Sydney based Carbon8 was
announced Overall Grand Winner in the HP Indigo category, while Momento Pro
took out the Photobooks category.
The sixth instalment of HP
Print Excellence Awards, Asia Pacific and Japan, for HP Indigo, and the fourth
for HP Sign and Display were held in conjunction with HP’s user group Dscoop
Asia 2013.
This year’s regional
competition attracted close to 300 entries from printers across 14 countries.
Applications produced on HP Scitex Industrial Printers and Presses and Indigo
Digital Presses were considered for the awards in 25 categories.
Some 55 printing companies
across the Asia Pacific including Australia were recognised for outstanding
innovation and creativity in labels and packaging, signage, and commercial
printing categories.
Four printing companies received the Grand Winner accolades for outstanding print work with HP Sign & Display and HP Indigo technologies.
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Overall Grand Winner, HP Indigo – Carbon8, Australia
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Overall Grand Winner, HP Sign & Display – Adsells, Pakistan
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Grand Winner, Photo Book Category, HP Indigo – Momento Pro, Australia
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Grand Winner, Labels & Packaging, HP Indigo – Yoshimura Packaging, Japan
Other Aussie winners included
Cactus Imaging in the winners Sign & Display category, Cactus was the Gold
winner in the Innovative Application/Unique Media category for completing a
building wrap that brought a heritage site to life within tight deadlines.
Keith Ferrel, general manager,
Strategic Business Development at Cactus Imaging says: “The HP Scitex XP5500
helped us bring the idea to wrap Sydney’s Town Hall – one of the city’s much
loved heritage buildings – to life. With just 48 hours to finish and install
the massive wrap, we really put the Scitex to the test. The end result was a
realistic look with high colour accuracy. Our customer was thrilled. HP
technologies have allowed us to take on projects that were never possible
before. We’re pleased to have been recognised by HP for our work on this
particular project.”
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