Finat announces that label converters can start selecting
their best examples of label print as the 2015 Finat Labelling Competition is
now open and will accept entries till 5th March 2015. The annual Finat
competition showcases the best of self-adhesive label print. It recognizes and rewards
achievement in terms of both end use/marketing impact and print and converting
quality. Awards are given in the main segments where self-adhesive labels are
used: alcoholic beverages, food, household, industrial, cosmetics,
pharmaceuticals, security labels, (self-) promotion, and booklet/coupon labels
and for the major reel-fed print processes.
Objectives
“The objective of this annual labelling competition is
threefold,” says Kurt Walker, Finat president. “It not only helps highlight the
advantages of self-adhesive labels and related products as effective marketing,
promotional or identification tools, but definitely also encourages converters
to extend their technical and quality boundaries. And last but not least, it
promotes labels and labelling techniques on a world-wide basis and this to the
benefit of the label and associated industries. I therefore invite all label
converters to participate in this prestigious competition and to take advantage
of the benefits it has to offer.”
Award winners will receive their prize on the occasion of
the annual congress which will take place 11-13 June 2015 in Amsterdam, The
Netherlands. The winning entries will be displayed at the congress and at
Labelexpo Europe 2015. Selected winners of the Finat Label Competition 2015
will be entered in the 2015 World Label Awards (WLA) Competition.
New category added
Finat has revamped the participation details and entry form
and has introduced a new, fifth category under Group E: Digital. This group has
been added to recognize the significant part that digital printing is playing
in the modern label industry. Three categories have been included to cover the
main digital printing technologies: solvent toner, dry toner and ink jet. The
category digital is complementary to other categories, which include
marketing/end-uses, printing processes, non-adhesive applications and
innovation.
