11.01.06
G-3 Enterprises, of Modesto, CA, USA, is the Best of Show winner in the 2006 Awards Competition sponsored by the Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI). The winning entry, a label for Bridlewood Blue Road Syrah, also won a First Place award among North American competitors in the Wine & Spirits, Flexography/Letterpress, Line & Screen/Tone, Prime category.
Smyth Companies, Minneapolis, MN, USA, won the Innovator award for its Coors Cold Wrap Label in the Roll to Roll, Line, Prime category. The company also received second place recognition for that entry.
This year's competition drew 278 entries from 51 converters, both North American and international. First place awards were
presented for 36 North American labels and tags, and for 12 international labels. Twenty-four second place awards were presented for North American winners, along with four for international converters. Twelve honorable mentions were awarded, 10 of them to North American converters.
Several companies won multiple awards, including Multi-Color Corporation (9), Collotype Labels (8), Tapp Technologies (7), and G-3 Enterprises and Dow Industries (5 each).
The judging committee, chaired by Steve Lee of RotoMetrics, included Mike Buystedt of XSYS Print Solutions; J. Page Crouch, retired chairman of the graphics department at Clemson University; Patrick Hague of Water Ink Technologies; Ray Mackura of Avery Dennison Fasson Roll; Peter Mulheran of Siegwerk Ink Packaging; Dilip Shah of Nilpeter USA; Robert Smithson of Trinity Graphic USA; Paul Teachout of Aquaflex; Terry Trexler of Gallus; and Roy Webb of Mark Andy.
The following is the full list of award winners and honorable mentions:
EDP label
SoftBand
Flexography, line & screen/tone, non-prime
Craftsman Intek 7.00 hp "Prime Label"
Flexography, line & screen/tone, prime
Roex L-Lysine and L-Proline
Flexography, line, non-prime
Warning label
Letterpress, rotary color process, prime
GNC Papaya Complete
Plateless printing, health and beauty products
Time Out Label
Multi-process, line, prime
Ken's Cocktail Sauce
Multi-process, non-prime
Organizer Base Label
Flexography, color process, non-prime
Craftsman
Gravure, line & screen/tone, prime
Sunlight Multi-Action he Laundry Detergent
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, color process, prime
Napa Ridge - Coastal Vines Pinot Noir
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, line, prime
Luna - 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, line & screen/tone, prime
Bridlewood - Blue Roan Syrah—Best of Show
Wine & spirits, offset, color process, non-prime
Verve Pinot Noir Labels
Roll to roll, color process, prime
John Frieda Frizz Ease
Plateless printing, wine & spirits (beer)
Times Ten Cellars Cabernet
Multi-process, color process, prime
Christi Harris - 32 oz. Linen Spray
Flexography, line, prime
Target Cold/Flu 10 oz. Prime Label
Gravure, line, prime
Miller Genuine Draft
Offset, color process, prime
Method High Efficiency Laundry Detergent
Cut & stack, line & screen/tone, prime
Olay Body Wash Ribbons - Jojoba Butter
Cut & stack, color process, prime
P&G Tide with Febreze Freshness
Roll to roll, line, prime
Arizona Black Tea
Roll to roll, line & screen/tone, prime
Anheuser Busch BE Beer
Coupon
OPTI-FREE RepleniSH Instant Redeemable Coupon
Plateless printing, food & beverage products
William Poll Cucumber Dip 8 oz. Prime
Cut & stack, line, prime
Heinz it Up Ketchup - Front - 1L
Flat screen printing, line, prime
Don Q Cristal
Multi-process, line & screen/tone, prime
Saveur - Ginger Wasabi 'n Beer Marinade
Wine & spirits, offset, line, prime
Sortilège 750mL
Wine & spirits, offset, color process, prime
Selection Châtenois
Paperboard/rigid packaging
Chromax
Plateless printing, household goods
Cambria
Wine & spirits, offset, line & screen/tone, prime
Solaris Reserve 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon by Beaulieu Vineyards
Wine & spirits, offset, line & screen/tone, non-prime
Old Telegraph Backs by Bonny Doon
Flexography, color process, prime
Pond Care Spring & Autumn Premium Pellet
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, line, prime
Heartland Stickleback
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, color process, prime
Stamps of Australia
Wine & spirits, offset, line & screen/tone, prime
Running with Scissors
Wine & spirits, offset, line, prime
Archetype
Wine & spirits, offset, color process, prime
Sockeye
Wine & spirits, offset, color process, non-prime
Nottage Hill Strips
Flexography, line & screen/tone, non-prime
Aloe Vera Lida
Letterpress, rotary color process, prime
Ehje's Peanut Butter Plain 225 grams
Multi-process, color process, prime
ZENZEST Cocktail Collection Margarita Lotion Spray 150mL
Wine & spirits, flexogrphay/letterpress, line & screen/tone, prime
Glenfiddich Solera Reserve 5cl
Cut & stack, color process, prime
Neston Cut Stack Label
Letterpress, rotary line, prime
Pharma-Plus Label
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, color process, prime
Flexography, line & screen/tone, prime
EDP label
Flexography, line, prime
Flexography, color process, prime
Cut & stack, line & screen/tone, prime
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, line & screen/tone, prime
Flexography, color process, non-prime
Gravure, line, prime
Roll to roll, line & screen/tone, prime
Roll to roll, color process, prime
Plateless printing, health & beauty products
Wine & spirits, offset, color process, prime
Wine & spirits, offset, line & screen/tone, prime
Roll to roll, line, prime—Innovator
Gravure, line & screen/tone, prime
Multi-process, non-prime
Plateless printing, household goods
Plateless printing, wine & spirits (beer)
Wine & spirits, offset, line, prime
Flexography, line & screen/tone, non-prime
Multi-process, color process, prime
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, line, prime
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, line & screen/tone, prime
Wine & spirits, offset, line & screen/tone, prime
Wine & spirits, offset, color process, prime
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, line & screen/tone, prime
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, color process, prime
Plateless printing, food & beverage products
Letterpress, flatbed, non-prime
Flexography, color process, prime
Roll to roll, color process, prime
Multi-process, color process, non-prime
Multi-process, line & screen/tone, prime
Roll to roll, color process, prime
Plateless printing, household goods
Wine & spirits, offset, line, prime
Wine & spirits, offset, color process, prime
Multi-process, line & screen/tone, prime
Flat screen printing, line, prime
Smyth Companies, Minneapolis, MN, USA, won the Innovator award for its Coors Cold Wrap Label in the Roll to Roll, Line, Prime category. The company also received second place recognition for that entry.
This year's competition drew 278 entries from 51 converters, both North American and international. First place awards were
Best of Show: G-3 Enterprises |
Several companies won multiple awards, including Multi-Color Corporation (9), Collotype Labels (8), Tapp Technologies (7), and G-3 Enterprises and Dow Industries (5 each).
The judging committee, chaired by Steve Lee of RotoMetrics, included Mike Buystedt of XSYS Print Solutions; J. Page Crouch, retired chairman of the graphics department at Clemson University; Patrick Hague of Water Ink Technologies; Ray Mackura of Avery Dennison Fasson Roll; Peter Mulheran of Siegwerk Ink Packaging; Dilip Shah of Nilpeter USA; Robert Smithson of Trinity Graphic USA; Paul Teachout of Aquaflex; Terry Trexler of Gallus; and Roy Webb of Mark Andy.
The following is the full list of award winners and honorable mentions:
FIRST PLACE, NORTH AMERICAN
Avery Dennison - Business Media Division
EDP label
SoftBand
Banta Specialty Converting
Flexography, line & screen/tone, non-prime
Craftsman Intek 7.00 hp "Prime Label"
Coast Label
Flexography, line & screen/tone, prime
Roex L-Lysine and L-Proline
Corporate Express
Flexography, line, non-prime
Warning label
Copac
Letterpress, rotary color process, prime
GNC Papaya Complete
Dow Industries
Plateless printing, health and beauty products
Time Out Label
Multi-process, line, prime
Ken's Cocktail Sauce
Multi-process, non-prime
Organizer Base Label
DRG Technologies
Flexography, color process, non-prime
Craftsman
Fort Dearborn
Gravure, line & screen/tone, prime
Sunlight Multi-Action he Laundry Detergent
G-3 Enterprises
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, color process, prime
Napa Ridge - Coastal Vines Pinot Noir
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, line, prime
Luna - 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, line & screen/tone, prime
Bridlewood - Blue Roan Syrah—Best of Show
Label Art, California
Wine & spirits, offset, color process, non-prime
Verve Pinot Noir Labels
Label Technology
Roll to roll, color process, prime
John Frieda Frizz Ease
McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Plateless printing, wine & spirits (beer)
Times Ten Cellars Cabernet
Multi-process, color process, prime
Christi Harris - 32 oz. Linen Spray
Mid Atlantic Label
Flexography, line, prime
Target Cold/Flu 10 oz. Prime Label
Multi-Color
Gravure, line, prime
Miller Genuine Draft
Offset, color process, prime
Method High Efficiency Laundry Detergent
Cut & stack, line & screen/tone, prime
Olay Body Wash Ribbons - Jojoba Butter
Cut & stack, color process, prime
P&G Tide with Febreze Freshness
Roll to roll, line, prime
Arizona Black Tea
Roll to roll, line & screen/tone, prime
Anheuser Busch BE Beer
Nosco
Coupon
OPTI-FREE RepleniSH Instant Redeemable Coupon
Prestige Label
Plateless printing, food & beverage products
William Poll Cucumber Dip 8 oz. Prime
Renaissance Mark - Bowling Green KY
Cut & stack, line, prime
Heinz it Up Ketchup - Front - 1L
Spear
Flat screen printing, line, prime
Don Q Cristal
Spectrum Label
Multi-process, line & screen/tone, prime
Saveur - Ginger Wasabi 'n Beer Marinade
Spectrol
Wine & spirits, offset, line, prime
Sortilège 750mL
Wine & spirits, offset, color process, prime
Selection Châtenois
Syracuse Label
Paperboard/rigid packaging
Chromax
Tailored Label Products
Plateless printing, household goods
Cambria
Tapp Technologies
Wine & spirits, offset, line & screen/tone, prime
Solaris Reserve 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon by Beaulieu Vineyards
Wine & spirits, offset, line & screen/tone, non-prime
Old Telegraph Backs by Bonny Doon
Valley Forge Tape & Label
Flexography, color process, prime
Pond Care Spring & Autumn Premium Pellet
FIRST PLACE, INTERNATIONAL
Collotype Labels International Holdings
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, line, prime
Heartland Stickleback
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, color process, prime
Stamps of Australia
Wine & spirits, offset, line & screen/tone, prime
Running with Scissors
Wine & spirits, offset, line, prime
Archetype
Wine & spirits, offset, color process, prime
Sockeye
Wine & spirits, offset, color process, non-prime
Nottage Hill Strips
Germark
Flexography, line & screen/tone, non-prime
Aloe Vera Lida
KimBells pack
Letterpress, rotary color process, prime
Ehje's Peanut Butter Plain 225 grams
Multi-process, color process, prime
ZENZEST Cocktail Collection Margarita Lotion Spray 150mL
Labelgraphics
Wine & spirits, flexogrphay/letterpress, line & screen/tone, prime
Glenfiddich Solera Reserve 5cl
Novelprint Sistemas de Etiquetagem
Cut & stack, color process, prime
Neston Cut Stack Label
Schreiner Group
Letterpress, rotary line, prime
Pharma-Plus Label
SECOND PLACE, NORTH AMERICAN
Adams Labels
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, color process, prime
Banta Specialty Converting
Flexography, line & screen/tone, prime
Coast Label
EDP label
Dow Industries
Flexography, line, prime
Flexography, color process, prime
Driscoll Label
Cut & stack, line & screen/tone, prime
G-3 Enterprises
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, line & screen/tone, prime
Mid Atlantic Label
Flexography, color process, non-prime
Multi-Color
Gravure, line, prime
Roll to roll, line & screen/tone, prime
Roll to roll, color process, prime
Prestige Label
Plateless printing, health & beauty products
Renaissance Mark – Laval
Wine & spirits, offset, color process, prime
Wine & spirits, offset, line & screen/tone, prime
Smyth Companies
Roll to roll, line, prime—Innovator
Spear
Gravure, line & screen/tone, prime
Standard Register
Multi-process, non-prime
Tailored Label Products
Plateless printing, household goods
Tapp Technologies
Plateless printing, wine & spirits (beer)
Wine & spirits, offset, line, prime
York Label
Flexography, line & screen/tone, non-prime
Multi-process, color process, prime
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, line, prime
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, line & screen/tone, prime
SECOND PLACE, INTERNATIONAL
Collotype Labels Intl. Holdings
Wine & spirits, offset, line & screen/tone, prime
Wine & spirits, offset, color process, prime
Labelgraphics
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, line & screen/tone, prime
Wine & spirits, flexography/letterpress, color process, prime
HONORABLE MENTION, NORTH AMERICAN
CL&D Digital
Plateless printing, food & beverage products
Coast Label
Letterpress, flatbed, non-prime
Consolidated Label
Flexography, color process, prime
Label Technology
Roll to roll, color process, prime
Lauterbach Group
Multi-process, color process, non-prime
McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Multi-process, line & screen/tone, prime
Spectrum Label
Roll to roll, color process, prime
Tailored Label Products
Plateless printing, household goods
Tapp Technologies
Wine & spirits, offset, line, prime
Wine & spirits, offset, color process, prime
HONORABLE MENTION, INTERNATIONAL
KimBells pack
Multi-process, line & screen/tone, prime
Flat screen printing, line, prime