LIA Victoria reveals Graduates of Year

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Corné Mostert from Norwood Industries in Hallam took out the 2021 LIA Victoria Graduate of the Year Award, with Mostert presented with the award at the association’s first post-Covid in-person event.

The evening also saw 2020 Graduate of the Year presented to Matilda Milligan from Fildes, at the event which was hosted at Fujifilm by LIA Victoria committee member Brett Maishman, who himself is a former LIA Heidelberg Australia Graduate of the Year.

Winners:
Winners: Lindsay Banks (left) and Robert Black (right), with LIA winners (l-r) Mangaljit Singh, Nick Monshing,
Matilda Milligan, Jake Lovell and Corné Mostert

The gathering marked the reinvigoration of the Victorian chapter of the industry’s association for “all people in print”, and was held at Fujifilm Business Innovation in Richmond, combined with a technical covering the latest trends and innovations from Fujifilm.

Maishman took a group of some 30 industry personnel on a tour of the company’s showroom, explaining technologies including the new Revoria PC1120 digital production press.

“It was fantastic to welcome visitors to our showroom again to see and discuss the developments which have happened over the past couple of years, before celebrating with some of the industry’s most impressive new talent,” Maishman said, emphasising that winning the Award had made an “invaluable” contribution to his own career.

The technical session was followed by a networking event at which the 2020 and 2021 LIA Heidelberg Australia Graduate of the Year Awards were presented by LIA Victoria president, Robert Black and committee member Lindsay Banks.

The 2020 Graduate of the Year was presented to Matilda Milligan from Fildes. The other 2020 finalists were Jessica Daniels from Nathalia Printers, and Amel Bilali and Mangaljit Singh, both from Amcor Flexibles in Preston.

Mostert from Norwood Industries in Hallam took out the 2021 Award, from a field which also included Jake Lovell from Willprint in Shepparton, and Nick Monshing from North East Media in Wangaratta.

Black, whose own career has focused heavily on training and career development, said Matilda and Corné demonstrated impressive achievements over the course of their training and outstanding potential as a future industry leaders.

“The candidates for both the 2020 and 2021 Awards were enormously impressive, making determining the winners a difficult task,” he said. “We sincerely congratulate our winners and also applaud all the finalists for their commitment, achievements and exemplary conduct throughout the judging process.”

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