Excellence matters

The other night I dug out the black tie and dark suit I lugged around the world (they have dress up nights on Cunard cruise ships) and attended the BPIF/Printing World Excellence Awards in London. It was a crowd of 460 British printing companies, suppliers, and others. This 2008 celebration was held at the London Hilton, Park Lane, on Monday, June 30, 2008. The inaugural awards event took place last year.

The British Printing Industries Federation is the principal business support organization for the UK print, printed packaging, and graphic communication industry and one of the UK's leading trade associations. Michael Johnson is the BPIF Chief Executive. Printing World is a major industry publication and is published by Haymarket Publishing, which owns printing magazines around the world (except in the US).

There is no comparison to this awards ceremony in the US. There are some awards that are similar given by regional and local groups but nowhere near the number of awards in such diverse categories bestowed in one evening.

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About Frank Romano

Frank Romano has spent over 60 years in the printing and publishing industries. Many know him best as the editor of the International Paper Pocket Pal or from the hundreds of articles he has written for publications from North America and Europe to the Middle East to Asia and Australia. Romano lectures extensively, having addressed virtually every club, association, group, and professional organization at one time or another. He is one of the industry's foremost keynote speakers. He continues to teach courses at RIT and other universities and works with students on unique research projects.