Flint Group opens the 10th Annual Narrow Web Print Awards

Label converters from around the globe can submit sample labels for evaluation by a panel of industry judges. The winners will be announced during a live event at Stand 840 at Labelexpo Americas in Chicago on September 10, 2014. Flint will unveil the printers whose submissions ‘exemplify excellence and entrepreneurship’ in narrow web printing.

This year, Flint will highlight a special category introduced for web packaging applications, encouraing printers to demonstrate the possibilities using narrow/mid web presses.

Deanna Whelan, global marketing manager, Flint Group Packaging and Narrow Web, commented: ‘We truly see the best of the best in narrow web printing each year – we’re continually amazed by the excellence, quality, and depth of design. This proves that narrow web printing is truly an art and we’re proud to be part of these masterpiece designs.’

Niklas Olsson, Narrow Web global brand manager for Flint Group, added: ‘We are tremendously pleased and honored to receive so many print sample submissions year after year; this proves that the Narrow Web Print Awards is held in serious and respected regard by our customers around the world.  As we celebrate our 10^th anniversary, we are extremely proud, as an ink supplier, to host this friendly competition honoring our clients’ creative and outstanding work.’

Criteria for judging includes: registration, smoothness of dot/vignette, overall print quality, and degree of difficulty. Entries will be placed in categories relating to technology and application.

Entry guidelines are as follows:

1. Each entry must be printed using inks from Flint Group
2. Entries can be a commercial label, or a promotional label
3. Entries can be sent in roll or sheet form with no less than 20 of each label – converters should specify if labels cannot be displayed on the Flint Group stand.
4. Entries should be received no later than August 15, 2014
5. Entries should be submitted directly to Flint Group Packaging and Narrow Web