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Label Printer of the Year: The Label Makers
A runner-up three years running, their boat finally came in. Bradford’s Label Makers won one of our most challenging categories thanks to several labels including one for Mary Rose Gin.
Bespoke Digital Printer of the Year: Pureprint Group
Three words from the judges summed up the work of Pureprint: “Quality, quality, quality”. And one word sums up where it landed the printer in this year’s category: winner. Fantastically vivid artwork...
Catalogue Printer of the Year: Wyndeham Southernprint
The eye-witness account said it all: “I have witnessed first-hand the care the Wyndeham Southernprint team takes in producing a high-quality product and was amazed by the attention to detail...
Newspaper Printer of the Year: Mortons Print of Horncastle
Much has been said about the health of the newspaper sector, but keep taking the tabloids. The quality of these and all other paper formats has never been better, as proved this year by the...
Fine Art Printer of the Year: Pureprint Group
When it all comes together, it’s like a work of art. And it has all come together this year for Pureprint. Of all the categories the Sussex printer is shortlisted in, this shows it at its consistent...
FMCG Packaging Printer of the Year: Curtis Print & Packaging
“Sustainable luxury packaging is considered by some to be an oxymoron,” read the entry from this year’s winner, which disagreed and proved it by winning a category it almost scooped last year. As an...
Out-of-home Printer of the Year: SMP Group
As well as high-quality print, judges for the out-of-home (OOH) category were looking for in-situ effectiveness and outstanding customer service for everything from billboards to bus wraps. London’s...
Environmental Company of the Year: Park Communications
The judges are on to something when they suggest “this company is relentless in its pursuit of environmental best practice”. Park Communications has almost made this category its own, winning the...
Customer Service Team of the Year: GI Solutions Group
The customer is king and this Leicester-headquartered business is set for more of them after a survey showed excellent service was a significant differentiator for GI Solutions.
Trainee of the Year: Ryan Samways, Amberley Adhesive Labels
Ryan didn’t have the easiest time at school, “a bit like fitting a square peg into a round hole”. And then it all clicked when Amberley Adhesive Labels took on sixth-former Ryan Samways in 2014 on a...
Luxury Packaging Printer of the Year: Boss Print
Luxury comes at a price and judges wanted a lot from this year’s entries, from spectacular production values to printed products that were sturdy yet elegant and fit for purpose. Consistent quality of...
High-volume Magazine Printer of the Year: Wyndeham Roche
The printer in St Austell, Cornwall, pumped up the volume in this reconfigured category on longer-run magazines produced gravure or web offset. Stepping up to the plate were issues of Boat...
Social Stationery Printer of the Year: Cutture
Judges wanted consistently good quality of print and finishing as well as repro for a category where detail is everything. They were not disappointed by London-based Cutture: “Every part of this...
Report & Accounts Printer of the Year: Pureprint Group
Last year judges praised runner-up Pureprint for its excellent production values. This year the printer went further, with brilliant colour and finishes across all samples. “They really know how to...
Bridson upgrades cross-site workflow
Isle of Man-based printer Bridson & Horrox has installed new Agfa Apogee Cloud software across all of its sites, having acquired two companies in Lancashire over the past year.