The finalists, from which the winner will be selected comprises of Neil Hyde – Rawson Graphics, Mat Rutherford – CCS Media Packaging, Tim Bright – Carter Holt Harvey, Tim Ryan – Blue Star Print Group, Dane Kasunic – CSI Print, Tara Cotton – Westman Printing.

Allan Wetherell, LIA secretary and judging panel member says, “Once again this year we have to choose one winner from six outstanding graduate candidates. These young people have been put forward as excelling in their industry classification, as judges, we recognise their competency through their nomination by the teaching staff.”

He continues, “Our challenge is to select a winner, who in the opinion of the judging panel exhibits the potential to become an industry leader.”

Guest speaker on the night will be Gary Redman, who started his career as an offset printer and went on to win the prestigious NASA 2008 Global University Student Design Competition.

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