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112 | L&L Finat announces 2012 label award winners FINAT, the worldwide association representing the interests of the self-adhesive labeling industry, announced the winners of its 32nd label awards competition during its annual congress in Athens The competition attracted 325 entries, the third highest number ever. The judging panel of this year's label competition included Murat Sipahioglu (Avery Dennison, Turkey), Steve Wood (UK), an expert in screen printing and other printing processes, Gregory Kokkoris (Dot Repro, Greece), Lianne van den Berg (Cartils, The Netherlands) and chairman of the judging panel Tony White (UK). This year it was agreed that all wine labels should be entered in their own category. Wine labels usually gravitate towards higher quality by the nature of their design. This sometimes meant that good quality entries in other classes did not feature in the top awards. Finat received more than 40 entries in the new 'Wine' category resulting in a 'Best in Show' award and 13 Highly Commended certificates. Finat believes that this will become an even more popular category in future years. The same can be said of the cosmetic category where all the cosmetic labels were grouped under one class. This was even more of a success with more than 70 entries in this category. The ‘Best in Show’ and the ‘Marketing/ End-Uses Group’ awards went to Collotype Labels USA for its Le Pich label. ‘This is an outstanding label on many levels,’ comments Tony White. ‘We were extremely impressed not only by the technical excellence of the label, but also by its artistic appearance. The design is very authoritative and confident. This label would sell the wine purely on the quality of the label. Its dramatic look grabs the consumer's attention. Using the screen and offset litho processes along with delicate and very accurate foiling with the additional bonus of embossing the whole label exudes quality.’ Many of the winners from this year’s competition will be entered in the World Label Awards competition which will take place just before Labelexpo Americas in September. From the previous year’s Finat winners five received a World Label award including the Schreiner Group (Germany), Royston Labels (UK), Skanem Introl (Poland), Etimag Etiket (Turkey) and Collotype (USA). THE WINNERS OF THE 2012 FINAT LABEL COMPETITION A. Marketing/End-Uses Group: Group winner is Collotype Labels USA for Le Pich • Wines: Collotype Labels USA for Le Pich and Collotype Labels Australia for Christobel's • Alcoholic drinks: Pragati Flexo, India, for Coeur de Lion • Food products: Permapack, Switzerland, for Mövenpick Honey Mustard Limited Edition • Household products: Skanem Skurup, Sweden, for Bio Bact Tomat • Industrial products: Skanem Poznan, Poland, for Platinum Max Expert XD SW-30 • Cosmetics: Skanem Poznan, Poland, for Cinderella Hair and Body Wash • Pharmaceutical: Pragati Flexo, India, for Arshonil Rasayanam • Security: Schreiner Group, Germany, for NFC Sticker Touch 2ID • Booklets: Pago International, Switzerland, for Harmony Fruit & Yoghurt Dessert • Promotional coupons: Pilot Italia, Italy, for Print Buyer • Self-promotional: Germark, Spain, for Running Girl and Purgina, Slovakia, for The Art of Labels Purgina – Hand • Sets of labels: FD-Etiketten, Germany, for Perlmutt/Goldrausch B. Printing Processes Group: Group winner is Skanem Poznan, Poland, for Soplica Szlachetna Wódka 500ml, described by the judges as ‘a well-produced label offering the expectation of a product of quality and sophistication in the bottle’. • Flexography: Skanem Durham, UK, for Comma Prolife • Rotary letterpress: Cabas, Greece, for Metaxa 7* Flasc 20cl A'side • Screen printing (silk): no winner • Reel fed offset litho: Schäfer-etiketten, Germany, for Bondex Express • Digital printing: August Faller, Germany, for binop • Combination printing: Skanem Poznan, Poland, for Soplica Szlachetna Wódka 500ml C. Non-Adhesive Applications Group: Group winner is Skanem Poznan, Poland, for Eveline Cosmetics – Anti Stress. The judges said: ‘A well-produced label with exceptional skin tones contributes strongly to making this entry a group winner. Very good use of the flexographic process.’ • Non-adhesive labels/tags: Skanem Poznan, Poland, for Eveline Cosmetics – Anti Stress • Cartons: Pragati Flexo, India, for Cubraxis M 5mg 20 Tabs • Sleeves: Etimag Etiket, Turkey, for Coca Cola Studio Kaprol 250 ml D. Innovation Group: The two joint group winners are Schreiner Group, Germany, for Nameplate with integrated pressure compensation seal, and Auraprint Oy, Finland, for Orian Clean Card Pro. LABELS&LABELING L-R: Orian Clean Card Pro converted by Auraprint Oy, Le Pich label by Collotype USA and Nameplate with integrated pressure compensation seal from Schreiner Group
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