Darwin printer pulls the peak PICA award

29 September 2005

Colemans Printing picked up the judge's award for best overall production in the Northern Territory for its work on the 2005 Darwin Cup Carnival magazine. As well as receiving additional silver and bronze awards, Colemans Printing was also presented with a recognition award by Ian Bowden, president of Printing Industries in South Australia, for its 25 years of membership and service to the industry.






Tony Coleman, managing director of Colemans Printing, (pictured with Printing Industries' Ian Bowden) cites the company's efforts in finding and retaining quality staff as the key to its success. “Colemans Printing prides itself on training our own people and it is one the reasons we continue to produce a quality product,” he says.

For South Australia, the judge's award for best overall production went to Van Gastel Printing, commercial printer from Wingfield specialising in intricate high-end print jobs. The company snared the award for its work on Island To Empire, a book produced for the Art Gallery of South Australia, as well as picking up a further nine gold awards on the night.


(Left: Jack van Gastel accepts an award from Printing Industries Ian Bowden)

During the well attended night in Adelaide last week, a presentation was made to Katie Furnell, a TAFE student enrolled in design and visual communications at the South Australian campus of Croydon, who designed the artwork for 2005 PICA promotional material. The LIA graduate of the year award, Lee Gradisar of Precision Labels, sponsored by Heidelberg Australia was also presented during the evening.

But by far the biggest winner of the night was Finsbury Green Printing, the nationwide printing company with an office in Adelaide and a committment to environmnetally sound practices. Proving that integrating green production methods is a step on the ladder to quality excellence, the company picked up a total of nine gold, ten silver and nine bronze awards.

Here is the complete rundown on the SA PICA Awards 2005. Is your company here? Or perhaps more importantly, is your competition?


Gold medal winners:

  • Barossa Printmasters – 1

  • Cadillac Printing – 2

  • Collotype Labels – 2

  • Digi We Doo – 2

  • Finsbury Green Printing – 9

  • fivestargrafx – 2

  • Hyde Park Press – 2

  • John's Print Centre – 2

  • Newstyle Printing – 1

  • Rowett Print – 2

  • Studio Labels – 1

  • Van Gastel Printing – 6


    • Silver medal winners:

  • Barossa Printmasters – 1

  • Bowden Printing – 1

  • Cadillac Printing – 3

  • Coleman's Printing – 1

  • Collotype Labels – 1

  • Finsbury Green Printing – 10

  • fivestargrafx – 2

  • Graphic Print Group – 1

  • Hyde Park Press – 2

  • John's Print Centre – 1

  • Newstyle Printing – 2

  • Price Screen Process – 1

  • Rodney Robertson & Associates – 1

  • Studio Labels – 1

  • The Bureau – 1

  • Van Gastel Printing – 5

  • Visualcom – 2


    • Bronze medal winners:

  • Barossa Printmasters - 2

  • Cadillac Printing - 2

  • Coleman's Printing - 1

  • Digi We Doo – 1

  • Eagle Press – 1

  • Eureka Corporate Group – 1

  • Finsbury Green Printing – 9

  • fivestargrafx – 1

  • Lane Print Group – 2

  • Newstyle Printing – 3

  • Precision Labels – 1

  • Price Screen Process – 1

  • Printskill – 2

  • Rodney Robertson & Associates – 2

  • Rowett Print – 1

  • Studio Labels – 1

  • The Bureau – 1

  • Van Gastel Printing – 2

  • Visualcom – 3