October 28, 2005
Printing awards honour Calgary’s best

CALGARY–Alberta Graphic Arts Industries Network presented the annual International Gallery of Superb Printing Awards last week revealing 79 gold, silver, bronze and honourable mention awards for Calgary-, Southern Alberta- and Saskatchewan-based printers. Winners ranged from large web press printers to small digital shops. In addition to large companies such as Transcontinental Printing and Quebecor World, Calgary, mid-sized Apache Superior Printing was a big winner with 13 awards in the gold, silver, bronze and honourable mentions in several categories. The Calgary Herald won a silver award for daily editions in the web category, while North Hill Printing won silver and bronze for web printing. Precision Label took gold and silver in the specialty label categories, while Farm Credit Canada was awarded gold, silver and bronze in the annual report and invitation categories. Students of the Digital Graphics Communications Program at S.A.I.T. received three nods for their printing efforts in their education program. Entries from 13 countries were judged in 89 categories and 22 processes. Each June, IAPHC headquarters in Minneapolis hosts over 40 technical graphic arts experts from North America over a four-day period to judge the entries.