FSEA Announces 33rd Annual Gold Leaf Award Honorees
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The Foil & Specialty Effects Association (FSEA) has re- vealed the honorees in its 33rd Annual FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition. The competition awards the “best of the best” in print embellishment and finishing under sev- eral categories, featuring an array of finishing techniques, such as hot foil stamping, embossing, specialty coatings, digital foil and spot coatings, laser cutting, special diecuts and cold foil transfer. This year, FSEA received 450 submissions – breaking the record for the number of entries by more than 100 – from countries around the world. Gold, Silver and Bronze are awarded in each catego- ry. From the Gold winners, two “Best of Show” honorees were recognized – one for best use of traditional foil and embossing techniques (Spectrum Packaging Corporation) and one displaying the best use of digital embellishment techniques (ADC Nederland). Best of Show: Best Use of Foil & Embossing was award- ed to Spectrum Packaging Corporation for The Chronicles of SPC. A Gold Award Winner in the category of Best Use of Foil/Embossing – Self Promotion (Holiday), SPC’s an- nual production features intricate diecutting, multi-layer,
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SUN Automation Group is the global leader in providing innovative solutions to the corrugated industry. SUN engi- neers and builds the SUN625 Rotary Die Cutter, provides sales, service and support in North and Central America for Latitude Machinery Corporation, manufacturer of Mini to Jumbo FFG and RDCs. Additionally, SUN is the North Amer- ican, UK and Ireland sales and service provider for Para Machinery’s line of equipment, and is the North American sales provider for Highcon. SUN also powers the corrugat- ed industry’s premier IIoT platform, Helios, and is the OEM source for Langston/Staley equipment parts and service. THACKER INDUSTRIAL SERVICE COMPANY www.thackerindustrial.com Specializing in corrugated machinery, T.I.S.CO. offers quali- ty-made products, support services, and more. T.I.S.CO. has a reputation of dependability, not only in the product, but in service and support. With more than 25 years’ experience, T.I.S.CO. installs equipment and machinery, moves or sets up entire plants, rewires and rebuilds - all over the world. VT GROUP www.vtgrouponline.com VT offers prepress services for the POP display and corru- gated shipping container industry including graphic design, optimized digitally imaged printing plates and innovative pre-mounting solutions. Our large-format digital printing fa- cility (Digital Impact) is a leading short-run manufacturer of distinctive POP displays and signage where litho-like graph-
multi-pass foil stamping, embossing and spot UV across 27 individual components. Built around the concept of a hinged book, the outer structure consists of two separate cartons joined with tabs, allowing it to open and close like a book. When opened, the outer carton transforms into a bookshelf, revealing 12 individual folding carton “books” on the righthand side. Best of Show: Best Use of Digital Embellishments was awarded to ADC Nederland for ADC Braille Children’s
Book. A Gold Award Winner in the category of Best Use of Embellishments – Client Promotion/Brochure, the col- orful, oversized, spiral-bound children’s picture book pres- ents the story of a little mon- key’s quest with bright, vivid
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illustrations and carefully chosen tactile elements. On the left-hand pages are large black text and transparent raised braille dots on white paper; on the right are colorful illus- trations of the story with raised outlines and raised pat- terned fills of the main visual elements.
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