August 2008
HP announced the winners of the inaugural Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) HP Digital Print Awards 2008, in recognition of outstanding achievements and innovations in print and label and packaging industries across the region. The Awards were presented at the APJ HP Indigo Print Awards gala dinner, held in conjunction with the InfoTrends Digital Printing Seminar in Singapore.
Aimed at inspiring print businesses to embark on the transition towards digital printing, the Awards attracted over 200 submissions across 12 countries in the region and were spread across eight categories. Award winners were presented with trophies in the presence of 300 invited guests from the digital print community and winning entries were showcased at the event. These entries will also be exhibited at the HP Indigo Centre of Excellence as the best
in categories.
“We are thrilled by the overwhelming response to our inaugural HP Digital Print Awards. High standard of the entries is testament to the innovation and quality that HP Indigo presses provides for the print, label and packaging industries,” said VS Hariharan, Vice President of Graphic Arts Business, HP Imaging and Printing Group, Asia Pacific and Japan. “With HP Graphics business solutions, we are accelerating the transition in the print industry from analogue to digital, and in the process, enabling our customers to ride on the transformation and drive profitable growth.”
Winning entries were selected based on their degree of innovation and creativity, marketing appeal, use of digital technology, paper selection, use of ink and colour, finishing and packaging and overall aesthetics.
Judging was conducted by a panel comprising renowned executives from the graphic arts, packaging and media industries. They include:
Winner of the APJ HP Indigo Print Award – Mr. Christian Soeseno, Head of Digital Printing Division from PT Suburmitra Grafistama, Indonesia said, “Winning the APJ HP Digital Print Awards is a testament of how we managed to blend the most creative designs and concepts using HP’s Indigo presses. These presses are highly versatile and they allow us to print in medium runs while retaining offset print-quality that meets stringent and professional requirements.”
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