Eclipse Colour scooped the evening’s top prize, being crowned the federation’s Company of the Year (over £5m turnover).
"It was a real privilege to be named the company of the year by an organisation like the BPIF and reflects what a great year we had in 2010," said Eclipse managing director Simon Moore.
"It will certainly give the whole team a real boost and will highlight to our customers that they really are dealing with an award-winning company."
Other winners on the night included AJS labels, which secured the Company of the Year (up to £5m) title. The loss-making label business was acquired in 2009 by Andrew Scrimgeour and was rapidly turned around into a profitable enterprise through a "back to basics" approach focused on customer service and engaging the entire workforce with improving the business.
"It was a fantastic achievement, and real testament to the hard work of the whole team – it goes to prove that even in a tough industry like ours, those small changes can make a big difference," said Scrimgeour.
The awards were held at London’s revamped Café de Paris and hosted by comedian Mark Steel. BPIF chief executive Kathy Woodward, who officially took charge of the federation on 1 June, used her welcome speech to the event’s 250 attendees to heap praise on the shortlisted companies and winners and highlight how their efforts proved the industry had plenty to shout about.
"We wanted this year’s awards to different, edgy and highlight what a great industry print is and I hope we achieved that," said Woodward.
BPIF Excellence Awards winners
Company of the Year (over £5m turnover): Eclipse Colour
Company of the Year (up to £5m turnover): AJS Labels
Apprentice of the Year: Thomas Hancock, Amey Herefordshire
Training & Development: Halstan
Innovation (joint winners): Precision Printing and Ryedale Group
Environment (over £5m turnover): TJ International
Environment (up to £5m turnover): Making Impressions
Human Resources (over £5m turnover): Communisis
Human Resources (up to £5m turnover): Kingfisher Print & Design
Marketing: GI Direct
Lean Manufacturing: Newsprinters (Broxbourne)
Customer Service: Park Communications
Health & Safety: Communisis
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