Transcontinental Inc. won Best of Show last night as more than 300 printing professionals gathered in Toronto to celebrate the environmental innovation and achievements of the Canadian printing industry.


Peter Robinson, CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation, provided the keynote at the fifth-annual Environmental Printing Awards gala, hosted by PrintAction magazine. Robinson spoke on the theme of resilience, that businesses must remain resolute in their environmental efforts for long-term success.
Following his speech, 32 awards – Gold, Silver and Bronze – were handed out, including Transcontinental Inc.’s Best of Show Award. HP Canada and Metropolitan Fine Printers won the most awards on a per-company basis, with three each.
The award winners included:
Best of Show
Recognizes the most environmentally progressive company in Canada across all categories over the past year.
Transcontinental Inc.
Environmental Innovator
Gold — Joel Silver, Indigo Books & Music
Environmental Community Involvement
Gold — Acuity

Silver — Webcom

Most Environmentally Progressive Manufacturing Process, Printer
Gold — The Printing House

Silver — Mitchell Press

Most Environmentally Progressive Process or Service, Vendor
Gold — Fujifilm
Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Technology, Software
Gold — HP Canada, Carbon footprint calculator
Silver — RealVue3D, distributed by PaperlinX Canada

Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Technology, Hardware


Gold — Fujifilm Canada, FLH-Z processor & EcoPro effluent treatment
Silver — Presstek, 52DI press

Bronze — HP Canada, DesignJet L25500

Most Environmentally Progressive Technology Supplier in Canada
Gold — HP Canada


Silver — Unisource Canada


Most Environmentally Progressive Packaging Company in Canada
Gold — Farnell Packaging, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia


Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada, 1-99 Employees
Gold — Colour Innovations, Toronto
Silver — Taylor Label, Toronto

Bronze — Patient News Publishing, Haliburton, Ontario 

Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada, 100-500 Employees
Gold — Hemlock Printers, Burnaby
Silver — Webcom, Toronto
Bronze — The Lowe-Martin Group, Ottawa
Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada, 500+ Employees
Gold — Transcontinental, Montreal
Silver — Symcor ISS, Toronto
Bronze — St. Joseph Communications, Toronto
Most Environmentally Progressive Packaging Project
Gold — Hood Packaging
Silver — Metropolitan Fine Printers

Bronze — Harbour Printing
Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Project, toner or inkjet
Gold — The Lowe-Martin Group

Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Project, offset
Gold — Metropolitan Fine Printers
Silver — C.J. Graphics
Silver — Metropolitan Fine Printers

Bronze — Hemlock Printers
Bronze — Pazazz Printing

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