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