Flint Group Celebrates Creative Use of Inks

Published: July 27, 2009

PLYMOUTH, MN | Flint Group will host the 5th Annual Narrow Web Print Awards celebrating the excellence and entrepreneurship in narrow web printing. Label converters worldwide are invited to submit sample labels of their choice for evaluation by a panel of industry judges. Criteria for judging includes registration, smoothness of dot/vignette, overall print quality, and degree of difficulty. New for the 2009 award is a special focus on the creative use of inks as the jury will be rewarding the aspect of making use of inks and colourful images.

This competition adds to the successful events held in recent years, where Flint Group Narrow Web awarded label printers from all over the world in different categories relating to technology and application.

The Award winners 2008 were Consolidated Label (USA), Label Works (USA), Axiom Label Group (USA), Center Fix Etiquetas Adesivas Ltda. (Brazil), McDowell Label & Screen Printing (USA), Winson Press Pvt. Ltd. (Singapore), MPI – Texas (USA), Brazicolor Industria Grafica Ltda. (Brazil), Pacman (UAE), Smyth (USA), Automacao Ind. Com. De Rotulos Ltda (Brazil), Smyth (USA), SENAI – Theobadldo De Nigris -Technical School (Brazil), and Dunwoody Institute of Technology (USA).

The 2009 award winners will be announced at the Print Award Ceremony at the Flint Group booth #5B45 at Labelexpo Brussels on Thursday, September 24, 2009. Entries should be submitted direct to Flint Group Packaging & Narrow Web. For more information, contact Lotta Sjoberg in Europe at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or Deanna Whelan in the United States at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..