Newstyle shines in SA and NT PICAs

Some 300 printers flocked to the South Australian and Northern Territory PICAs to pick up 112 gold, silver and bronze medals and a number of excellence awards, with Newstyle Printing walking off with a hatful of awards.

This year’s competition attracted the second-highest number of entries in ten years; the Adelaide Convention Centre was buzzing with players keen to take home a trophy or two.

Peter Mansfield, PIAA state manager in SA and the NT, says, “Thirty companies shared in the honour of winning the 2013 awards including 21 who won a gold award. It was good to see a number of first time entrants; this reinforces the value that companies continue to place on the prestige of winning a PICA award.”

Newstyle Printing came out in leaps and bounds, picking up a Media Super excellence in print award for its James Boag Promotion, in addition to five gold awards, two silvers and two bronzes.

Finsbury Green collected the Fujifilm and Fuji Xerox excellence in digital print award with its Hilton Honouring the Legacy book, as well as four gold awards, seven silvers and three bronze medals.

Openbook Howden Design & Print claimed the EML excellence in Craftsmanship Award for Jolly Good Ale and Old , a 150-year anniversary coffee table book for Coopers Brewery, and two gold awards.

Printak sailed off with the Zero Waste SA award for its Improved Resource Efficiency 2012 – 2013, while Darius Kooth of Print Graphic Displays was the winner of both the LIA Graduate of the Year and the Media Super Future Leader awards.

David Procter, general manager of production printing with Konica Minolta, was present to see three KM customers come away with awards. He tells Australian Printer, “It is always great to see printers taking pride in their craft, so I’d like to extend a big congratulations to all three clients: Arte Grafica, Kwik Kopy Norwood and Finsbury Green.

“It is fantastic to have supported them with technology that enables such inspiring examples of creativity to be brought to life. We wish them all the best of luck in the 31st National Print Awards.”

The SA and NT gold winners are:

• Arte Grafica Printing – calendars
• The Bowden Group – presentation folders
• Cadillac Printing – web offset printing (heatset)
• Collotype Labels – labels (offset)
• Custom Cartons – packaging, folding cartons and boxes; self promotion
• Cutler Innovative Print Solutions – screen printing
• Detmold Packaging – flexographic printing
• Digiwedoo – digital printing (non inkjet)
• Express Colour – leaflets
• Finsbury Green – annual reports or prospectus; book printing (digital); one, two or three colour printing; booklets, catalogues and magazines (non saddle stitched)
• Kwik Kopy Norwood – impact, sensory or direct mail
• Label Partners – labels (non offset); flexographic printing
• Lane Print & Post – stationery; embellishment; commercial posters, showcards, card constructions and mobiles
• Multi Color SA – digital printing (non inkjet)
• Newstyle Printing – innovation; postcards and greeting cards; book printing (limp bound); multi-piece productions and campaigns; commercial posters, showcards, card constructions and mobiles
• Openbook Howden – book printing (case bound); limited editions
• Rodney Robertson & Associates – digital printing (inkjet)
• Rural Press Printing Murray Bridge – web offset printing (coldest)
• Terry Howe Printing – booklets, catalogues and magazines (saddle stitched); small printing business
• Visualcom – wide format printing
• West Press – impact, sensory or direct mail

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