Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Printing Industries of America and the Digital Printing Council are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 web2awards. In its inaugural year, the web2awards are the industry's first and only contest established for printing industry websites worldwide.  
 
"These awards highlight the role the Internet has come to play in the printing industry. By recognizing excellence in print-related websites, the Digital Printing Council helps to encourage each printer's advancement in doing some portion of their business in the 'cloud," said Julie Shaffer, vice president, digital technologies for Printing Industries of America.  
 
An independent panel of undisclosed judges deliberated over dozens of print-centric websites. They evaluated the each website's entire experience based on six scoring criteria. For each company sales range, the highest score in a given category won Best of Category. All Best of Category winners were evaluated to select this year's Best in Show. "I was impressed with the quality and diversity of the entries. Obviously some were better than others, but overall they all demonstrated how they are embracing the Web and using it as a tool to advance their print-related business," commented one of this year's judges. 

The winners will be presented with their prestigious awards at the 2009 Converge Conference, on November 8, 2009, in Orlando, Florida. We are delighted to welcome recipients from as far away as the Netherlands to the awards ceremony, including Voorzet-Training, Advice, Research from Flevoland, Netherlands, a Best of Category winner.   
 
The 2009 web2award recipients are listed below by category. There were also 16 Exceptional Website certificates awarded this year. These were given to high scores regardless of category. For a full listing, please visit www.printing.org/web2awards. 
 
Best of Category Winners
Category: Homegrown/Under 10 million
Company: Voorzet-Training, Advice, Research
Title of Winning Entry: VoorWeb www.voorweb.info
 
Category: Homegrown/10-20 million
Company: Action Envelope
Title of Winning Entry: Action Envelope www.actionenvelope.com
 
Category: Homegrown/Over 20 million
Company: Mimeo.com
Title of Winning Entry: Mimeo Marketplace https://marketplace.mimeo.com/gtc

Category: Static/Under 10 million
Company: Point Imaging
Title of Winning Entry: Point Imaging website www.pointimaging.com
 
Category: Static/Over 20 million
Company: Mimeo.com
Title of Winning Entry: Mimeo WWW site www.mimeo.com
 
Category: Licensed/Under 10 million (TIE)

Company: Supreme Graphics
Title of Winning Entry: Supreme Graphics Online Print Center  www.supremegraphics.com

Company: RESCO
Title of Winning Entry: Dole Print-on-Demand www.doleprintondemand.com
 
Best of Show
Company: Mimeo.com
Title of Winning Entry: Mimeo WWW site www.mimeo.com