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.
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
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
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