PFFC - November 2007 - (Page 22) NAR TLMI AWARDS OW L RR LABE NA & ED EB AND N W XP IO E DIT E L & NARROW WEB RO W W EB & LABE L Paradise of Print Gathered in Hawaii for an annual meeting and awards ceremony, TLMI members prove how they excel at the art of creating narrow web tags, labels, and packaging. By Claudia Hine, Managing Editor A AB EL Clear Water T he Tag and Label Mfrs. Inst. (TLMI), Naperville, IL, announced the winners of its 2007 Awards Competition October 23 during the annual meeting at the Fairmont Orchid resort on Hawaii’s Big Island. Of the 81 total awards presented, Taylor Made Labels snagged the coveted Best of Show prize, and McDowell Label & Screen Printing and Schreiner Group earned Innovator Awards. “Differentiate: It Makes All the Difference” was the theme of the annual meeting. The winning converters proved that attention to detail is one way to differentiate from competitors. TLMI also named 56 first-place winners and 23 secondplace winners. Here is just a peek at some honored firstplace winners; visit www.tlmi.com for more information. Judges for the 2007 TLMI Awards were Steve Lee (chair), RotoMetrics; Mike Buystedt, XSYS Print Solutions; John Coleman, Nilpeter; Page Crouch, Clemson Univ.; Gary Gordon, Mark Andy; Pat Hague, Water Ink Technologies; Ray Mackura, Avery Dennison Fasson Roll; Robert Smithson, Trinity Graphics USA; Paul Teachout, Aquaflex; and Terry Trexler, Gallus. The Neiman Marcus Butterfly Water Bottle label, entered in the Flexography (color process– prime) category, wins one of two first-place awards for Mid Atlantic Label, Forest Hill, MD. The label is printed four-color process in reverse, then white, then four-color process and varnish, requiring tight registration. Best of Show Taylor Made Labels, Lake Oswego, OR, earns the top prize for Best of Show with its Symbion Wine Bottle & Neck Label. It was entered in the category of Wine & Spirits–Flexography/Letterpress (color process–prime). The winning label features ultraviolet (UV) flexo inks, four-color process with two spot colors, emboss printing, and two spot overprint varnishes as highlights on 60# gloss, pressure-sensitive stock. It has a unique die-cut as well. Photopolymer plates and 800- and 900-line anilox rolls are used. 22 | NOVEMBER 2007 WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM http://www.tlmi.com http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM
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