UPDATE: For a gallery of photos from Thursday's event, please visit PrintAction's Facebook page.
More than 270 people were in Toronto last night to celebrate outstanding achievement in Canada’s printing industry at PrintAction magazine's 7th annual Canadian Printing Awards, hosted by Dianne Buckner of the CBC.
Around 75 awards were handed out to technology suppliers and printers in Industry Achievement, Quality Printing and Environmental Printing categories. Over 200 printing submissions were on display at the event, leading many of the winners to remark how printing in Canada is clearly on a world-class level.
Much of this quality is naturally led through the highly competitive Toronto market, but the Canadian Printing Awards illustrated outstanding achievement in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia and across Ontario, with printers from the Western provinces having their strongest showing at the 7th annual competition.
In conjunction with a strong national representation in printing, this year’s event also featured the first public appearance of the proposed Printing Industries of Canada (PIC) association, which is aiming for an April 2013 launch. Congratulations to all winners of the 7th annual Canadian Printing Awards, listed below. A complete report on the awards program will be featured in the January issue of PrintAction.

Recipients of the 2012 Canadian Printing Awards
JOHN A. YOUNG LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD George Kallas, Founder and Chairman, MET Fine Printers
PRINTING LEADER OF THE YEAR Ward Griffin, President & CEO, The Lowe-Martin Group
EMERGING LEADER OF THE YEAR Mike Meshkati, President, Sina Printing
BEST OF SHOW Rhino Print Solutions, South Korea: Memories of the Heart
Self Promotion
Gold, Emerson Clarke Printing Silver, PDI Bronze, Pazazz Printing
Brochures & Booklets
Gold, Colour Innovations (Best of Show finalist) Silver, Rhino Print Solutions Silver, MET Fine Printers Bronze, Willow Printing Bronze, Rhino Print Solutions
Business & Annual Reports Gold, Rhino Print Solutions Silver, Rhino Print Solutions Silver, MET Fine Printers Bronze, Image Four
Direct Mail Gold, PDI Silver, Hemlock Printers Bronze, The Lowe-Martin Group Bronze, Andrews Direct Marketing
Magazines Gold, Flash Reproductions Silver, The Lowe-Martin Group Silver, Mi5 Print & Digital Bronze, Rhino Print Solutions Bronze, St. Joseph Communications
Catalogues Gold, C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers Silver, C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers Bronze, Hemlock Printers
Books (Hard cover, soft cover and book jackets) Gold, Rhino Print Solutions (Best of Show) Gold, Hemlock Printers (Best of Show finalist) Silver, Anstey Book Binding Bronze, Flash Reproductions Bronze, The Lowe-Martin Group
Calendars Gold, Colour Innovations Silver, Priority Printing Bronze, C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
Packaging Printing (All processes) Gold, Produlith Silver, C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers Silver, Pazazz Printing Bronze, Goldrich Printpak Bronze, Produlith
Labels (All processes) Gold, The Lowe-Martin Group (Best of Show finalist) Silver, The Lowe-Martin Group Bronze, Cambridge Labels
Stationery Gold, Anstey Book Binding Silver, Hemlock Printers Bronze, The Lowe-Martin Group
Finishing Gold, Pacific Bindery Services Silver, C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers Bronze, PDI Bronze, St. Joseph Communications
Display Graphics Gold, Simpson Screen Print & Lithography Silver, Promoflex International Bronze, C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Project Gold, Hemlock Printers Silver, Hemlock Printers Bronze, Friesens Bronze, The Lowe-Martin Group
Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Company Gold, Hemlock Printers Silver, The Lowe-Martin Group Bronze, Symcor ISS
Most Environmentally Progressive Vendor Gold, HP Canada Silver, Kodak Bronze, Prairie Pulp + Paper
Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Technology Gold, Prairie Pulp + Paper Silver, Hostmann-Steinberg Bronze, Goldrich Printpak
Best Online Presence, Printer
Gold, The Printing House Silver, Colour Time Printing and Digital Imaging Bronze, SinaLite
Best Online Presence, Vendor
Gold, Sydney Stone
Best Marketing Campaign, Printer Gold, The Printing House Gold, Kempenfelt Group
Best Marketing Campaign, Vendor
Gold, Unisource Canada
Best Community Program
Gold, MET Fine Printers Silver, Symcor ISS Silver, The Printing House Bronze, C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
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