HP has announced the winners of the 11th HP Digital Print Excellence Awards 2018, recognizing the outstanding accomplishments and innovations by print service providers (PSPs) across Asia Pacific and Japan. The annual awards serve as a platform to inspire PSPs to leverage solutions from HP’s Graphics Solutions Business to discover new possibilities in print.
Held in conjunction with Dscoop Asia-Pacific 2018 in Seoul, Korea, this year’s awards attracted 345 entries from the region, which were judged by a panel comprising business leaders from the graphics arts industry. 64 winners across 19 commercial and industrial categories were selected, including five Grand Winners and an Overall Creative Winner.
“The awards are always an exciting time, this year more than ever. The print and finishing of the entries are outstanding and we’ve had to increase the number of categories to recognize the progress that our partners have made,” said Michael Boyle, Vice President & General Manager, Graphics Solutions Business, Asia Pacific and Japan, HP Inc. “As we’ve seen at Dscoop, HP continues to be enablers to our partners so that they can set new benchmarks in innovation by harnessing the latest print solutions.”
The category winners are: 
1) General Commercial Printing
Grand Winner: Momento Pro (Australia): Momento Pro impressed with stand-out print quality and paper.
1) General Commercial Printing:
Grand Winner: Beijing Hengmei Culture Communication Co Ltd (China): The restaurant menus printed by Beijing Hengmei Culture Communication Co Ltd reflect accurate colors and details.
2) Labels:
Grand Winner: Multi Color Corporation Australia (Australia): The wine labels printed by Multi Color Corporation Australia showed color consistency and smooth gradation transition.
3) Flexible Packaging:
Grand Winner: Hunan Xinxiangwei Packing Co.,Ltd (China): Despite the strict production guidelines in flexible packaging, the entry from Hunan Xinxiangwei Packing Co.,Ltd was of the highest quality both in printing and finishing.
Overall Creative Winner: Kisah Publishing (Indonesia): Kisah Publishing used augmented reality to make print come alive.
HP Australia
www.hp.com.au/go
