Aarque steps up as fifth Pride In Print patron
New Zealand digital print provider, Aarque Graphics, is proud to come on board as a Pride In Print patron.
Aarque joins Heidelberg, Spicers Paper, Huber Group (Hostmann- Steinberg) and Fuji Xerox as the leading supporters of the Pride in Print Awards, which were established in 1993 to promote excellence in print in New Zealand.
Allister Jeans, national sales and marketing manager for Aarque Graphics believes that it is a great honour and privilege to be accepted as the fifth patron.
“Through the recognition of achievement and celebration of success, Pride In Print provides the encouragement for innovation, and continued improvement helps to define our industry,” he said.
According to award manager, Sue Archibald, (pictured) the added support of Aarque is a tremendous boost at a time of change.
“Aarque is not only one of New Zealand’s leading providers in digital print solutions, it is a company with a very strong presence in the industry, and a culture of quality and environmental responsibility. This is exactly the type of culture Pride in Print aims to encourage,” she said.
“Now, with Aarque giving its public endorsement and support to Pride In Print in the future, we are sure we will move to still higher levels of achievement for our industry.”
New chairman for Pride In Print
Scott Porter, product performance manager for Cryovac Sealed Air in Hamilton takes the reins at Pride In Print Awards.
Porter (pictured) succeeds long-standing incumbent John North who has guided Pride In Print since its inception in 1993. “I have always found Pride In Print to be an excellent benchmark within the industry. It's a real ‘who's who’ when it comes to the producers of top-quality work across all the print disciplines,” said Porter.
“The constant focus of the judging process is to ensure only the best examples gain due recognition and this is borne out when our winning entries are entered into similar overseas competitions and receive those same accolades as they have locally. New Zealand has always had a strong ‘can do’ mentality and nothing exemplifies this more than a quality-based awards system like Pride In Print.”
Changes to the format are envisaged for next year and Porter says this is because the ever-changing face of the market means we need to be in constant review of the Awards and what they offer.
“Printers need to know that this is the right forum in which they can leverage their marketing of themselves, and our patrons and sponsors need to be comfortable that this is the appropriate use of their discretionary sponsorship dollars,” he said.
“With these things in mind the committee has canvassed the key contributors to better understand what they are now looking for in the Awards program.”