HP is inviting its digital printing customers to submit their innovative work for recognition in the Asia Pacific and Japan HP Print Excellence Awards 2013.
With honourees in multiple categories, the Print Excellence Awards recognise the outstanding achievements and contributions of Print Service Providers (PSPs) across the labels and packaging, sign and display, and commercial printing areas.
“With the evolution of digital printing, PSPs are developing creative and innovative ways to display information and are using designs, mediums and formats that were previously unattainable,” said Gido van Praag, Vice President and General Manager, Graphics Solutions Business, Printing and Personal Systems Group, Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific and Japan. “The HP Digital Print Excellence Awards honour those who are pushing the print industry forward with ingenuity and creativity. By recognising these efforts, we want to encourage and inspire PSPs to push the boundaries of the industry and create impactful materials for their current and future clients.”
The Awards are open to companies from across Asia Pacific and Japan for entries that are printed on large-format HP Scitex and Designjet systems, HP Indigo or Inkjet Web Presses. Winners will be recognised in each of several categories and overall winners will also be named.
Categories include:
HP Sign & Display
- Transit Graphics –vehicle wraps, fleet graphics and other graphics used specifically for transit areas
- Exhibitions and Events – signage, graphics and other material used in an event setting
- Outdoor Advertising – building wraps, billboard signage, floor graphics, backlit signage and textile (flags & banners) graphics
- Retail POP/POS – rigid or flexible applications of point-of-purchase/point-of-sale materials
- Green digital printing– print jobs involving a combination of the following:
o Inks using dye-based, latex inks and UV inks
o Printing Substrates using environmentally-responsible printing materials that are recyclable such as non-PVC-based banner, cotton-based fabrics and recycled paper
- Innovative Application/Unique Media – Special media or creative applications which do not fall into one of the above categories
HP Indigo and Inkjet Web Presses
Commercial Press Categories:
- Photo Books – consumer, premium or art books
- General Commercial Printing – marketing collateral, POS/POP, leaflets, flyers, brochures
- Direct Mail and Transpromo – Real finishing mailers
- Books and Manuals
- Limited Edition / Art Reproduction
- Environmental Responsibility
Industrial Press Categories:
- Labels – wine & spirits, non-alcoholic beverages, food, health & beauty, pharmaceutical, neutraceutical and Industrial applications
- Shrink Sleeves
- Flexible Packaging
- Folding Cartons
- Environmental Responsibility
More than 40 awards will be distributed to winners at the Print Excellence Awards Dinner in Beijing on 12 May, 2013.
The judging process for the awards involves a panel of regionally renowned judges from the graphics arts and signage industries evaluating each entry and selecting winners based on criteria including: creativity, overall aesthetics, marketing appeal & effectiveness, best use of inks & colours and client satisfaction.
Submissions for the HP Print Excellence Awards for Asia Pacific and Japan are open now and will close on 22 February 2013. For more information or to request a submission form, please contact the appropriate person:
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For HP Indigo submission enquiries: Edcent Chan |
For HP Sign & Display submission enquiries: Alice Tam Tel: +852 3559 4258 Fax: +852 2187 2218 Email: lfp-apsales@hp.com |
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