Big names dominate PICAs: Platypus, IPMG and ‘Geon’

Platypus Graphics, Inprint Brisbane and Cornerstone Press cleaned up at the Queensland PICAs while a former Geon business was the big winner in Tasmania.

Perennial powerhouse Platypus took home nine gold medals after winning 12 golds at the 2012 PICAs and following up with another three at this year's National Print Awards.

IPMG firm Inprint Brisbane and Cornerstone Press each bettered last year's hauls. Inprint improved from three to seven gold medals, while Cornerstone went from four to five.

Platypus, Inprint and Cornerstone are all Brisbane-based.

Queensland's other multiple winners were Heaneys Performers in Print, which claimed three golds, and Multi-Color Queensland and Sunprint, which each won two.

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Nine other firms each took out a single category: Bayfield Printing, Greenridge Press, Impressworks, Jammin' Handprints, Kuhn Corp Press & Packaging, Mr Labels, PMP, Printcraft and Print Approach.

Meanwhile, the old Geon Tasmania, which is now known as Mercury Walch, followed on from Geon's seven-gold haul at the 2012 Tasmanian PICAs with seven of its own in 2013. The Hobart firm was renamed in March after being acquired by the Todisco family.

Fellow Hobart firm Focal Printing claimed six gold medals, Launceston printer Flying Colours won three, Hobart design studio Futago won three and Hobart operation Abel Labels won two.

Ten print and design firms each had single wins: Cathy McAuliffe, Clemenger, Examiner Print Centre, Karen Kluss Design, Liminal Graphics, Monotone Art Printers, Pure Bride Tasmania, Rebecca Birrell, Red Jelly and Walker Design.

 


 

QUEENSLAND WINNERS LIST

Flexographic printing

Multi-Color Queensland

Packaging – cardboard substrate

Platypus Graphics

Web offset printing – heatset

Inprint Brisbane

Labels – sheetfed

No winner

Labels – rollfed

Multi-Color Queensland

Commercial posters, show cards, card construction & mobiles

Platypus Graphics

Limited edition prints and art repos

Impressworks

Calendars

Cornerstone Press

Embellishment

Inprint Brisbane

Binding & finishing

Inprint Brisbane

Digital printing non-inkjet

Mr Labels and Heaneys Performers in Print

Digital printing inkjet

Sunprint

Digital printing wide-format

Sunprint

Lithographic printing one-colour

Platypus Graphics

Lithographic printing – four or more colours not using a polyester plate

No winner

Lithographic printing –  any number of colours using a polyester plate

No winner

Stationery

Bayfield Printing

Postcards & greeting cards

Cornerstone Press

Impact mail and sensory mail

Cornerstone Press

Presentation folders

Platypus Graphics (two gold medals)

Annual reports & prospectus

Cornerstone Press

Booklets, catalogues, brochures & magazines saddlestitched, self-cover

Platypus Graphics, Cornerstone Press and PMP

Booklets, catalogues, brochures & magazines saddlestitched, plus cover

Inprint Brisbane, Heaneys Performers in Print and Platypus Graphics

Booklets, catalogues, brochures & magazines  perfect or burst-bound

Platypus Graphics

Booklets, catalogues, brochures & magazines wiro- and coil-bound

Print Approach

Books perfect- or burst-bound

Inprint Brisbane (two gold medals)

Platypus Graphics

Books case-bound

Printcraft

Entry by an Apprentice

Inprint Brisbane

Self-promotion

Heaneys Performers in Print

Regional category

Greenridge Press

Specialty printing

Jammin' Handprints

Entries 15 or less employees

Kuhn Corp Press & Packaging

Judges Choice Award

Printcraft

Special Commendation Award

Impressworks

 


 

TASMANIA WINNERS LIST

One, two & three-colour printing

Flying Colours

Commercial posters, show cards, card constructions & mobiles

Mercury Walch

Leaflets

Mercury Walch

Presentation folders

Focal Printing

Booklets, catalogues & magazines saddle-stitched

Monotone Art Printers and Focal Printing

Booklets, catalogues and magazines bound by any method but saddle-stitching

Mercury Walch

Annual reports & prospectus

Flying Colours

Calendars

Mercury Walch

Stationery

Mercury Walch

Book printing case-bound

Focal Printing

Book printing limp-bound

Focal Printing

Book printing digital

Walker Design and Mercury Walch

Multi-piece productions & campaigns

Focal Printing

Packaging folding cartons & boxes

Mercury Walch

Flexographic printing

Abel Labels

Web offset printing coldset

Examiner Print Centre

Embellishment

Abel Labels

Self-promotion by any printing process

Flying Colours

Small printing business award less than 15 staff

Focal Printing

Typography

Karen Kluss Design

Posters

Cathy McAuliffe

Corporate, service, event or publishing communications

Liminal Graphics

Stationery

Futago

Packaging & labelling presentation

Red Jelly

Brand identity

Futago

Information design & signage

Futago

Wild card

Clemenger

Newspaper & magazine media

Pure Bride Tasmania

Illustration

Rebecca Birrell

Spicers Platinum PICA for outstanding overall entry in design

Clemenger

Media Super Platinum for outstanding overall entry for print

Focal Printing

Media Super Future Leaders Award

John Billett, Foot & Playsted

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