Employers Mutual in the picture as PICA sponsor

Employers Mutual Limited has signed up to become the major sponsor of the NSW PICA awards for 2011.

The announcement and contract signing happened during a ‘thank you’ event for sponsors and judges of the 2010 NSW PICA held at the Art Gallery of NSW last week.

Printing Industries CEO, Philip Andersen, said the 2011 commitment by Employers Mutual, the 2010 Platinum sponsor, was a milestone for PICA and indicative of the significance of the event.

“Employers Mutual is our endorsed workers’ compensation specialist services provider for the industry and plays a significant role managing workers compensation matters for many of our member companies,” he said.

“They have been very supportive of Printing Industries activities, sponsoring our NSW CEO forums during 2010 in addition to the PICA, and this latest commitment for 2011 is further evidence of their willingness to get involved with and support the printing industry.”

Pictured: Philip Andersen, Peter Carrigan and Renata Geer, business development manager at Employers Mutual

Andersen thanked all the judges for their “tireless hours” spent sorting through the 2010 entries.

“All their work will now see some 35 NSW Gold medal winners go through to the National Print Awards (NPA) the winners of which will be announced at the NPA presentation dinner being held during PrintEx in Sydney on Thursday 5 May,” he said.

The ’thank you’ event began with a guided tour of the David to Cezanne exhibition which was followed by the presentation of certificates of appreciation to the sponsors by NSW President and PICA Chairman, Peter Carrigan.

Andersen commended WorkCover NSW for its two-year commitment as the major sponsor for 2009-2010 and for its ongoing work in assisting the industry with its OH&S issues.

He also thanked Applied Training Solutions, Heidelberg, Kodak, Media Super, Brissett, Lanier, Australia Post, the Department of Environment & Climate Change, Epson, Fuji Xerox, Konica Minolta, Quote & Print, CPI Group, HLB Mann Judd, Skilled Force, Ferrostaal, mas National and Bottcher Systems for their 2010 sponsorship and invited them to participate in 2011.

Lindsay Yates’, group managing director, Paul Richardson, was singled out for a special “thank you” for arranging the Art Gallery venue.