Winners Unveiled for 2018 Asian Print and Packaging Awards

Host country, Thailand, swept the most awards at the 2018 Asian Print Awards and Asian Packaging Excellence Awards.

The recently-concluded Asian Packaging Conference 2018 closed up with a Gala dinner and award presentation ceremony to winners of this year’s Asian Packaging Excellence Awards and the Asian Print Awards.

Announced on 3 May, the awards recognised stellar print and packaging entries from the region, including Thailand, China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, The Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.

Thailand made its host country proud by sweeping the most awards for both packaging and print awards. The nation took home a total of 18 awards in the Asian Print Awards, and came out tops for Gold with six medals.

For the Asian Packaging Excellence Awards, Thailand led the pack with 24 awards total. The country also won 11 Golds under its belt.

For a full feature on the 2018 Asian Print Awards and Asian Packaging Excellence Awards, look out for the next issue of Print Innovation Asia.

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The full list of award winners as follows:

Asian Print Awards 2018

Category: OFFSET

1. Offset Printing Only - Calendars, any format

GOLD: Grey Matter Co., Ltd - Thailand

Silver: B & A Design - Thailand

Bronze: Sirivatana Interprint Co., Ltd - Thailand

2. Sheedfed Magazines

GOLD: Comform Co., Ltd - Thailand

Silver: CyberPrint - Thailand

Bronze: Sirivatana Interprint Co., Ltd - Thailand

3. Book Printing - less than 4 colours

GOLD: Everbest Printing Co., Ltd - China

4. Book Printing - more than 4 colours

GOLD: Phongwarin Printing Ltd - Thailand

Silver: Sirivatana Interprint Co., Ltd - Thailand

Bronze: Ramya Reprographic Pvt Ltd - India

6. Web Offset - Coated stock 70gsm and above

GOLD: Manipal Technologies Ltd - India

Silver: Everbest Printing Co., Ltd - China

Bronze: Siam Print Co., Ltd - Thailand

7. Web Offset - Coated Stock 65gsm and below

GOLD: Comform Co. Ltd, Thailand

Category: DIGITAL PRINTING

8. Book Printing - 4 or more colour

GOLD: Soon Torn Film Co., Ltd - Thailand

Silver: Regal Printing Ltd - Hong Kong

Bronze: Regal Printing Ltd - Hong Kong

9. Calendars & Personalised Photo Books - any format

GOLD: DG3 Asia Limited - Hong Kong

10. Posters, Showcards & Point-of-Sale material

GOLD: GMW Creative Prints - Malaysia

Silver: Thai Printing Center Co., Ltd - Thailand

Bronze: Cyber Print Group Co., Ltd - Thailand

Category: SPECIALTY PRINTING

11. Multi Piece Production and Campaign

GOLD: Percetakan Image Vest Sdn Bhd - Malaysia

Silver: Hanaoka Co. Ltd - Japan

Bronze: Grey Matter Co., Ltd - Thailand

12. Embellishment

GOLD: Trinity Publishing Co.,Ltd - Thailand

Silver: Kinta Press & Packaging - Malaysia

Bronze: Sirivatana Interprint Co., Ltd - Thailand

13.Innovation/Specialty Printing

GOLD: Beijing Zhong Xian Tuo Fang Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd - China

Silver: Prince Digi Graphics - India

Bronze: Prodecal Co., Ltd - Thailand

14. Digital Colour Proofing

GOLD: Chengdu Smartec Co., Ltd - China

Silver: Rung Silp Printing Co., Ltd - Thailand

15. Self-Promotion

GOLD: Percetakan Image Vest Sdn Bhd - Malaysia

Silver: iSuccess Digipress Pte Ltd - Singapore

Bronze: Green Production (Overseas) Group - Hong Kong

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Asian Packaging Excellence Awards

Category: Paper & Board Packaging

F1. FOLDING CARTON - Offset

GOLD: Rien Thong Printing ( Kim Pai) Co., Ltd - Thailand

Silver: Thai Container Group Co., Ltd - Thailand

Bronze: Global Printing & Packaging Co., Ltd - Thailand

F2. FOLDING CARTON - Flexo/Gravure

GOLD: iTek Packz - India

F3. FOLDING CARTON - Digital

GOLD: Cyberprint Group Co., Ltd – Thailand

Silver: Soon Torn Film Co., Ltd - Thailand

Bronze: Neo Digital Co., Ltd – Thailand

P5. CORRUGATED - Post Print

GOLD: Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Sdn Bhd - Malaysia

Silver: Harta Packaging Industries (Cambodia) Limited - Cambodia

P6. SPECIALTY & OTHERS - Metallized Paper

GOLD: Siam Toppan Packaging Co., Ltd - Thailand

Silver: iTek Packz - India

P7. SPECIALTY & OTHERS - Printed Bag

GOLD: Thai Container Group - Thailand

Category: FLEXIBLE PACKAGING

F1. NARROW WEB - Flexo

GOLD: Letra Graphix Pvt Ltd - India

Silver: Flexiprint (Pvt) Ltd - Sri Lanka

F2. NARROW WEB - Gravure

GOLD: S.B Packaging - India

Silver: Prime Packaging Co., Ltd - Thailand

F3. NARROW WEB - Digital

GOLD: Syscon Labels & Packaging Co., Ltd - Thailand

F4. MID WEB - Flexo

GOLD: Scientex Great Wall (Ipoh) Sdn Bhd - Malaysia

Silver: Tpn Flexpak - Thailand

Bronze: S.B Packaging Pvt Ltd - India

F5. MID WEB - Gravure

GOLD: TPN Flexpak - Thailand

Silver: S.B Packaging Pvt Ltd - India

Bronze: Fuji Ace Co., Ltd - Thailand

F7. WIDE WEB - Flexo

GOLD: Scientex Great Wall (Ipoh) Sdn Bhd - Malaysia

Silver: Multiflex Polybags Pvt Ltd - India

F8. WIDE WEB - Gravure

GOLD: Tin Thanh Packing Joint Stock Company - Vietnam

Silver: S.B Packaging Pvt Ltd – India

Bronze: United Graphic Expression Corporation - Philippines

Category: LABELS

L1. Offset

GOLD: United Graphics Expression Corporation - Philippines

Silver: Thung Hua Sinn Co., Ltd - Thailand

Bronze: Qlm Label Makers Sdn Bhd - Malaysia

L2. Flexo

GOLD: Signode India Ltd - India

Silver: iTek Packz - India

Bronze: Qlm Label Makers Sdn Bhd - Malaysia

L3. Letterpress

GOLD: QLM Label Makers Sdn Bhd - Malaysia

Silver: QLM Label Makers (Hoang Ha Label Co., Ltd) - Vietnam

Bronze: Oreint Quality Print Pte Ltd - Singapore

L4. Gravure

GOLD: Fuji Ace Co., Ltd - Thailand

Silver: United Graphics Expression Corporation - Philippines

L5. Digital

GOLD: Thung Hua Sinn Co., Ltd - Thailand

Silver: QLM Label Makers Sdn Bhd - Malaysia

Bronze: QLM Label Makers (Hoang Ha Label Co., Ltd) - Vietnam

L7. Embellishments

GOLD: CCL Label (Thai) Ltd - Thailand

Silver: Letra Graphix Pvt Ltd - India

Bronze: Fastroll Labels (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd - Malaysia

Category: NEW CATEGORIES

N1. Combination Printing

GOLD: Letra Graphix Pvt Ltd - India

Silver: Holographic Label Sdn - Malaysia

N2. Mock-Up/Sample

GOLD: Trinity Publishing Co., Ltd - Thailand

N3. Structural Design

GOLD: 5 & 4 Printing Co., Ltd - Thailand

Silver: Global Printing & Packaging (2013) Co., Ltd - Thailand

Bronze: Thai Containers Group Co., Ltd - Thailand

N4. Concept/Graphic Design

GOLD: Trinity Publishing Co., Ltd - Thailand

Silver: Square Print 93 - Thailand

Bronze: Thai Containers Group Co., Ltd - Thailand