05.06.15
According to the FTA, a late surge in entries resulted in some of the fiercest competition in the 55-year history of the Excellence in Flexography Awards. Winners were unveiled on May 3, 2015, before an audience of hundreds at FTA’s Annual Awards Banquet at the Omni Nashville, in Nashville, TN, USA.
During the event, 106 awards were presented, including six Best of Shows.
Three months ago, 35 members of the flexographic community journeyed to Long Island, NY, USA to evaluate more than 450 entries submitted into the 2015 awards competition. There they appraised the entries for vibrant color, fine dots, seamless fades and exacting registrations, just to name a few winning characteristics.
The awards also consisted of 38 gold medals, 37 silver medals, 29 bronze medals, one special achievement award and one non-traditional award.
“The quality of the print entries this year has pushed the execution and difficulty to a new level,” said Judge Timothy Esselman, senior prepress team leader at RockTenn Merchandising Display. “From older machines to newer, more complex units, the competition has driven innovation to preprint and combined packaging.”
Taking home “Best of Show” honors in the 2015 Excellence in Flexography Awards were:
• Sunshine FPC, Inc., for its Smoke Salmon Red Caviar Wrapper
• Golden Era Group, for its Kellogg’s Ke Festive Nine-9 Coco Pops Cereal Box
• Great Little Box Co., for its Vega One All-In-One Nutritional Shake Label
• Wellpappe Auerswalde GmbH, for its Samsung Curved 55-in. UHDTV Box
• International Paper’s Preprint Liner Division, for its Avocados 5 Down Tray
• Mac Papers Envelope Converters, Inc., for its Dish Game Of Thrones Envelope
During the event, 106 awards were presented, including six Best of Shows.
Three months ago, 35 members of the flexographic community journeyed to Long Island, NY, USA to evaluate more than 450 entries submitted into the 2015 awards competition. There they appraised the entries for vibrant color, fine dots, seamless fades and exacting registrations, just to name a few winning characteristics.
The awards also consisted of 38 gold medals, 37 silver medals, 29 bronze medals, one special achievement award and one non-traditional award.
“The quality of the print entries this year has pushed the execution and difficulty to a new level,” said Judge Timothy Esselman, senior prepress team leader at RockTenn Merchandising Display. “From older machines to newer, more complex units, the competition has driven innovation to preprint and combined packaging.”
Taking home “Best of Show” honors in the 2015 Excellence in Flexography Awards were:
• Sunshine FPC, Inc., for its Smoke Salmon Red Caviar Wrapper
• Golden Era Group, for its Kellogg’s Ke Festive Nine-9 Coco Pops Cereal Box
• Great Little Box Co., for its Vega One All-In-One Nutritional Shake Label
• Wellpappe Auerswalde GmbH, for its Samsung Curved 55-in. UHDTV Box
• International Paper’s Preprint Liner Division, for its Avocados 5 Down Tray
• Mac Papers Envelope Converters, Inc., for its Dish Game Of Thrones Envelope