At the 2016 L9 World Label Awards saw five Australian label makers receive the top prize in their field.
Hally Labels won the class 1 flexo line award for its Endeavour Reserve Pale Ale. Hally Labels has locations in Brisbane and Sydney.
Brisbane based QLM Label Makers won the class 2 flexo line/screen award for its Owner Parking Permit design. Pemara Australia, located in Melbourne won in the class 3 flexo colour process category for its Jewel Beetles Stamps.
Mildura based James Print Australia won the class 12 category for combination wine/spirits for Wingara La Land. ELNA Press, located in Victoria won the class 21 category for press booklets with its Bostik 50ml PVC Pipe Cement.
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A number of Australian businesses also received honourable mentions including, SA branch of Multicolour winning class 12 for offset wine/spirits for its On The Grapevine and the national branch winning class 16 combination wine/spirits for its Sellicks Hill Diavolo Shiraz Cabernet.
Mulitcolour Australia scored two honourable mentions in the class 18 digital printing, firstly for its national division for Single Vineyard Dappled and secondly, for WA’s Deepwoods Estate.
Each year, all L9 label associations are invited to submit entries for the World Label Awards. The associations taking part in the 2016 competition include Finat (Europe), TLMI (US), JFLP (Japan), FPLMA (Australia), SALMA (New Zealand) and PEIAC (China).
The entries are judged by an international jury the day before Labelexpo Americas in September 2016, the awards structure includes 22 classes covering all the principal printing processes and market applications.
L9 is an alliance of global label associations for the purposes of formulating policies and gathering strategic information with global matters affecting the worldwide label industry.
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