Winners on the night included Victoria’s Picpress and Superior Foil Print, NSW’s Creativecorp, Tafeda, Frontline Print and BMF Advertising as well as SA’s Finsbury Green.

Finsbury Green scored the coveted ‘Highly Commended’ award for its 2010 Sustainability report with judges stating that the entry: “highlighted the company’s sustainable green credentials and demonstrated the firm’s determination to extend its innovative capabilities by creative folds, die cuts, graphics and print production.”

“The idea of ‘circular’ publication as a metaphor for ‘closed loop sustainability’ is brilliant,” added the judges.

GASAA executive director Garry Knespal said there was a great story behind every winner, and the amount of entries was up 25% from last year.

 “We had winners like BMF from the big end of town creating work for Commonwealth Bank and we had a regional winner in Tafeda, a specialist embosser from Nowra South,” he said.

 “Frontline Print had managed to win work back for the V8 Supercars from offshore, with its personalised ID cards.”

 Knespal added that guests enjoyed an eventful night, and the idea that printers work should be recognised for its innovation as well as its quality is catching on.

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