SILVERPOINT PRESS is the Consumer Magazine Printer of the Year 2010
Silverpoint Press: ideas that ensure better outreach for publishers
Silverpoint Press has powered ahead winning the top position in this quality category award for Consumer Magazine Printer of the Year. Like most growing print houses, Silverpoint operates in a fast-moving environment producing "an impressive and varied range of magazines". The judges hailed the work for titles including Verve, G2, Watch Couture and L’Officiel magazines, with the last mentioned work demonstrating "outstanding finishing techniques" which used red glitter foiling. It was "a pleasure to look at" described a judge. According to Silverpoint, the magazine publishing industry is a honeypot for creative people, leading to brilliant opportunities and ideas for printers to execute. The company uses a battery of Heidelberg sheetfed presses, a Ryobi four-colour press, multi-colour web presses and a full service bindery to ensure its products are consistently of high quality.
Winner
Silverpoint Press
Tel +91 22 2493 9908-09 / sales@silverpointindia.com
Commended in order of ranking
Thomson Press
Spenta Multimedia
Universal Print Systems
International Print-o-Pac
Manipal Press
HONEYCOMB CREATIVE SUPPORT is the Creative Repro Company of the Year
Honeycomb Creative Support: the art of managing a colour palette
Bengaluru-based Honeycomb Creative Support beat the competition by their innovative approach of handling graphic design and pre-media requirements, to win the Creative Repro Company of the Year Award. The jury committee was very impressed with the overall professionalism and quality of the samples. "The high-profile examples not only stand out in the realm of marketing but highlighted the message as well," said a judge, stating that she wished her company had done this job. The examples in question were the Royal Challenger poster for IPL and Romanov signage. It was a process that took ten hours with rounds of corrections carried out and involved cut-out and mixing. Background was created in Photoshop where layers were adjusted and the tone was changed.
Winner
Honeycomb Creative Support
Tel +91 80 4114 8503 / noufel@honeycombindia.net
Commended in order of ranking
Comart Lithographers
Vee Pee Graphic Solutions
Trigon Digital Solutions
Universal Print Systems
Sponsored by
Canon India
THOMSON PRESS is the Digital Printer of the Year
Thomson Press: deliverance through digital
Thomson Press, the winner of this Award, has always been a pioneer in introducing the latest printing technology. The company’s latest offerings include digital printing (print-on-demand), variable data printing (VDP), personalisation, short-run and just-in-time (JIT) prints. The digital files are fired on the HP Indigo 5500. The winning entry included works like table calendar, a food menu, a coaster+mousepad and a production service book. Thomson’s entries came in for praise from the judges especially the table calendar. This spiral-bound entry was subtly beautiful with super photos. Each sheet had a distinctive look and was compatible with the overall calendar.
Winner
Thomson Press
Tel +91 129 2285521-24 / hssidhu@thomsonpress.com
Commended in order of ranking
Manipal Press
Veerendra Printers
Comart Lithographers
Anderson Printing House
Sponsored by
Canon India
PRAGATI OFFSET is the Fine Art Printer of the Year
Pragati Offset: beautiful art created to the music of print
Yet another triumph for the Hyderabad-based Pragati Offset having won this Award last year too. Pragati submitted four samples – Dag Manifestations IV printed for Delhi Art Gallery, Anju Dodiya – Necklace of Echoes, El Anatsui for Jack Shainman Gallery and Amrita Sher-Gil – A portrait in letters. The Amrita Sher-Gil book had 900 pages and over 200 images and according to Pragati, all the colour corrections were carried out in-house. Judges loved El Anatsui’s metallic looking cover. Pragati achieved this using MET PET laminated paper and a variety of metallic inks. Manifestations IV with its multiple gate-folds came in for special praise. "Planning the sections properly to position the gatefold in the right part of the section" was critical for the final product. "A lot of creative razzle-dazzle," said a judge.
Winner
Pragati Offset
Tel +91 40 2338 0000 / narendra@pragati.com
Commended in order of ranking
Prodon Enterprises
Silverpoint Press
Thomson Press
Spenta Multimedia
Sponsored by
ThinkCling
International Print-O-Pac is the PrintWeek India Company of the Year
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