Nominations are now open for the 2025 ProPrint Awards – the most comprehensive annual awards evening celebrating the print and packaging industries.

The ProPrint Awards not only recognise print industry leaders but also emerging stars, suppliers, industry legends, and innovators, with this year’s event to be held on Friday 17 October 2025, at Shangri-La Sydney.

Award categories include the Printer 50, Supplier 50, Emerging 50, Industry Achievement, Outstanding Achievement in Sustainability, and the second annual Geoff Selig Scholarship.

Tickets are also now available – and an early bird discount is currently available for individual ticket sales as well as tables of 10 seats until 31 May 2025.

Printer 50

Formerly known as the Power 50, you can nominate more than one person in this category, and it is also possible to have more than one Printer 50 nominee from the same company. Self-nominations are also accepted.

The Printer 50 category only accepts nominations for individuals who are printers or work for a printing organisation. If you represent or work for an association, service provider, lobby group, trade show organiser as well as equipment and consumable suppliers, please nominate under the Supplier 50 category.

The Printer 50 is a peer-voted category and nominees who meet the entrance criteria are invited to become judges and have the opportunity to judge their peers before the results are externally audited. The judging process is conducted online and involves judges ranking their Top 25 nominees against a set criteria.

External, independent auditors will then review the results. The Top 25 leaders are ranked, and the remaining 25 leaders will be announced at the ProPrint Awards alphabetically.

Emerging 50

This award recognises rising stars from all parts of print with around five years experience. This includes graphic designers, prepress operators, production assistants, post-press supervisors and finishing specialists as well as employees responsible for distribution, sales, administration and account management with approximately five years or less experience working in the industry. 

Recipients of the Emerging 50 will be judged on the quality and the detail provided within their submission and the supplementary materials provided. It is possible to nominate more than one person and it is also possible to have more than one Emerging 50 nominee from the same company. Self-nominations are accepted. There is no overall winner of the Emerging 50 recipients will be acknowledged in alphabetical order at the 2025 ProPrint Awards.

Supplier 50

This award recognises those who service and supply the industry and people committed to providing quality service and advice. They are collaborative in their work ethic to find the best solution and must have proven to have gone above and beyond to get the job done. Recipients are judged on the quality of their submissions and industry achievements over the last 12 months. 

There is no overall winner of the Supplier 50 – all recipients will be acknowledged in alphabetical order at the ProPrint Awards.

Industry Achievement Award

Now in its fourth year, the Industry Achievement Award honours an industry legend with more than 25 years of experience. The recipient of the Industry Achievement Award will have made a significant contribution to the industry beyond their own business.

The winner is judged by the 2024 Printer 50 Top Ten and Platinum Sponsor, Durst Oceania. The winner will be announced at the ProPrint Awards and published in the December 2025 issue of ProPrint.

Outstanding Achievement in Sustainability

The Outstanding Achievement in Sustainability Award is awarded to a company that is undertaking sustainable practices within their organisation, using sustainable materials or has achieved specific sustainability benchmarks or improvements over the last 12 months.

This award can be presented to either a printer or a supplier as well as a third-party organisation working closely with the printing industry.

Nominees must present examples of their sustainability initiatives for judging. The winner of this award is judged by the ProPrint Awards team. The winner will be announced at the ProPrint Awards and published in the December 2025 issue of ProPrint.

Geoff Selig Scholarship

Geoff Selig was the former executive chairman of IVE Group, and at the 2023 ProPrint Awards he was recognised with the peer-voted Industry Achievement Award for service to the industry. He was the third-generation from the Selig family in the IVE Group business and was a pioneer and innovator of the industry for over 40 years. 

Geoff tragically passed away in 2024 and the scholarship is dedicated to Geoff’s passion for encouraging emerging talent within the industry, and his desire to see people grow and thrive as well as the enjoyment he received from seeing people develop and succeed.

The scholarship has been created to recognise one of the recipients from the 2025 ProPrint Awards Emerging 50 and provides a financial value of up to $10,000 for personal and professional development and will be funded jointly by ProPrint and the IVE Group.

Finalists of the Emerging 50 will be notified and offered the opportunity to apply for the scholarship and answer three questions based on how the financial award will improve themselves, their employer, and the broader industry. The winner will be selected by ProPrint and IVE Group

Do you know someone who should be nominated and be a part of the ProPrint Awards?

• Make your nominations (either self-nominate or nominate someone else) and book your tickets to the event. For more information, visit the ProPrint Awards website – www.proprintawards.com.au
• Once you nominate someone, the person you have nominated will receive an email letting them know
• The nominee then needs to click on the link in the email to answer a few questions and submit a headshot image to complete the nomination process
• If you self-nominate, you must complete your submission with details on your achievements, industry challenges, personal history and upload a headshot image. You will then receive a confirmation email of your submission
• ProPrint Awards will not publish the identity of the nominator, whether self-nominated or nominated by others in print or online, however you can choose to let a nominee know that you have nominated them during the nomination process.

All winners will be announced at the ProPrint Awards on Friday 17 October at Shangri-La Sydney and published in the December 2025 issue of ProPrint.

Frequently asked questions

Can I self-nominate?

Yes. You can also be nominated by a colleague. If you receive multiple ‘Congratulations’ emails, this means that lots of people have nominated you – so you are very popular! But you only have to complete your submission (answer the questions, submit a headshot image) once.

Can multiple nominees come from the same company?

Yes.

Does my chance of winning go up the more nominations I get?

No. Many people may nominate you BUT you only need to make ONE submission, and this is what will be assessed.

How are the submissions judged?

The Top 25 winners of the Printer 50 will be decided in a 100 per cent peer-voted judging exercise. Each successful nominee will be sent a judging link to determine the Top 25 winners. The 25 to 50 winners will be listed alphabetically.

Recipients of the Emerging 50 will be judged on the quality and the detail provided within their submission and the supplementary materials provided.

Supplier 50 recipients will be judged on the quality of their submission based on their achievements over the last 12 months and will be listed alphabetically.

How will I know if I have won?

Your name will be called at the ProPrint Awards on Friday 25 October in Sydney. Your name, photo and a brief biography based on your submission will be published in the December 2025 issue of ProPrint.

Confirmed sponsors

Thanks to our 2025 sponsors:

Platinum sponsor

• Durst Oceania

Gold sponsors

• Ball & Doggett
• FUJIFILM
• IVE Group
• Konica Minolta

Silver sponsors

• Cactus Imaging
• Canon Production Printing Australia
• Graphic Art Mart
• Omnigraphics
• PAKKO
• Kurz Australia
• Koenig & Bauer
• Spicers Australia
• Mimaki Australia
• Ricoh Australia

Auditing partner

• PKF

If you are interested in sponsoring the 2025 ProPrint Awards, contact Carmen Ciappara at carmen@proprint.com.au or call 0410 582 450.

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