FESPA announces 2016 Awards winners
FESPA has revealed the winners of its 2016 Awards at its annual Gala Dinner, which took place at Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam on Wednesday 9 March.
The winners of the application categories are:
| Category | Company |
| Point of Purchase Products – Paper & Board | McGowans |
| Point of Purchase Products – Plastic | Spectrum Scan Pvt Ltd |
| Posters, Single Sheets and Multi-Sheets | Midiprint LLC |
| Original Serigraphies, Giclées and Fine Art | Christian M. Walter - Taller de Serigrafía – Edición |
| Decals, Printed Labels and Fleet Marking | MakeCover |
| Special Effect Printing | Midiprint LLC |
| Special Effect T-Shirt and Garment Printing | Tarun Printing Works pvt. Ltd. |
| Roll-to-Roll Printed Textile | The Look Company |
| Glass, Ceramic, Metal and Wood Products | P&P Promotion |
| Direct Printing on Three Dimensional Products | Matoshri Graphics |
| Non Printed Signage | Sign of the Times |
| Miscellaneous | University of Applied Sciences Munich |
To view full list of winners, download here.
Also announced at the Awards Gala Dinner were the winners of the four non-application focused categories.
The 2016 People’s Choice of the Year Award, voted for online by FESPA’s global print community from the shortlisted entries, was presented to Flyerline of Switzerland.
The Best in Show Award, decided by the judges across all of the entries that they felt offered the most outstanding example of print, went to The Look Company from Qatar for its entry titled ‘Look at the Possibilities’ in the roll-to-roll printed textile category.
The FESPA Awards, part of FESPA’s Profit for Purpose reinvestment philosophy, celebrates print excellence and aims to inspire and motivate the global print community to push the boundaries of print.
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