Chairman of the judging panel was industry expert Mike Fairley, who was joined by judging panel regulars Murat Sipahioglu, Steve Wood and Rik Olthof.
FoodBev Media’s Bill Bruce also assisted the panel at this year’s event, as did the ex-president of French label association UNFEA, Bernard Plat.
“To work and talk with the other experts provided a valuable opportunity to gain insights about the label industry and the people involved,” said Mike Fairley. “It’s always challenging to determine which label is better than another, and why, but seeing some of the best labels that have been produced gives a valuable overview of just what can be achieved by those printers at the top of their game. To see and understand the amount of work, skill and effort that goes into producing a label with up to 12 print and process stages is quite stimulating. Having said that, a label in just two or three colours or processes can have just as dynamic an impact.”
The Best in Show and Printing Processes Group winner awards went to the UK’s Multi Labels for ‘The Irishman Single Malt’ label. Other winners included Collotype Labels from Australia, Cabas from Greece and Masterpress from Poland.
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