The Best of PrintWeek India Awards: 12 months ago

PrintWeek India Book Printer of the Year (Academic and Trade) 2015 - SFA Print. The company won the Book Printer of the Year Award for recreating a series of rare editions of books, originally published in 1867. SFA Prints is one of the top book plants in Sivakasi

PrintWeek India Book Printer of the Year (Specialty) 2015 - Jak Printers. Jak Printers returned to win the Book Printer of the Year Award after a gap of two years, in the Specialty category. Jak picked up the trophy for its books – Changing Skylines, 50 Influences, Royal Recipes from the Taj Grand Palaces, and 4th Dimension Architecture

PrintWeek India Creative Repro Company of the Year 2015 - DMA Yellow Works. The Mumbai firm took home the award on the strength of its artwork creation with colour separation and image creation and rendering jobs for Baskin-Robbins and Taj Mahal Tea, among others

PrintWeek India Brochure & Catalogue Printer of the Year 2015 - Pragati Offset and Vishwakala Printers. In 2015, it appeared to be the most debated category among the judges. One was not enough, and finally, the judges settled for two winners

PrintWeek India Cross Media Company of the Year 2015 - Silverpoint Press. Call it cross media or integrated solution, all advertisers want is to be heard in the increasing din of media marketplace. This has made one-stop selling a feasible option. Silverpoint Press was the second-time winner

PrintWeek India Digital Photo Album Printer of the Year 2015 - Sri Sivarama Digital Press and Mazda Imaging. Mazda Imaging turned heads when it became the first company to bring a HP Indigo 10000 to the country. Sri Sivarama’s Fashion Photo Album, Stylish Photo Album, Star Photo Album and Regular Consumer Photo Album, all were hailed by the judges as “wonderfully put together”

PrintWeek India Direct Mail Printer of the Year 2015 - Synthesis Communication. To win this Award, Synthesis Communication submitted a bunch of compelling samples, which the judges said connected with the need of personalised correspondence

PrintWeek India Digital Printer of the Year 2015 - Chanakya Mudrak. The four samples that Chanakya sent for evaluation were Bombay Blue Menu for Bombay Blue, EY Invitation, Bain & Co Calendar 2015 for Bain & Co and Moet’s Bar Menu for Moet

PrintWeek India Industrial Product Printer of the Year 2015 - Neat Graphics and Brandmark Solutions. Neat Graphics produced four stunning posters of Drishyam in different sizes, Elevation in 3D for an architect firm, and Mahindra Gusto scooter with a car-like feature. Brandmark Solution put its expertise in screen printing, digital wide-format printing and thermoforming to produce Lipton Green Tea – FSU and Parasite for Hindustan Unilever and Nivea Talc Touch – FSU and Mini FSU for Nivea India

PrintWeek India Fine Printer of the Year 2015 - Marvel Graphic Studio. Marvel Graphic Studio has been on the winning side of this Award category for the last four times, and by making it a fifth time, it has created a record of sorts, becoming the first company to win a category award for five consecutive times

PrintWeek India Innovative Printer of the Year 2015 - Jayna Packaging. The brief for the judges was to look for innovative combination of man and machine to achieve a unique product. Jayna Packaging’s Corrugated Kids Furniture entry simply fits the description

PrintWeek India Label Printer of the Year 2015 - Any Graphics. Any Graphics has made winning the Label Award a habit since bagging the Prism in 2012. The New Delhi-based labels and mono cartons specialist’s submission of labels, impressed the judges

PrintWeek India Magazine Printer of the Year 2015 - Silverpoint Press. This is the second PrintWeek India Award for Silverpoint Press, along with its win in the Cross Media category. The print powerhouse clinched the Award with its innovative use of process, raw material and technology to create eye-popping magazine samples. All the samples were printed on a Heidelberg LX five-colour plus online coater

PrintWeek India Newspaper Printer of the Year 2015 - Jagran Prakashan. Jagran Prakashan bags the Newspaper Award for its national edition Dainik Jagran. The last time Jagran won the Award was in 2012

PrintWeek India Screen Printer of the Year 2015 - Spectrum Scan and Lustra Print Process. Two winners of PrintWeek India Awards 2014, Lustra Print and Spectrum Scan, share the PrintWeek India Screen Printer of the Year Award

PrintWeek India Social Stationery Printer of the Year 2015 - First Impression and Prodon Enterprises. Two Mumbai-based print companies, First Impressions and Prodon Enterprises ran neck-to-neck, emerging as joint winners, thanks to their entries comprising wedding cards, swatch books, brochures and a book case

PrintWeek India PUR-Book Maker of the Year 2015 - Pragati Offset. Pragati’s four samples, Asian Paints’ Edutone, Wood Stain Colourscope, Carizza for Shah Luxury and The Imperial Edge for SD Corp all had critical binding elements, which was well accomplished with the use of PUR binding. Run lengths of the books ranged from 500 to 5,000 prints

PrintWeek India Packaging Converter of the Year (General) 2015 - Parksons Packaging. The samples were certainly sent as entry for the general packaging category, but there was a kind of finesse to them. Parksons Packaging wins the Award for all-round excellence in packaging printing and finishing

PrintWeek India Packaging Converter of the Year (Luxur) 2015 - Pragati Pack. Pragati Pack’s Joy – Celebration Sweet Box for Bikanervala, Teacher’s Origin Whiskey for Beam Global, Tigre Blanc Vodka for Tigre Vodkar, and Grants Whiskey – The Family Reserve for William Grant and Sons encompass high-value luxury

PrintWeek India Wide-Format Printer of the Year 2015 - Liberty Graphics. The company submitted four samples, Abstract Buddha with 3D effect, Mumbai through an artist’s eyes, Translite and the painting St Mark’s Basilica