Print Awards

2010 COMPETITION
Judging has now been completed for the 2010 Print Awards and winners have been notified. As ever the overall standard of entries was very high and in certain areas it was outstanding. We will be providing comments in the Awards brochure.
We would like to thank all the judges who took part in the judging process. New judges this year were Cath Greenhalgh from Warburtons and Dean Standford from Amcor Ledbury.
The Gala Dinner to celebrate the Best in Flexography will be held on 24th March at the Royal Armouries Leeds and you can download your booking form here. Please retun it to Lesley Hide to ensure you have your table at the premier Flexo Event in the UK.

We would like to thanks all our Sponsors without whose support we would not be able to stage such a prestigious event or carry on with the work we do in the EFTA. In 2010 the following companies have agreed to support the Awards

	Sponsoring Best In Show Awards Sun Chemical, a member of the DIC group, is the world's largest producer of printing inks and pigments and a leading provider of materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics, and other industrial markets including electronic materials, functional and specialty coatings, brand protection and product authentication technologies. Read more about Sun Chemical here
	Sponsoring Preprint and Sacks The range of solutions that Asahi offers is second to none. More than 30 years of experience in producing and constantly advancing the development of photopolymers form the basis for a range of plate types which convince printers on account of their quality and resultant efficiency. Read more about Asahi here
	Sponsoring Corrugated Post Print The Bobst Group are global leaders in the supply of high quality equipment to print and convert corrugated board. Developments by BOBST, MARTIN, ASITRADE and RAPIDEX combine to play a leading role in providing cost-effective, quality conscious solutions to the packaging industry. Read more about Bobst here
	Sponsoring Flexible Packaging DuPont uses science to create innovative colour and printing technologies to help customers create better, safer and more cost-effective package production, all over the world. DuPont offers innovative systems for flexographic and other package printing to help customers gain competitive advantage in the global packaging graphics value chain. Read more about Dupont here
	Sponsoring Labels Founded in 1974, YRG Group is a thriving organisation serving both the print industry and a wide range of end-user clients. The Group has built on sustained success, expanding significantly over the past five years with multi-million pound investments in plant, processes and people that continue to drive its outstanding progress. YRG comprises three closely aligned sites in York and Manchester, as well as a number of innovative and positive partnerships with other companies. Read more about the YRG Group here
	Sponsoring Technical Innovation 3M offer a wide range range of mounting tapes as well as splicing tapes.The soft foam matrix provides compression and recovery properties necessary to help reduce dot gain and produce high quality process printing. 3M Flying Splice Tapes are designed for flying and zero speed slicing of most paper types where a thin caliper is required. Read more about 3M here
	Sponsoring Pre Print and Sacks Kodak provides a complete portfolio of solutions for your flexo printing needs. If you’re looking for traditional products, Kodak provides three types of analog plates. If you want to push the limits of flexo printing, with quality equal to gravure, the KODAK FLEXCEL NX Digital Flexographic System is the answer. Read more about Kodak here