FSEA Announces Gold Leaf Best Of Show Winners
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The Foil & Specialty Effects Association (FSEA) has an- nounced the honorees in its 30th Annual FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition. “Our FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition showcases how embellishments have become a catalyst in the print- ing industry,” said FSEA Executive Director Jeff Peterson. A record number of entries were received from coun- tries around the world, including the US, Canada, India, Ita- ly, Switzerland, Poland, Denmark, Japan, South Africa and Taiwan. Gold, Silver and Bronze winners were honored in 47 categories during a reception held on June 6 at The Print Embellishment Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. Two Best of Show honorees were revealed – one awarded to the best digitally finished piece and one to the entry displaying the best use of conventional finishing techniques. Gravure Choquet, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was awarded the Best of Show: Best Use of Foil and Emboss- ing for “RE/MAX.” Their team was tasked with taking a framed award that its client, RE/MAX Real Estate, had been using for years and making it even better.
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Haire Group is the premier provider of new machinery for the corrugated industry. From the Apstar line of flexo folder gluers and rotary die cutters, the Encore line of flexo folder gluers and rotary die cutters, and the Engico flexo folder glu- er, Haire is able to pair clients with the best machinery solu- tions for the best value to meet their needs. Haire Group’s service department helps its customers maximize uptime and profitability through superior 24/7 service and support, a pre-install training center, and over a million dollars’ worth of spare parts at their offices just outside of Chicago. Haire Group has been the industry’s #1 pre-owned machinery bro- ker and plant equipment appraiser since 1976. HarperLove is the leading provider of specialty adhesives, performance additives, and wet-strength resins to corru- gated packaging manufacturers. With the largest and most experienced field service and technical support team posi- tioned throughout the U.S. and Latin America, HarperLove has a long-standing reputation for providing outstanding service and delivering demonstrable performance improve- ments. HarperLove’s renowned services include not only innovative product development and custom product for- mulation, but also machine and process assessments, ad- hesive formula adjustments, machine tuning, detailed ser- vice reporting, and more. HARPERLOVE www.HarperLove.com
Each framed award received eight to 16 passes through the presses, with several passes of foil, embossing in reg- ister for the client’s logo and die cuts with perfect registra- tion for the different categories of the certificates. A filler was integrated behind the certificates to create weight and depth with all the components assembled in a frame and integrated in a presentation box. Best of Show: The Best Use of Digital Embellishments was awarded to Post Press Spe- cialties, Independence, Missouri, for Willy. The graphics were creat- ed in Adobe Illustrator, with small dots of opaque foil intermingled to create an image resembling a lithographic photo, producing foil halftone dots in different foil colors in a way none of the team members had ever seen before. “Willy” was created on a scrap piece of board that the team laminated, and the project was created in an afternoon.
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MAROTECH INC. www.marotech.com
Manufacturer of Marotape®, Marotape®Plus, Marotape® FPT and MaroString™; hot melt coated tapes and strings used for reinforcement and easy-open features for packaging. Ma- rotech also manufactures dispensing and tape placement equipments to optimize the productivity of applying hot melt coated tapes.
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