Printers go for gold at South Australia and Northern Territory PICA awards

27 October 2009

Printers gather in Adelaide to celebrate the year’s best print from South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Chairman, Peter Lane, OAM, told the crowd of 380 that the quality of work being printed in both South Australia and the Northern Territory. “The level of printing excellence again impressed the independent judging panel in their challenging task of differentiating between entries in the 36 categories. In some categories multiple medals were awarded because of the exceptional standard,” he said.

“The judges were particularly impressed with examples of excellent work in the areas of embellishment, screen printing, book printing and the production of annual reports.”

Over 350 entries were received in this year’s awards. Newstyle Printing was the big winner, taking out seven gold awards, followed by Finsbury Green Printing with five.

A full list of Gold winners is below:
1. One, Two or Three Colour Printing
Finsbury Green
Newstyle Printing
2. Commercial Posters, Showcards, Card Constructions & Mobiles
Finsbury Green
3. Leaflets and Folders
Finsbury Green
4. Die cut presentation folders
Newstyle Printing
5. Booklets, Catalogues and Magazines, saddle stitched
Finsbury Green
6. Booklets, Catalogues, Magazines, non saddle-stitched
Newstyle Printing
7. Annual Reports
Lane Print & Post
8. Calendars
Newstyle Printing
9. Stationery
No Gold winner
10. Postcards and Greeting Cards
Print Junction
11. Limited Editions
Fivestarprint
12. Art Reproductions
No Gold winner
13. Book Printing, case bound
Fivestarprint
14. Book Printing, limp bound
Finsbury Green
Hyde Park Press
15. Book Printing, digitally printed
Digital Print Australia
16. Multi-piece Productions and Campaigns
Newstyle Printing
17. Packaging, Cartons
Graphic Print Group
18. Packaging, Display Stands
No Gold winner
19. Packaging, Other Packaging Materials
Fivestarprint
20. Labels, Roll Fed
Studio Labels
21. Labels, Sheet Fed
No entries
22. Security Printing
No entries
23. Flexographic Printing
No winner awarded
24. Screen Printing
Cutler Brands
John’s Print Centre
25. Web Offset, Coated Stock – off-line finished
Cadillac Printing
26. Web Offset, Coated Stock – press finished
Cadillac Printing
27. Web Offset, Publications with a cover price
No Gold winner
28. Web Offset Un-Coated Stock
Cadillac Printing
29. Digital Printing, A3 or smaller
Kwik Kopy Printing Norwood
30. Digital Printing, Wide Format
Visualcom
31. Embellishment
Hyde Park Press
Newstyle Printing
32. Self Promotion
No Gold winner
33. Innovation
Visualcom
34. Speciality or "Special" Printing
Newstyle Printing
35. Small Printing Business, less than 10 staff
Print Junction
Printskill
36. Country Printing Business
CCL Clear Image
37. SafeWork SA Improved Safety Awards
Alcan Packaging Capsules of Australia
38. Zero Waste SA Improved Resource Efficiency Awards
Collotype Labels
Fujifilm & Fuji Xerox Excellence in Digital Craft Award
Digital Print Australia
Heidelberg Excellence in Craft Award
Newstyle Printing