Industry to Vote for Label Industry Global Award Winners

BRUSSELS, Belgium—The fourth Label Industry Global Awards will take place on the first evening of Labelexpo Europe 2007 on Wednesday, September, 26 in Brussels. The international judging panel have shorlisted a number of nominees. The industry now has the opportunity to vote for their own selected individual nominees at www.labelawards.com until the end May.

The Awards feature four categories which recognize achievement in various areas of the label industry. The nominations are as follows:

R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award:
• Angelo Bartesaghi, Omet Srl.
• Joseph Weber, Jnr, Weber Marking Systems
• Tom Rink, Ritrama S.p.A
• Jaume Puigbó, Caposa Group
• Andrew Jack, Dow Corning
• Helmut Schreiner, Schreiner Group

Label Industry Award for Continuous Innovation:
• Rotometrics
• Rotoflex
• Xsys Print Solutions
• Dow Corning
• Gerhardt Engraving
• ABG
• ExxonMobil
• UPM Raflatac
• Kocher + Beck
• BASF Adhesives

Label Industry Award for New Innovation:
• AVT
• DiMS
• Bielomatik (RFID)
• Stork Prints (laser engraving)
• GEW
• Xeikon

European Converter of the Year:
• Pago AG
• Drorys Etichette
• Fix-a-Form/Denny Bros
• Arca Eitichette
• Herma
• IlloSpear (formerly Illochroma)
• Schreiner Group
• Caposa Group

Roger Pellow, Labelexpo managing director, said, “The awards are a fantastic evening and a great way to kick-start Labelexpo Europe. We’re very much looking forward to hosting these again following the great success at the recent Labelexpo Americas show. We’re proud to celebrate the best in the industry at such a glittering occasion. The awards truly recognize hard-work, innovation and quality and we look forward to seeing many old and new friends later this year. The awards are certainly an evening not to be missed and I hope the rest of the industry can join us there.”