Complex Spice Mix Packaging Wins Supreme Award
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NEW ZEALAND PRIDE IN PRINT AWARDS 2018 Celebrating 25 Years of Print Excellence Complex Spice Mix Packaging Wins Supreme Award Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific Christchurch plant has won the Pride In Print Supreme Award, for the second time in three years, both times with a packaging product for the Farrah’s brand. Amcor is a flexible packaging producer specializing in leading high quality flexographic printing, film extrusion, lamination and speciality bag making. 2018 Christchurch’s print manager, Mark Thian, said it was an enormous thrill for everyone at the plant and for himself in particular, because 2018 “this type of work is challenging and we don’t do too many jobs that are so complex.” The multi-coloured and “very complex” Fajita Spice Mix packaging won Best in Category for Packaging, after being described by judges as a testament to a well executed piece of Kiwi excellence. Pride In Print judge Scott Porter said the packaging was an extremely complex manufacturing process and it was this which caught the attention of all judges involved in the selection process. Porter said the fine detail of the print was obvious in the final result. “To produce a multi process job like this in New Zealand keeping the skills and knowledge on shore is outstanding, especially in the very cost competitive environment we work in.” Australia and New Zealand generate approximately 7% of sales for the global packaging giant which has its regional head office in Victoria, Australia. There are three manufacturing sites in New Zealand and five in Australia. Thian said it took five processes to produce the packaging and most of the departments within the 170-strong plant workforce had a hand in producing it, making the job somewhat unique. The annual Pride In Print Awards, now in their 25th year, are the printing and graphic arts industry’s premier awards event with judging carried out by key printing industry experts and peers. This year’s awards had more than 900 entries Farrah’s Fajita Spice Mix and the event is the single largest industry event in New Zealand. Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific 03 98 3200 / www.amcor.com 2 Gold and 1 Highly Commended Medals won in Packaging Amcor is a flexible packaging producer specializing in leading Lotatoes Potato 1kg (Gold Medal) high quality flexographic printing, film extrusion, lamination and speciality bag making. Above; Mark Thian and Amcor Flexibles Team Celebrating 25 Years of Print Excellence Portrait of Girl...Craftsmanship at its Very Best A photographic portrait of a girl with her Cello which was screen printed onto canvas to resemble a fine art print, won runner-up to the Supreme Award, Best in Category for Specialty Products and best for Screen Printing Process at Pride In Print. The entry, titled Portia, was described by the judges as craftsmanship at its best. It’s only the second time a Supreme Award runner-up has been presented, but awards’ manager Sue Archibald said Pride In Print was about promoting printing excellence and judges are often splitting hairs when it comes to the Supreme Award winning decisions. This was the case with this entry, it was so close. All category winning printers are at the top of their game. Judge Tim Upton, said the piece was printed utilising real craft skills – “the 2018 Supreme way screen printing has been done for 70 years. It just stood out from Award everything else in its category. It was a perfect piece of work,” he said. Runner-up “The finished print was real art; the skin tone was perfect as were the wisps of hair on the girl’s arms and face. “It’s very hard and very skilful to get that sort of detail right. It’s so good to see craftsmanship like this.” Upton said The client had wanted a one-off piece of art, and that’s what Southan Print has delivered. He added that the portrait was the only piece of work in its category of Specialty Products that wasn’t driven by technology but by skilled hand application, “the old fashioned way.” “Southan Print Ltd has produced a portrait of enduring quality 2018 that the end client could hang on their wall and treasure for a very long time.” A thrilled Cyril Southan, director of Southan Print, along with his son Dylan Southan, said Southan Print Ltd, based in East Tamaki, Auckland had won five gold’s in four years including two Best in Process wins. He said the company only had a staff of five and the Portia print was 2018 produced on a 1986 machine. “We’ve done a bit of research and development on screen printing on canvas and this was the first payable screen print on this medium that we’ve produced. To win two awards in one go for it is outstanding.” Cyril Southan, Southan 2018 Print Portia Southan Print Ltd 09 265 2362 / www.southanprint.co.nz 2 Gold and 1 Highly Commended Medals won in Industry Development & Creativity and Specialty Products Southan Print Ltd is a specialised company established in 2014, offering PRIDE IN PRINT AWARDS | large format digital and screen printing. Including signage, self-adhesive Fledge (Gold Medal) 2 labels, packaging and displays on any substrate from timber to synthetics. NEW ZEALAND PRIDE IN PRINT AWARDS 2018 What is Pride In Print Awards all about? With more than 900 entries every year, the Pride In Print Awards is the largest printing industry event in New Zealand. Excellence is a must, so printers submit only their best work, which is judged by industry peers — those who work in and are respected in the industry. There is no obligation to be a member of an and continually monitors printing trends, which association or use any particular products; the has led to format changes. Examples include Awards are entirely independent. And, there is the introduction of the Apprentice Awards just one criteria: All print work must be done in in 2000 and product categories in 2012 — New Zealand. embracing digital printing is another. Awards Manager Sue Archibald says winning “Recent industry data has shown us that a gold medal is no mean feat. 54% of people gain a fuller understanding “New Zealanders have a tough of a story if read from print media rather mentality with many things, and the than a screen. 77% of Millennials pay attention to direct mail advertising – and Awards are no different,” she says. with todays fear of “Fake News” print, “Our judges absolutely scrutinise which is well established and has an entries to ensure they are the best of excellent track record, is a trusted source the best.” of information. So whilst the media mix may have changed print is very much a Ms Archibald says Kiwis often see relevant and needed commodity and it is themselves as living in a little country at the important New Zealand print continues to bottom of the world. But, in fact, much New push boundaries and meet the needs of Zealand-produced print packaging, signage and labelling goes on to international the market” says Ms Archibald. Scott Porter, Awards Chairman, Sue Archibald, Awards Manager acclaim, particularly if successful at the Pride In Mr Porter says that when he joined the Print Awards. it down to getting industry buy-in and ensuring committee about ten years ago, the Awards were technically orientated and recognised many Pride In Print Chair, Scott Porter, agrees that Kiwi people understand what the Awards are all about: printing processes. printers foot it with the best: “In the time I have “You’ve won a gold medal. So what?” been involved as Chair, I have found the constant It is no secret that the industry has changed “I have witnessed a major shift in how the Awards improvement in quality and regular adoption of rapidly, particularly in the last five to six years, are structured to better present to a wider audience the quality of New Zealand printers’ work across the innovation goes to highlight how clever and quick so Ms Archibald says staying relevant and finished applications, rather than being very print- on the uptake NZ manufacturers are.” continuing to push boundaries is vital. production orientated,” “You can’t be stale. You’ve got to keep lifting A recipe for success “We now look at the product not just the process the bar.” Why has the Pride In Print Awards lasted and and this has lead to todays very strong Awards continued to grow for 25 years? Ms Archibald puts To stay relevant, Pride In Print never stands still programme.” he says. 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Print, Auckland Ink Supplier / DIC New Zealand Paper Supplier / Norske Skog Plate Supplier / Fujifilm PRIDE IN PRINT AWARDS Distribution / NZME The Herald, Dominion Post, The Christchurch Press, Gisborne Herald, Otago Daily Times, Ashburton Guardian, Waikato Times For information on the Pride And Print Awards please call 04 237 0482 or visit the website www.prideinprintawards.co.nz 2018 | 3 SPONSORS 2018 / Avery Dennison / B&F Papers Ltd / BJ Ball Papers / Canon Professional Print / Currie Group (NZ) / DIC New Zealand / Flint Group NZ HP / hubergroup New Zealand / Kurz New Zealand / Leach Print & Bindery Solutions / OPTI-Flex / Ricoh New Zealand / UPM Raflatac NZ Ltd MEDIA SPONSOR 2018 / New Zealand Printer Group Celebrating 25 Years of Print Excellence Innovation and Diversity Will Set Printers Apart While printing has become less of a craft with increasingly sophisticated machinery and technology, it is innovation and diversity that sets companies apart.