Shepherdsville, KY - Publishers Label-Pak division is proud to announce we have received the Flexographic Technical Association's Gold and Best of Show Award for Narrow Web Publication with the Alpinist Autumn 2010 magazine cover.

The FTA award ceremony and banquet were held in Indianapolis on May 1 and marks the first time Publishers Printing Company has submitted and won with an entry from our Publishers Label-Pak division, currently in its sixth month of production.

"Publishers Printing Company is thrilled to be the recipient of the FTA Best of Show award," Nick Simon, President of Publishers Printing, said. "This is a great honor for us, having been involved in label printing for a short time. We are proud of our strides in the Publishers Label-Pak division and look forward to the advances to come."

As the highest award in the category, Publishers Label-Pak division was able to receive one of the six Best of Show Awards given yearly by setting themselves apart from the 900 or more submissions. Uniquely printing the magazine cover using the Mark Andy Performance Series P7 flexo press, customarily used for printing labels and packaging.

"We're honored to be recognized for our work in the label division with our printing of the Alpinist cover," Michael Simon, Vice President of Publishers Printing, said.

"Publishers has a consistent history of high quality printing of magazines and we're confident in our ability to provide high quality printing for the flexible packaging and label industry."Publishers Printing Company is a family owned magazine printing company in our fifth generation, with two production plants near Louisville, Kentucky. Publishers Printing will continue to provide consistently excellent work through our Publishers Label-Pak division as we have in printing for 145 years, including magazine and catalog printing, full service commercial printing, distribution, e-mail marketing, label printing and more, with a concentrated focus to provide solutions to its clients.

Publishers Label-Pak division is thrilled to be expanding into printing categories including wine and distilled beverage labels, food packaging, food and beverage labels, along with our work in magnets.