Global glory for WA printers

Two Western Australia companies - Scott Print and Prism Grafix - bag top awards in the United States.

Success is sweet for Scott Print, which scored a Benny in the Diaries and Desk Calendars category at the PIA (USA) awards. The Benny was awarded for its calendar, 'Food of the Gods', which traces the history of chocolate over twelve months.

"Every year we do a promotional calendar, but this is the first time we've ever won a Benny for one," said Andrew Neale, sales manager.

The award will be presented in Chicago during October; while Neil is not sure whether he will make the trip to receive the Benny, it is a great honour for all those at Scott Print.

"It's very pleasing for a small business like ours to produce something with such a high level of quality in both the print and design," he said.

Neale knows quality when he sees it and was not all together surprised to learn that 'Food of the Gods' (pictured below) had won a Benny.

"The calendar won bronze at this year's Sappi awards and I knew it fitted the category very well," he said. "But to say that you've won a Benny is a great achievement."

Fellow WA company, Prism Grafix, also stepped into the limelight, taking out product of excellence in self promotion along with an award of recognition for foiling and embossing in the Binding Industries Association 2008 Product of Excellence Awards.

Raj Vaswani, managing director, was ecstatic and wasted no time in congratulating his staff on their efforts.

"The team at Prism Grafix was thrilled to be honoured and recognised by their peers on an international level," he said.

The calendar, which won product of excellence in self-promotion, also serves as a brochure for Prism Grafix, and has taken on a whole new meaning after earning gold.

"The thought process took a little while but the actual production of the calendar went off smoothly," Vaswani said.