FESPA Awards 2015: Winners Announced

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Press release from the issuing company

FESPA revealed the winners of its 2015 Awards at its Gala Celebration Dinner held at Flora Köln, Cologne, Germany on Tuesday 19 May.

The winners in the application categories are:

Category Company

Point of Purchase Products - Paper & Board	PilloPak BV - ALLISON board
Point of Purchase Products - Plastics	Midi Print LLC
Posters, single sheets & multi-sheets	Kumazawa Screen Printing, Inc.
Calendars, Postcards, Greetings and Christmas Cards	Atelier fuer Siebdruck
Original Serigraphies and Giclées	Atelier fuer Siebdruck
Fine Art Reproductions	Atelier fuer Siebdruck and Kumazawa Screen Printing Inc.
OOH, Vehicle Decals, printed labels and fleet marking	PressOn Limited
Special Effect Printing	Midi Print LLC
Special Effect Garment Printing	A-Design LLC
T-shirts and Garment	Sincerely Screen Co. Ltd.
Pennants, Banners and Tapestries and Roll to Roll Printed Textile	Forest Digital
Glass & Ceramic	EuropTec AG
Metal & Wood Products and Direct Printing on Three Dimensional Products	TS Visuals
Miscellaneous	Simoldes Plasticos, SA and Esanastri SRL
Cross Media Print Campaign	Molca Sports & Events SL

Also announced at the Awards Gala Dinner were the winners of the four non-application focused categories.

The 2015 People’s Choice of the Year Award, which was voted for online by FESPA’s global print community from the shortlisted entries, was presented to PressOn for its Dazzle Ship Wrap.

The Best in Show Award, decided by the judges across all of the entries that they feel offers the most outstanding example of print went to TS Visuals, for their entry in the Metal & Wood Products category.

The Young Star Award was presented to Adrian Wolf from Ceramic Passion, who has won a six week internship with category sponsor Mimaki.

The 2015 Hall of Fame Award, which is dedicated to the best printer, voted for online by the FESPA Community, was awarded to Mark Gervais from Ningbo Shenzhou Knitting Co., LTD.

The FESPA Awards celebrate print excellence, inviting printers from FESPA’s global print community to demonstrate their most creative and inspiring work.

The Awards were judged onsite at FESPA 2015 in Cologne Germany by renowned print industry experts including: Jacek Stencel, Owner & Founder of PASJA - screen & digital printing company; Josep Tobella, Screen Printing Consultant and Hwie-Bing Kwee, Owner of Omnimark.

All shortlisted entries are on display in the Koelnmesse Boulevard for the duration of FESPA 2015.

Duncan MacOwan, Head of New Media & Events comments: “Firstly, I’d like to say a huge congratulations to all of our Awards winners and finalists. The Awards are always a great example of the high quality and creative impact of what can be achieved with print, showcasing diverse examples from around the world. The entries received this year were second to none, truly illustrating the galaxy of opportunity that print presents.”

The full results of the FESPA 2015 Awards are as follows:

Category 1 - Point of Purchase Products – Paper & Board

Gold PilloPak BV – ALLISON Board Netherlands

Silver Next Printing Australia

Silver Hecht Zebra Belgium

Bronze PilloPak BV – ALLISON Board Netherlands

Bronze DS Smith Display UK

Bronze Constantin SAS France

Category 2 - Point of Purchase Products - Plastics

Gold Midi Print LLC Russia

Silver HQprint Germany

Bronze Neat Graphics India

Category 3 - Posters, single sheets & multi-sheets

Gold Kumazawa Screen Printing, Inc. Japan

Silver Spectrum Scan India

Silver Novalia Limited UK

Bronze Marvel Graphic Studio India

Category 4 - Calendars, Postcards, Greetings and Christmas Cards

Gold Atelier fuer Siebdruck Switzerland

Silver Midi Print LLC Russia

Bronze PASJA Poland

Bronze Kumazawa Screen Printing, Inc. Japan

Category 5 - Original Serigraphies and Giclées

Gold Atelier fuer Siebdruck Switzerland

Silver Marvel Graphic Studio India

Bronze Kroma SA France

Bronze Peterka Siebdruck AG Switzerland

Category 6 - Fine Art

Gold Kumazawa Screen Printing, Inc. Japan

Gold Atelier fuer Siebdruck Switzerland

Silver The Print House Group UK

Bronze Studio Reya Russia

Bronze Marvel Graphic Studio India

Category 7 – OOH and Vehicle Decals

Gold PressOn Limited UK

Silver Digital Plus Ltd UK

Siver Aura Graphics Ltd UK

Bronze Print Works UAE

Category 8 - Special Effect Printing

Gold Midi Print LLC Russia

Silver High Level Signs Brazil

Silver ATC GROUPE France

Silver Perfect Packaging India

Bronze Debi Keable Artist UK

Bronze Screenline (1971) Pty Ltd South Africa

Category 9 - Special Effect Garment Printing

Gold A-Design LLC Russia

Silver Studio Reya Russia

Silver Tarun Printing Works India

Bronze Studio Reya Russia

Bronze Esanastri SRL Italy

Category 10 - T-shirts

Gold Sincerely Screen Co.,Ltd. Thailand

Silver Tobex AB Sweden

Silver A-Design LLC Russia

Bronze Pramukh Embroidery India

Bronze Dipner’s Studio Kazahkstan

Category 11 + 12 - Pennants, Banners and Tapestries and Roll to Roll Printed Textile

Gold Forest Digital UK

Silver Fibertex Belgium

Category 13 - Glass & Ceramic

Gold EuropTec AG Switzerland

Silver Atelier fuer Siebdruck Switzerland

Bronze Om Decals India

Category 14 + 15 - Metal & Wood Products and Direct Printing on 3D Products

Gold TS Visuals Netherlands

Silver Kroma SA France

Bronze Kroma SA France

16 - Miscellaneous

Gold Simoldes Plasticos SA Portugal

Gold Esanastri SRL Italy

Silver Protolab Electro Technologies India

Cross Media Print Campaign

Gold Molca Sports & Events SL Spain