More than 200 people gathered last night to celebrate some of the best printing in the country at the 11th Canadian Printing Awards gala, held at the Palais Royale on Toronto’s waterfront. Dozens of awards were presented to printing companies and technology suppliers from across Canada. The winners are notified beforehand that they are finalists, winning a Gold, Silver or Bronze Award, but were not informed of the award level until last night at the gala.
The printing categories winners were determined by a judging panel of 11 industry leaders, who spent a full day analyzing and ranking the entries through a blind scoring system. The judges consider issues like printing process, run length and repeatability across submitted samples. At the end of the day, they collect their favourite projects and together debate which single entry, across all categories, should be awarded Best of Show. Finalists in the year’s Best of Show discussion included work from Friesens, MET Fine Printers and PDI Group (two submissions), with the award going to Montreal’s PDI Group for its production of the Cartise Autumn 2016 catalogue.
As previously announced, PrintAction’s 2016 Industry Achievement winners included: John A. Young Lifetime Achievement Award, Hadi Mahabadi, former Director, Xerox Research Centre of Canada, Mississauga, ON; Printing Leader of the Year, Jamie Barbieri, President, PDI Group Inc., Montreal, QC; Emerging Leader of the Year, Todd Cober, Vice President, Cober, Kitchener, ON; and Community Leader of the Year, Jeff Ekstein, President, Willow Printing Group Ltd., Concord, ON.
The following sponsors were critical in the success of the 2016 Canadian Printing Awards, including: Platinum sponsor, Veritiv; Gold sponsors, Canon, HP, Huber Group, KBA, Kodak, Manroland Sheetfed and Sun Chemical; and Silver sponsors Domtar, Fujifilm, Heidelberg and Spicers.
The 2016 Canadian Printing Award recipients include:
2016 Best of Show
Cartise Autumn 2016
PDI Group
Self Promotion, printing company
Gold: Hemlock Holiday Wrap
Hemlock Printers
Silver: C.J. Heavy Metal
C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
Bronze: Greeting Card Box Set
Priority Printing, being accept by Heidelberg’s Don Robinson
Self Promotion, technology supplier
Gold: Supreme Piece Love
Spicers Canada, printed by C.J. Graphics
Silver: The Paper Loop
Rolland Enterprises
Bronze: Innovation in Motion
MGI Digital Technology, printed in-house by MGI technicians
Brochures & Booklets, offset
Gold: Hakai Fishing Club
Glenmore Custom Print + Packaging
Silver: Lexus RX 2017
Colour Innovations
Bronze: Cressey Bellevue
Hemlock Printers
Brochures & Booklets, digital
Gold: Seneca Fashion Resource Centre
Colour Innovations
Silver: Blue Dragon, The East Made Easy
C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
Bronze: barometer
C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
Books, hardcover offset
Gold: Montreal 375 BEST OF SHOW FINALIST
Friesens
Silver: Making Friends Was My Business
Friesens
Bronze: Audian Art Museum, Mexican Modernists
Hemlock Printers
Books, softcover offset
Gold: Cirque du Soleil, Luzia Souvenir Programme BEST OF SHOW FINALIST
PDI Group
Silver: The Age of Audacity, Calgary University
MET Fine Printers
Bronze: Horseshoe Bay
MET Fine Printers
Books, digital
Gold: J Vair Anniversary
McAra Unicom
Silver: Flowers In Transition
Friesens
Bronze: Silverhorn, Discovered Naturally
McAra Unicom
Web Offset
Gold: Moon Handbooks, Bermuda
Friesens
Business & Annual Reports
Gold: ATB Financial, Long Story Short
McAra Unicom
Silver: National Gallery of Canada
The Lowe-Martin Group
Bronze: Alberta Central Credit Union
McAra Unicom
Direct Mail
Gold: Spring Auto Event
The Lowe-Martin Group
Silver: Hudson’s Bay Olympic and Paralympic Teams
C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
Bronze: Mercedes Benz Welcome
C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
Variable Data Imaging
Gold: USC Season Ticket Package and Magazine
McAra Unicom
Magazines
Gold: Mountain Life 2016
Hemlock Printers
Gold: Sharp Book for Men
St. Joseph Communications
Silver: Nuvo Autumn 2016
Colour Innovations
Bronze: DesignEdge Canada
C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
Calendars
Gold: Inuit Art 2017
Colour Innovations
Silver: Friesens Engagement Diary
Friesens
Bronze: Ultimate Sailing 2016
Friesens
Labels, offset
Gold: Wayward Distillation House, Unruly Gin
Glenmore Custom Print + Packaging
Silver: Star Trek Prestige Stamp Booklet
The Lowe-Martin Group
Bronze: Crown Royal Black Label
C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
Labels, flexography or gravure
Gold: Sparks
Artcraft Label
Silver: Le Boating Club
Artcraft Label
Bronze: Lakeview Cellars Merlot
ASL Print FX
Flexography
Gold: Cavendish Farms Rustic Russets
Farnell Packaging
Silver: Vigoro Organics
Farnell Packaging
Rigid Packaging
Gold: Feel Packaging
Hemlock Printers
Silver: Cadbury Crème Eggs Package Family
Ellis Packaging
Bronze: Forty Creek Founder’s Reserve
Jones Packaging
Catalogues
Gold: Cartise Autumn 2016 BEST OF SHOW FINALIST
PDI Group
Gold: Nike Vision Running BEST OF SHOW FINALIST
MET Fine Printers
Silver: Filson, Smokey the Bear
Hemlock Printers
Bronze: Holt Renfrew Holiday
St. Joseph Communications
Business Cards
Gold: Canadian Food Aficionado
C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
Silver: Oak 49
Pacific Bindery Services
Bronze: Gryphon & Rock
McAra Unicom
Stationery & Invitations
Gold: Art Gallery of Ontario, Midnight Massive Invitation
C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
Silver: TNS Invitation
MET Fine Printers
Bronze: Canadian Opera Company, Centre Stage Gala Invitation
Colour Innovations
Finishing
Gold: Ringling Bros Circus Extreme
C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
Silver: Flowers In Transition
Friesens
Bronze: Daydreamer Anthropologie Candle Toppers
Pacific Bindery Services
Specialty Project
Gold: Nike Vision Running Easel Stand
MET Fine Printers
Silver: Star Trek Prestige Stamp Booklet
The Lowe-Martin Group
Silver: TNS Invitation
MET Fine Printers
Bronze: Union Leasing Welcome Package
Wellington Printworks
Specialty Effects
Gold: USC Ticket Package
McAra Unicom
Gold: Canadian Food Aficionado Media Kit
C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
Silver: Granville HOPS + DARK
Glenmore Custom Print + Packaging
Bronze: Venice Lift
Ellis Packaging
Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Project
Gold: Capilano University 2017 View Book
Hemlock Printers
Silver: Atlantic Salmon Vol 65 No 1
The Lowe-Martin Group
Bronze: TD Friends of the Environment Foundation Calendar
C.J. Graphics, Printers & Lithographers
Most Environmentally Progressive Technology Company
Gold: HP Canada
Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Company
Gold: The Lowe-Martin Group, Ottawa, Ontario
Silver: Hemlock Printers, Burnaby, British Columbia
Bronze: Symcor, Mississauga, Ontario
Most Progressive Printing Technology, software
Gold: PRISMAsync Colour Print Server
Canon Canada
Silver: Dynamic Press Profiler
ColorXTC
Most Progressive Printing Technology, electrophotography/toner
Gold: Canon ImagePRESS C10000VP
Canon Canada
Most Progressive Printing Technology, inkjet
Gold: PageWide Technology for Large Format Production
HP Canada
Silver: Océ VarioPrint i300
Canon Canada
Most Progressive Printing Process, packaging
Gold: AG Hair High Build Gloss
Hemlock Printers
Most Progressive Printing Process, offset
Gold: UV Grit Coating
Hemlock Printers
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