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DSPA announces annual award winners

Published: 29 November, 2005

Around 200 people attended at Stationers Hall in October to recognise excellence in screen and digital printing at the annual Digital & Screen Printing Association (DSPA) awards.

With the DSPA choosing 2006 to fully embrace the digital market in its title, it was hardly surprising that the nine award categories encompassed the full breadth of both the screen printing and digital sectors.

Regarding the highlights, one of the judges, Bob Holt, said, ‘Particularly good examples of work included the Luxury Passat Poster where the quality of the tones on the leather seats were outstanding, while the Golf Plus Poster demonstrated that neutral tones can truly be neutral. The Marvel Header, the Ernest Jones Christmas Gifts and the Principles work were also worthy contenders.’

Adding to this, Graeme Locke said, ‘I was particularly impressed by the Golf Plus and Marvel Header entries in the non 3D PoS category, both being stunning examples of screen process at its best.’ He continued, ‘These are state of the art examples of the best that screen printing has to offer. The printers deserve their awards for excellence because that is what they've delivered.’

In reference to the Young Screen Printer Award, Bob Holt said, ‘Martin Skipp has obviously impressed his employer and is clearly a worthy winner. I would also like to praise his company for taking the time to consider Martin’s strengths and to provide such a good appraisal of his value to the company.’ The results of the DSPA AWARDS are as follows;

Large Format Screen Printing - Sponsored by Sefar

Winner : Augustus Martin - Title : Luxury Passat

Highly Commended : Multigraphics - Title : Burger King Fantastic 4

Poster Printing - Sponsored by Trumax

Winner : Augustus Martin - Title : Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Yellow) Highly Commended : Augustus Martin - Title : Gap Favourite Jeans

Non 3-Dimensional Point-of-Sale Material - Sponsored by Robert Horne

Winner : Augustus Martin - Title : Golf Plus

Highly Commended : Clearpoint Print - Title : Marvel Header

Young Printer of the Year - Sponsored by Printwear & Promotion

Winner : Martin Skipp of Imaginators

3-Dimensional Display Finishing

Winner : Clearpoint Print - Title : Rimmel Full Volume FSDU