Redacción Alabrent
The plaques will be handed out during local awards ceremonies. The winning labels in the respective classes are listed along with the company printing the label and the representative association which submitted the label.Flexographic Printing
Submitted by TLMI (USA)
The winner is: Fortis Solutions Group for Prime Strawberry Banana SS
A distinctive Sleeve for the product, created by collaboration between customer / pre-press and print teams. The background features a smooth transition from 100% to 1% dot The product name in solid black is gloss varnished with a soft touch matt coating on the rest. Finally enhanced with a scratch ‘n sniff patch.
Letterpress Printing
Submitted by JFLP (Japan)
The winner is: Kyushu Craft Industries for Handmade Horse Meat Croquette
This label is printed on PP synthetic paper. The yellow in the process set was warmed slightly to produce a visually appealing representation of the croquette.
The reversed out Japanese and western text is, in places, very fine, but has been printed well, and is in some places extremely fine and sharp.
Offset-Litho Printing
Submitted by FINAT (The Netherlands/Europe)
The winner is: Multi-colour Corporation Americas for Freakshow Petite Petit
A visually impressive label, busy!
Printed Litho in 8 colours, CMYK with four matched additional colours, using 175 line stochastic screening, it has an almost continuous tone appearance.
Other processes used to effect are rotary hot foil, screen varnish, and embossing.
Combination Printing
Submitted by FINAT (The Netherlands/Europe)
The winner is: Sancak Etiket, Turkey for Nicea Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Printed on silver stock, the background is predominantly a good even opaque white. The mock gold foiling is created from process colours printed onto the silver substrate.
The individual spot colours in the design are created form the process colour which are finally enhanced by the accurate screen printing of tactile varnish.
Digital Printing
Submitted by SALMA (New Zealand)
The winner is MCC Albany for True Honey Rare Harvest 2050+ Manuka Honey
This is a label for a very expensive honey.
Starting with a digital print, the printer used a technique called “floating foil” which is the printing of the foil on top of a screen printed high build varnish.