Best of the Best to be announced at Labelexpo Europe
The L9 label associations are pleased to announce the
results of the 2014 L9 World Label Awards competition judged by an
international jury just before Labelexpo Americas in Chicago in September 2014.
The L9 is an alliance of global label associations for the purposes of
formulating polices and gathering strategic information in connection with
global matters affecting the worldwide label industry.
The current class structure includes 22 classes covering all
the principal printing processes and markets. The results are listed in class
order with the Winners announced first followed by the Honourable Mention (HM)
awards.
“The World Label Awards are seen as the technical Oscars of
the global label industry with members of the L9 group showing off the best
labels from their own ‘domestic’ competitions. Every year we see technically
excellent labels from around the world which tend to reflect the technical
advances within the international label industry. As judges we see “new”
applications being presented especially in the Innovation class,” comments Tony
White, chairman of the judging panel. “The final icing on the cake is the
selection of the entries for Best of the Best awards which represent the five
main printing processes”.
The associations participating this year were FINAT
(Europe), JFLP (Japan), TLMI (North America), SALMA (New Zealand), PEIAC
(China) and LATMA (Australia). The judges for this year’s competition included
Mike Buystedt (Temporary chair) TLMI, Kurt Walker FINAT, Andrew Maxwell LATMA,
Tony Wheeler SALMA, Teru Hama JFLP, Qiu Xiaohong PEIAC, ABIEA supplied a judge
also.
The Results
Class 1: Flexo Line
Winner TLMI: McDowell Label & Screen Printing, USA for
“Sweet & Sexy Bronzer”
Class 2: Flexo Line Screen/Tone
Winner TLMI: Hammer Packaging Inc., USA for “Right Guard
Xtreme Fresh”
Class 3: Flexo Colour Process
LATMA: Multicolor (QLD), Australia for “Lite n’ Easy Sesame
Beef Noodles”
HM FINAT: Permapack AG, Switzerland for “Crème d’or Special
750ml”
Class 4: Flexo Wine/Spirits
Winner FINAT: Stratus Packaging, France for “Marquise Blanc
Magnolia”
Class 5: Letterpress Line
Winner JFLP: Tokiwa Seal Printing Co. Ltd., Japan for
“Headgear 03FATYO”
Class 6: Letterpress Line Screen/Tone
Winner PEIAC: Shanghai Tungkong Security Printing Co. Ltd.,
China for “Sticky Sealing on Cigarette”
Class 7: Letterpress Colour Process
Winner JFLP: Shimokuni Co. Ltd., Japan for “Japan Tea”
HM FINAT: Ҫiftsan Etiket, Turkey for “Carjen Hand & Body Cream
Moisturising”
Class 8: Letterpress Wine/Spirits
Winner JFLP: Sankyo Tac Label Co. Ltd., Japan for “Date
Craft Beer”
Winner LATMA: Signature Labels, Australia for “Stockwell
Creek £King Shot” Shiraz
Class 11: Offset Colour Process
No winner
HM JFLP: Fuji Mark Co. Ltd., Japan for “LINA Health Plus”
Class 12: Offset Wine/Spirits
Winner JFLP: Seieido Printing Co. Ltd., Japan for “tojuno”
HM LATMA: CCL (SA) Australia for Rymill “The Dark Horse”
Class 13: Combination Line
Winner JFLP: Kansai Takara Printing Co. Ltd., Japan for
“Marudaizy Soy Sauce”
Class 14: Combination Line Screen/Tone
Winner PEIAC: Wenzhou Haoge Anti-Counterfeiting Technology
Co. Ltd. China, for “Labels for Guyue Longshan”
Class 15: Combination Colour Process
Winner JFLP: Miracle Industrial Co. Ltd., Japan for “Tiger
for iPhone”
HM FINAT: Omnipack AG, Switzerland for “Braumeister Speck”
HM TLMI: ASL Print FX, USA for “Sunny and Share Citrus
Saison”
Class 16: Combination Wine/Spirits
Winner TLMI: Collotype, USA for “Girl & Dragon 2013
Malbec Argentina”
HM FINAT: Collotype Labels, Australia for “Griffith De
Bortoli Wines – La Boheme”
HM JFLP: Seieido Printing Co. Ltd., Japan for “Toukou”
Class 17: Digital Printing
Winner FINAT: Gráficas Varias, Spain for “Miss Tela ”
HM JFLP: Maru-Sin Inc., Japan for “Organic Shampoo”
Class 18: Digital Wine/Spirits
Winner LATMA: Collotype (SA), Australia for “Montepulciano”
HM JFLP: MSP Inc., Japan for “TSUGANOKI”
Class 19: Screen
No winner
HM JFLP: Sibel Industry Co. ltd., Japan for “Face Wash”
Class 21: Booklets
Winner LATMA: Multicolor (QLD), Australia for Beef Casserole
Coupon
Class 22: Innovation
Winner FINAT: Schreiner Group, Germany for “Pharma-Tac Plus
Label”
Winner JFLP: Keiyusha Co. Ltd., Japan for “Glass Coating
Indication”
Best of the Best
In the past two years 5 additional L9 Global awards
representing the “Best of the Best” entries from the principal printing
processes. The awards will be presented at Tarsus event which will be held
during Labelexpo 2015 in Brussels in September 2015. The winners are selected
from the winning entries in the L9 World label Awards competition from the
following classes: Flexography, Letterpress, Offset Litho, Combination
Printing, Digital Printing. The identities of the winners will be revealed at
the awards ceremony and are perceived as the “Oscars of the Oscars” of the
international label industry. The judging for the 2015 L9 WLA competition will take place
on the 28th September 2015 in Brussels at the Labelexpo venue.
