Next Printing wins in HP Digital Print Awards

HP today announced the winners of the HP Digital Print Awards 2012 - HP Sign & Display (Asia Pacific and Japan).

The competition recognizes 12 winners for their outstanding print achievements and innovations in the signage industry across Asia Pacific and Japan.
Into its third year, the competition attracted 82 entries from 13 countries across six categories: Environmental Responsibility, Exhibitions and Events, Innovative Application/Unique Media, Outdoor Advertising, Retail Point of Purchase/Point of Sale and Vehicle Graphics.

Commemorating the importance of creativity for Print Service Providers (PSPs) in the signage industry, the Awards were presented at a gala dinner in Shanghai on July 11. The HP Digital Print Awards for the Sign & Display industry recognizes PSPs who have leveraged HP’s digital printing solutions to meet the increasing demands of their customers for innovation.
Martin Carballo, Director, HP Scitex – Graphics Solutions Business, Printers and Personal Systems Group, Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific and Japan said, “The HP Digital Print Awards for the Sign & Display industry salutes PSPs who are pushing the boundaries of print through innovation. We are excited to see some really outstanding submissions this year. We hope the award winners can find new revenue opportunities ahead with HP through their printing portfolio.”

 “This year’s winners have once again demonstrated how they can add greater value during the pre and post-press treatment process by introducing new elements such as engraving to create additional value for end users.”

The award assessment criteria included innovation and creativity, marketingappeal, the best use of ink and color, creative print application installation and overall aesthetics.

Winner of the Retail Point of Purchase/Point of Sale Gold Award, Tom Tjanaria, Managing Director of Next Printing said, “All of us at Next Printing are delighted and proud to be a winner at the 2012 Digital Print Awards. We are enjoying the benefits of our investment in HP technologies as are our customers.

Winner of the Exhibitions and Events Gold Award, Zhan Xiao Jun, Sales Manager, HP Digital Printing House Hangzhou Soyang Shop said, “This project was worth more than US$9 million and we were tasked to produce a metallic exhibition showcase in a very short space of time. Thanks to HP, we were able to produce these materials and maintain a high print quality and color consistency. In addition, HP’s UV printing system enabled us to print on flatbed aluminum plates, a hard surface media that is both scratch-resistant and long-lasting. We have value-added in this process and have been able to deliver to our customers with HP“

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“Our customers are mainly from the advertising and display industries and we aim to provide them with an unparalleled customer experience through perfect print quality and top-notch creativity. Our goal is to become Zhejiang’s largest high-end advertising printing company”.
HP celebrated the achievements of the following PSPs in this year’s award presentation:

Mr Brian Tan, Senior 3D Designer (Events and Exhibition) from Imagination Asia Ltd. and Dr Lisa C. Wan, Assistant Professor of Marketing and International Business at Lingnan University presided as judges for the third presentation of the HP Digital Print Awards 2012 - HP Sign & Display (Asia Pacific and Japan). 

HP continuously recognizes the achievements of PSPs for pushing the boundaries in creativity and digital printing annually. Winning PSPs from Asia Pacific and Japan were well represented in the HP Print Excellence Awards, a global competition for PSPs using HP Indigo, Inkjet Web Press, Scitex and Designjet systems. Winners of the Fifth Asia Pacific HP Indigo Digital Print Awards 2012 were also recently honored at Dscoop at drupa 2012 for their outstanding creativity and innovation in the print and packaging industry.

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