SMART DESIGN

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