undoubtedly regarded as the leading international champion of recycling and environmental awareness in the label industry, devoting most of his working life and career to salvaging PSA waste and turning it into useful materials by making pressure-sensitive products more environmentally friendly. His ongoing mission is to continue to channel cost-effective and environmentally responsible solutions to global label converters and industry suppliers.

Mr Frost graduated with a degree in English from Kenyon College in the United States and then began his career with several marketing positions before establishing the Channeled Resources Group in Chicago in the
mid-1970s. The Group, under his leadership and guidance, is a pioneer and worldwide leader in the field of
re-processed paper, film labelstocks and liners as well as in the re-use and recycling of pressure-sensitive waste.

Throughout his long association with the label industry, Mr Frost has played an active role in the sector and in recycling organizations all over the world. He is currently Chair of the TLMI Environmental Committee and has been a regular speaker and chairman at TLMI, FINAT, Labelexpo, AWA, Adhesive and Sealant Council events, to name a few. This year, he will be co-chairing the TLMI/FINAT joint meeting being held in Orlando, Florida.

Other nominees in the same R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award, included: John Little, Nilpeter Inc.; Joseph Weber Jnr., Weber Marking Systems; Bruce Bell, Belmark Inc; and Walter Dow, Dow Industries. A dedicated website, http://www.labelawards.com/, gives detailed information about all Award categories and shows the shortlist of nominees.

Mike Fairley, Label Industry Global Awards Judging Panel Chairman, said: ‘It gives me the greatest of pleasure to congratulate Calvin Frost on becoming the unanimous winner of the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award 2006. He has long been ahead of his time in making the label industry aware of its environmental responsibilities and in championing recycling. This Award recognizes his considerable efforts over many years and the role he has had in generating a more environmentally aware pressure-sensitive label industry. I’d also like to congratulate all the other nominees in this category for reaching the shortlist.’

Mr Frost will collect his R. Stanton Lifetime Achievement Award at the Gala Dinner at Labelexpo Americas 2006 in September. Names of the winners in the other categories will also be announced at the same ceremony. The remaining categories and nominees are:

RFID Smart Label Manufacturer Award, sponsored by XSYS Print Solutions

 Kennedy Group
 CCL Label
 Lowry Computer Products
 RSI ID Technologies
 Topflight Corporation
 Graphic Solutions International

The Label Industry Award for Continuous Innovation, sponsored by Labels & Labeling, Label & Narrow Web, and NarroWebTech

 Rotometrics
 3M
 Dupont
 Rotoflex
 Flexcon

The Label Industry Award for New Innovation, sponsored by MPS  

 Esko
 DiMS
 Primera Technology
 XSYS Print Solutions
 bielomatik

The judging panel which met in Warsaw to review the votes and nominations, consisted of well-known representatives from across the global label industry, including:

- Mike Fairley, Tarsus Group plc, Panel Chairman
- Andy Thomas, Editor, Labels & Labeling
- Jack Kenny, Editor, Label & Narrow Web
- Anthony White, Co-editor, NarrowWebTech
- Scott Pillsbury, Chairman of the Board, TLMI
- David Harrisson, President, FINAT