Blue Star Group (NZ) business Printlink has taken the major prize at this year’s Pride in Print 2019 awards night in Wellington for its inkjet-printed entry titled ‘Oranga Tamariki Panels.’
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| Oranga Tamariki Panels, printed by Printlink |
The Printlink entry, inspired by Maori carvings, was judged the Supreme Award Winner after earlier winning the Specialty Products category for Inkjet at the annual awards event held at TSB Arena in Wellington on Friday 3rd May. It was printed on a Screen Truepress WS3200 UV wide format printer.
"What a great concept and innovative use of this process,” said the judges. “A very effective 3 dimensional look has been achieved utilising a clever technique. A stand out in the Special Product area."
The client, Oranga Tamariki-Ministry for Children, is a government department in New Zealand responsible for the well-being of children.
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| Glass, printed by Fuzed |
Auckland digital printer Fuzed won the Sign & Display Print gold medal for its poster for the Disney movie Glass.
"Simply stunning this job is so well executed and the alignment is perfect - what an exceptional example of display print," the judges said.
Other multiple award winners on the night included Admark Visual Imaging, Amcor Flexibles AP, APC Innovate, Gravure Packaging, Hally Labels, Kiwi Labels, McCollams Print, Ovato NZ, Rapid Labels and Webstar.
The Admark team celebrated its ‘best year ever,’ winning seven gold medals in printing disciplines and a Process Award in the Inkjet/Sign & Display Print category for a vehicle graphic (picturerd below, right).
In an emotional tribute, Pride in Print recognised Admark’s recently retired owner and managing director, Laurie Pilling, for his contribution to the New Zealand printing community over his 25 year-plus career. The company now has five locations throughout the NZ’s North Island.
“I was very humbled and honoured to be recognised at the Awards,” Pilling said. "The print industry has been an exciting and challenging one for me to be involved in, and I am proud to say that New Zealand printers are among the best in the world. All of the success I have enjoyed over the years at the various printing competitions has been as a result of the wonderful team we have at Admark, who consistently go above and beyond to provide our clients with technically excellent, award-winning work every day.”
The complete list of Pride in Print 2019 award winners is here.
