Asian Packaging Excellence Awards Celebrates Best in Packaging

Asian Packaging Conference celebrated its 15th year of organising the Packaging Excellence Awards. Winners were announced at the Gala Dinner, held on the second night of the Asian Packaging Conference 2017.

With the objective of: “To raise the standard and promote the achievements in excellence of Asian packaging printing”, the awards churn out exciting products that set industry standards every year. Submissions were entered by printers in gravure, flexo and labels printing.

Judging commenced end-March 2017 by a panel of esteemed industry veterans, namely independent chairman of judging, Robert R James, Willem (Wim) Swiggers and Alf Carrigan.

A total of 33 awards were meted out. Thailand was the leader of the pack as it took home 11 awards. Malaysia and Vietnam tied for second place with five awards each. India won three awards, while Philippines left with two awards. Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia and Cambodia left with an award each.

The Judges Award, which represents the best of the best in show, goes to India’s Multiflex Poly Bags Pvt Ltd for Flexo; Print Master Co. Ltd from Thailand for Gravure; and Vietnam’s An Lac Labels for the Label category.

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Following is the full list of winners for the 2017 Asian Packaging Excellence Awards:

FLEXO

Narrow Web Flexibles (Web Widths up to 500mm)

Gold – Multiflex Poly Bags Pvt Ltd, India

Mid Web Flexibles (Web widths 501 to 914mm)

Gold - TPN Flexpak Co., Ltd, Thailand

Silver – Scientex Great Walls (Ipoh) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

Bronze - PrePack Thailand Co., Ltd, Thailand

Wide Web Flexibles (Web widths 915mm or more)

Gold – Multiflex Poly Bags Pvt Ltd, India – JUDGES AWARD

Silver - TPN Flexpak Co., Ltd, Thailand

Bronze - Scientex Great Walls (Ipoh) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

FLEXO JUDGES AWARD

Multiflex Poly Bags Pvt Ltd, India

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GRAVURE

Paper and Metallised Paper - Surface Print

Gold - PT. Semarang Packaging Industri Jaya Abadi, Indonesia

Metallised Films and Aluminium Foils - Surface Print

Gold - United Graphic Expression Corporation, Philippines

Surface Print Films

Gold - Print Master Co., Ltd, Thailand – JUDGES AWARD

Reverse Print Films

Gold - Prime Packaging Co., Ltd, Thailand

Silver – Fuji Ace Co., Ltd, Thailand

Silver – Print Master Co., Ltd, Thailand

Bronze - S.B Packaging Limited, India

GRAVURE JUDGES AWARD

Print Master Co., Ltd, Thailand

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LABELS

Flexo

Gold – QLM Label Makers, Malaysia

Silver – An Lac Labels, Vietnam

Bronze - Pemara Labels (M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

Letterpress

Gold - Hoang Ha Labels Co., Ltd (QLM Label Makers), Vietnam

Silver - Orient Quality Print Pte Ltd, Singapore

Sheetfed Offset

Gold - Thung Hua Sinn Co., Ltd, Thailand

Silver - United Graphic Expression Corporation, Philippines

Combination Printing

Gold – An Lac Labels, Vietnam

Silver – CCL Label (Thai) LTD, Thailand

Silver – QLM Label Makers LABEL, Malaysia

Bronze – Holographic Label Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

Non Pressure Sensitive Material and Process

Gold - J.D. Precision Printing Co., Ltd, Taiwan

Digital printing

Gold - Hoang Ha Labels Co., Ltd (QLM Label Makers), Vietnam

Silver – Orient Quality Print Pte Ltd, Singapore

Bronze – An Lac Labels, Vietnam

LABELS JUDGES AWARD

An Lac Labels, Vietnam

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For the gallery of award winners, click here.

To view the full list of award winners and their entries, view the awards catalog here.