FRESNES, FRANCE – MGI Digital Technology was honored at drupa 2016 by the announcement of the European Digital Press Association (EDP) that its JETvarnish 3DW has been awarded the “Best Label Printer Finishing Solution” in the Annual Digital Print Awards for quality and innovation in technologies for the digital printing industry. The EDP Association was founded in 2006 by six trade magazines with the main editorial focus on digital print and production. Now the EDP Association counts 20 member magazines all over Europe, covering 26 countries and reaching more than half a million of readers in Europe.

The JETvarnish 3DW is a unique and innovative product which delivers exceptional variable data personalization and print enhancement customization to the packaging and label marketplace. The JETvarnish 3DW allows label printers to take full advantage of digital production possibilities for Spot UV Coating and Embossed Hot Foiling applications without dies, screens or expensive tooling on narrow webs label stocks.

The MGI roll-fed solution is designed for both 2D (flat) and 3D Embossed Spot Coating on flexo, offset or digital web-fed printed output. Hot Foiling can be added with glamorous metallic and colored foils to embellish label designs. A digitally finished label by the MGI solution provides eye-catching sensory enhancements and dramatic tactile sensations that brand owners are looking for to distinguish their products in the marketplace.

Victor Abergel, MGI Vice President, received the award and stated: “It’s exciting and rewarding for this unique product to be recognized and promoted by this internationally respected press association. We are very grateful that the leading European journalists and editors have honored the MGI vision to deliver innovative and breakthrough technologies to the marketplace. The JETvarnish 3DW is the latest member of our growing family of postpress digital solutions and represents a new frontier of brand enhancement opportunities for the packaging and label market. The JETvarnish 3DW is a truly innovative MGI digital technology product for the most advanced printers in the busines."

The JETvarnish 3DW is a member of the multiple award-winning JETvarnish Product Series, which originally launched the worldwide digital Spot UV market 8 years ago at drupa 2008.

All of the JETvarnish 3D products that feature the patented MGI “3D Digital Package & Label Decoration Process” were also recently recognized by the International DuPont Packaging Awards program with the first "Leadership in Innovation Award" ever granted in the 28 years of the program.