Quality Awards
Book Printer of the Year: Boss Print
Last year’s highly commended entry turned a new leaf in 2018 with an outright category win. “Great attention to detail, with complex technical solutions to difficult issues resulting in beautiful...
Industrial Digital Printer of the Year: Go Inspire Solutions
Go Inspire got the balance right to win for the first time a category in which data handling, variables, text and images are as important as the overall quality of the printed product.
Out-of-home Printer of the Year: VGL
VGL put the ‘ooh!’ into OOH print with five Mamma Mia bus wraps with rainbow glitter vinyl that give a shimmering illusion of movement when hit by light. A Sky building wrap meanwhile featured giant...
Bespoke Magazine Printer of the Year: Park Communications
Beauty Papers, a photography-led magazine on the culture of make-up and beauty, helped Park Communications win this category.
Bespoke Digital Printer of the Year: Screaming Colour
Judges were looking for short-run, high-value brochures, packaging and presentation packs. They found “a standard across the whole category that was stunning, but this entry in particular was...
Catalogue Printer of the Year: Precision Colour Printing
Although high-quality printing was essential for this category, judges also took into account the production constraints often imposed in catalogue work. However, that wasn’t strictly necessary for...
Point-of-purchase Printer of the Year: Imprint Group part of Pureprint Group
White Stuff was the right stuff for last year’s highly commended entrant. The Newcastle-headquartered printer created a ’Run Wild’ window campaign for the fashion chain of 120 shops.
FMCG Packaging Printer of the Year: Curtis Packaging
Typical FMCG packaging has a short shelf-life but fast turnarounds, tricky consistency demands and runs that can be achingly long. Curtis Packaging in Redhill surmounted them all with what one judge...
Social Stationery Printer of the Year: The Sherwood Group
Judges wanted consistent print, finishing and repro, and offered the warmest greetings to Sherwood’s stationery – which delivered the goods this year.
Report & Accounts Printer of the Year: Empress Litho
“Who would have thought accountants would appreciate such beautifully presented print?” asked the judges after being comprehensively wowed by the quality and attention to detail displayed in the...