Aumiller was nominated for his extensive involvement in the alliance since its creation 12 years ago and is currently vice president of PrintCity. He was described in his nominations as, “A passionate spokesperson for PrintCity, both internally and externally and a person with high personal engagement and creative thinking.”

Commenting on his Ambassador of the year award Aumiller says, “I was not expecting such an award, but to be nominated by my colleagues from other alliance members and then to be chosen by the judges is indeed an honour.

“PrintCity was formed from the desire to share knowledge across member companies – the connection of competence. After 12 years of activity, PrintCity members continue to show this focus through its project publications and events. I am proud to be associated with such achievements by so many companies.”

Also in the news, the new environmental report from PrintCity, titled Carbon & Energy Reduction for the Graphics Industry Value Chain, is set to be published in early 2011. Alliance members Faist, Kurz, m-real, manroland, MKW, Sappi, Sun Chemical, Trelleborg and UPM, plus project partners including Kodak and Muller Martini have all been involved in the project.

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