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
