06/2007
Four GIDUE customers winners of FINAT Label Awards

The annual label competition organized by FINAT, the leading association working for the promotion of self-adhesive labelling, gathers the best-printed products in terms of innovation and excellence. The entrance in the International Label Competition is open to members and non-members. The winners are entitled to enter FINAT and participate in the annual Congress that was held from last May 30th to June 2nd in Maritim Hotel, Berlin. Entries may represent different application sectors, such as beverage, food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, security labelling and coupon labels, among the others. This year edition marked a boom in the number of application received, 240, corresponding to 23 nations in 4 main categories: marketing/end use (cat.A), printing processes (cat.B), alternative use of a label press (cat.C) and innovation (cat.D).

Awards are given by a jury of leading industry experts, taking into account the current trends in the use of narrow web presses. This year, FINAT jury selected 17 Award winners and 65 Highly Commended Certificates. Four winning labels printed on GIDUE flexo presses were recognized three Awards and one Highly Commended Certificate for their high printing quality and appealing marketing impact.

GIDUE winning customers, two French, one German and one Italian label converters, are the following: Company Stratus Packaging, France, that presented a filmic multi-page paper label for Panzani pasta printed with a 7 colours E-Combat 370 mm plus varnishing in one pass; Company Airep, France, won the award with a filmic label for household applications printed on a 4 colours S-Combat 280 mm plus lamination in one pass; Company Gundlach LOGO, Germany, was selected thanks to a set of filmic labels with 15 colours printed for Lörch-Edelbrände on a 8 colour E-Combat™ 430 mm plus varnishing and cold foil in two passes. And an Highly Commended Certificate in the C category (non-adhesive labels) was given for the second year in a row to the Italian customer Grafiche Rekord for a full-impact shrink sleeve meant to ‘dress’ a iced tea bottle and printed with a 8 colours E-Combat 430 mm in two passes.

GIDUE, leading manufacturer of printing and converting machines, confirms once again its technical and market leadership. The awards won by its customers, which we would like to thank here, represent the best gift and reward for the company’s efforts.

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