Next Printing has won Gold at the 2025 FESPA Awards, held this week at FESPA Global Print Expo in Berlin.
Established in 1991, the FESPA Awards are the industry’s longest-standing accolades, celebrating the visionaries who set new benchmarks in quality and innovation in print and signage.
This year, there were entries from more than 30 countries across 18 specialised categories, spanning a wide range of substrates and applications.
Sydney-based Next Printing was among the global list of Gold winners, while Cactus Imaging and ImageBox also received Silver accolades.
“The FESPA Awards are dedicated to honouring the outstanding achievements of the print industry over the past 24 months,” Duncan MacOwan, head of events and marketing at FESPA, said at the awards ceremony.
Newly appointed FESPA president Daniel Sunderland said the purpose of the FESPA Awards is to “celebrate and recognise excellence in our vibrant and creative industry”.
“This year, we received an outstanding amount of entries to the FESPA Awards – 278 to be exact. This truly shows the vast level of innovation and excellence across specialty print,” Sunderland said.
“Although the purpose of [the FESPA Awards] is to celebrate outstanding ideas and concepts that are brought to life through print, it’s also a time to recognise the commitment and work ethic of each and every one of you who deliver the highest levels of quality and service.”
Next Printing won Gold for the Display and POP on Paper and Board Award for its Barbie@ Grill’d display. The display was a month-long Barbie-themed activation located at Grill’d in The Galeries in Sydney.
“The judges commented that this project stood out because it involved meticulous planning and consideration to ensure the temporary remodelling was convincing in every detail,” MacOwan said at the awards ceremony, which was held on the second day of FESPA Global Print Expo at Messe Berlin.
Romeo Sanuri, managing director of Next Printing, told Sprinter, “We are very honoured to have won Gold given the high quality of other entrants in the category. Sustainability is built into everything that we do, and we are so proud that our work has been recognised on a global stage”.
Cactus Imaging received Silver for Display and POP on Plastic for its Ladbrokes display at Taree Racetrack in Taree, New South Wales.
Melbourne-based large format printer ImageBox was also recognised, receiving Silver for the Printeriors award category for its High Forest by Mirvac display suite.
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