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PAF Florida Print Awards
Orlando, Florida, August 17, 2006 – The Printing Association of Florida (PAF) today announced that 69 Florida-based printing, graphic arts companies and schools were awarded at the Printing Association of Florida’s 19th Annual Florida Print Awards, July 29th at a banquet dinner held at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate, Orlando. The 2006 Best of Show Trophy winners include Franklin/Trade Graphics, LLC from Miami who was awarded the Spinola Printers Supply Inc. Golden Flamingo Trophy for capturing the most Best of Category honors; The Redd Paper Company Award, Best of Show, Division I: Carter Printing, Tampa; The Eastman Kodak Company Graphic Communications Group Award. Best of Show, Division II: The Color Express, Hialeah; The xpedx Award, Best of Show, Division III: Franklin/Trade Graphics, LLC, Miami; The Mac Papers, Inc. Award, Best of Show, Division IV: Procoel, S.A. Mexico. In the Best of Show, Student Division, the award went to Carine Carmack, Valencia Community College, Orlando.
“The Florida Print Awards set a record number of entries this year and we are proud to report that we exceeded our old record of 888 entries set in 2001,” said Michael Streibig, president and CEO of the Printing Association of Florida. “This year, we beat that record by 129 with an impressive 1,017 entries from 69 printing companies and 198 student entries from 19 Florida schools.”
In addition to the Best of Show divisions, sponsor trophies were presented in recognition of outstanding work in categories particularly difficult to judge or to recognize exemplary use of printing processes.
Sponsor trophy winners were:
The AGFA Award - Best Stationery Set: Lawton Printers, Casselberry
The Enovation Graphic Systems, Inc. Award - Best Printer’s Self Advertising: Rex Corporation, Jacksonville
The Heidelberg USA Inc. Award - Best Annual Report: C & D Printing Company, St. Petersburg
The Hewlett-Packard Company Award – Best Digital Printing: Lawton Printers, Casselberry
The Komori America Corporation SE Award - Best Process Color Printing: Rinaldi Printing Company, Tampa
The MAN Roland North America, Inc. Award - Best Art Reproduction: Dynacolor Graphics, Inc., Miami
The MGI USA Award - Best Use of Color in Design: Southeastern Printing, Stuart
The Modular Mailing Solutions Award - Best Special Treatment: Martin Litho, Tampa
The Pitman Company Award - Best Poster: Franklin/Trade Graphics, LLC, Miami
The Shinohara Tech USA Inc. Award - Best Small Press: D.R. Signature’s Printing Company, Orlando
The Unisource Award - Most Creative Use of Paper: MGA - A Sandy Alexander Company, St. Petersburg
The Xplor International Award - Best Web Press: Procoel, S.A., Mexico
Below is a complete list of participating companies and the awards they received (exclusive of trophies mentioned above):
|
Company Name, City |
Best of Category |
Award of Excellence |
Judges’ Award |
Trophy |
|
Abbott Printing Co., Maitland |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
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Action Graphic Preparation, North Miami |
4 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
American National Ltd., Miami |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Apex Color, Jacksonville |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
Associates Trade Bindery, St. Petersburg |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Boyd Brothers, Inc., Panama City |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
|
C & D Printing Co., St. Petersburg |
7 |
5 |
8 |
Best Annual Report |
|
Carter Printing Co., Tampa |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Best of Show, Division I |
|
Central Florida Press, Orlando |
5 |
4 |
7 |
|
|
Corporate Graphics South, Madison |
5 |
3 |
7 |
|
|
Countryside Publishing Co., Oldsmar |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
Creative Printing & Publishing, Longwood |
10 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
D.R. Signature’s Printing, Orlando |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Best Small Press |
|
Drummond Press Inc., Jacksonville |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Dynacolor Graphics, Inc., Miami |
3 |
3 |
9 |
Best Art Reproduction |
|
E.O. Painter Printing Company,
DeLeon Springs |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Ellison Graphics Corp., Jupiter |
1 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
Evatone, Inc., Clearwater |
5 |
2 |
6 |
|
|
Florida Graphic Printing Co, Inc.,
Daytona Beach |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Franklin Communications, LLC, Miami |
38 |
28 |
54 |
Best Poster, Best of Show, Division III and Golden Flamingo Award |
|
Genesis Press, Inc., Hialeah Gardens |
1 |
3 |
5 |
|
|
Gulf Coast Printing, Fort Myers |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
Hall Printworks, Tampa |
8 |
1 |
13 |
|
|
Indian River Press, Indian Harbour Beach |
5 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Intech Printing & Direct Mail, Naples |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
International Paper, Plant City |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
KAR Printing, Miami Lakes |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
L&N Label Company, Inc., Clearwater |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
Lawton Printers, Casselberry |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Best Digital Printers
Best Stationery Set |
|
Learning Laboratories, Inc., Fort Myers |
9 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
Mapco Business Partners,
Kingston, Jamaica |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Martin Litho, Tampa |
2 |
5 |
13 |
Best Special Treatment |
|
Mercury Printers & Promotions, Orlando |
7 |
1 |
9 |
|
|
MGA A Sandy Alexander Company,
St. Petersburg |
7 |
3 |
16 |
Most Creative Use of Paper |
|
Miami Quality Graphics, Miami |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Minuteman Press of Hollywood, Hollywood |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Minuteman Press of Miramar, Miramar |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
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Moran Printing, An RR Donnelley Company, Orlando |
9 |
10 |
19 |
|
|
National Litho, LLC, Miami |
4 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
On-Card, Delray Beach |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
On Demand Printing, Tampa |
19 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
Ora International Grafix, Inc.,
Pompano Beach |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Original Impressions, LLC, Miami |
6 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
Palm Printing Strategic Solutions,
Fort Myers |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Park Row Printing, Plantation |
2 |
2 |
10 |
|
|
Photo Offset, Inc., Coral Gables |
4 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Press Time, Inc., Largo |
3 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Pride of Florida - Graphics Division |
2 |
3 |
11 |
|
|
Printing World, Orlando |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Print-It Plus, Royal Palm Beach |
5 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
PrintWorks USA, Inc., Longwood |
5 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Procoel, S.A. de C.V., Mexico |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Best Web Press, Best of Show, Division IV |
|
Progressive Communications, Lake Mary |
6 |
3 |
12 |
|
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Quality Group, Guatamala |
4 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Rapid Press, Inc., Tallahassee |
8 |
1 |
11 |
|
|
Rex Corporation, Jacksonville |
3 |
3 |
1 |
Best Printer’s Self-Advertising |
|
Rex Three, Inc., Sunrise |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Rinaldi Printing Company, Tampa |
6 |
4 |
5 |
Best Process Color Printing |
|
Roberts Printing, Inc., Clearwater |
3 |
2 |
9 |
|
|
Rose Printing Company, Inc., Tallahassee |
4 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Southeastern Printing, Stuart |
8 |
3 |
11 |
Best Use of Color in Design |
|
St. Ives, Inc. U.S. Division |
4 |
5 |
25 |
|
|
Superior Printers, Inc., Winter Park |
4 |
2 |
15 |
|
|
The Color Express, Hialeah |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Best of Show, Division II |
|
The Printing House, Inc., Quincy |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
The Printing Place, New Port Richey |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Trese Printing, Rockledge |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Universal Printing Company, Miami |
1 |
3 |
12 |
|
|
Wilen Press, LLC, Deerfield Beach |
2 |
0 |
1 |
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Established in 1988, the Florida Print Awards provides association members, graphic arts and design students from the state of Florida to compete on a level playing field in 55 print and design categories. Entries are judged against those in the same division, allowing entrants to compete against other entrants of the same size and employee number.
About Printing Association of Florida (PAF)
The Printing Association of Floridais one of the most active and influential printing associations in North America, occupying a headquarters in Orlando and a satellite office in Miami, Florida. Today more than 500 Florida-based graphic arts companies consider the PAF their ultimate business partner. Governed by an all-volunteer board of directors elected by its membership, the PAF is a not-for-profit association representing the interests of the graphic arts industry throughout the state. PAF is affiliated with Printing Industries of America / Graphics Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF), the world's largest graphic arts trade association, making PAF members a part of the largest, most comprehensive graphic arts advocacy organization in the world. The Printing Association of Florida is located at 6275 Hazeltine National Drive, Orlando, FL 32822, by phone: (407) 240-8009 Fax: (407) 240-8333, and on the Web at http://www.pafgraf.org/.
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