The 2017 Sustainability Excellence Award was given to two companies for their innovations in the pursuit of sustainable package printing. An honorable mention was also awarded to a company for an innovation in the pursuit of reducing the environmental footprint created by packaging’s transport.
The winners of and honorable mention in the 2017 Sustainability Excellence Award are:
Artcraft Label, for its line of ProPETE recycling solution
“Artcraft Label demonstrates the meaning of sustainable leadership through its ProPETE line of label products,” said Sustainability Excellence Awards judge Dolores Corcoran of Lauterbach Group, Inc.
Polymount International, for its Polymount Film Cleaner
“This an example of a company… finding a seemingly overlooked problem and creating a simple and inclusive solution,” said Sustainability Excellence Award Judge Rick Allen, from Progressive Recovery.
Heritage Envelopes received an honorable mention, for its PackMail
“Heritage Envelopes has a clear understanding of environmental sustainability with its PackMail packaging product innovation,” said Sustainability Excellence Awards judge Dolores Corcoran of Lauterbach Group, Inc.
About the Sustainability Excellence Award
The Sustainability Excellence Award program is open to any stakeholder in the flexo printing supply chain, whether an FTA member or not. Entries are judged in two categories:
- Sustainability Programs: Programs implemented in a facility that have served to reduce environmental impact of printing or improve workers health/safety
- Innovations in Sustainability: New technology, formulations or techniques that have been developed to reduce environmental impact of printing or improve worker health/safety
Past Sustainability Excellence Award Winners
2016
Winner
Kendall Packaging, Jefferson, WI
Honorable Mention
Specialty Printing, East Windsor, CT
2015
Winner
Advance Packaging Corp., Grand Rapids, MI
2014
Winners
Accredo Packaging, Sugar Land, TX
Avery Dennison, Mentor, OH
2013
Winner
Paragon Label, Petaluma, CA
Honorable Mention
Global Packaging, Oaks, PA
2012
Winner
Promoflex International, St. Leonard, QC, Canada
Honorable Mention
The Label Printers, Aurora, IL
2011
Winners
Paragon Label, Petaluma, CA
Prairie State Group, Franklin Park, IL
PolyCello, Amherst, NS, Canada
2010
Winner
Specialty Printing LLC, East Windsor, CT
Honorable Mention
Robbie Fantastic Flexibles, Lenexa, KS
2009
Winners
Coating Excellence International LLC, Wrightstown, WI
Lauterbach Group, Inc., Waukesha, WI
Honorable Mention
AllpakTrojan, Renton, WA
Creative Labels, Inc., Gilroy, CA
2008
Winners
Metro Label Company Ltd., Toronto, ON, Canada
Plastic Packaging, Inc., Hickory, NC
Honorable Mention
C&H Packaging Company, Inc., Merrill, WI
2007
Winners
Overnight Labels, Inc., Deer Park, NY
Farnell Packaging Ltd., Dartmouth, NS, Canada
2006
Winners
Bemis Company, Inc., Milprint, Inc., Oshkosh, WI
Plastic Suppliers, Inc., Columbus, OH
Honorable Mention
G-3 Enterprises, Modesto, CA
2005
Winner
Highland Supply Corporation, Highland, IL
Honorable Mention
Global Packaging, Oaks, PA
2004
Winner
Gallus Ferd. Ruesch AG, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Honorable Mention
Southern Graphic Systems, Philadelphia, PA
2003
Winners
Oberthur Gaming Technologies, Inc., San Antonio, TX
Stork Cellramic, Inc., Milwaukee, WI
Honorable Mention
C&H Packaging, Co. Inc., Merrill, WI
Aba SA de CV, Lerma de Villada, Mexico
2002
Winners
Cage Graphic Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Tension Envelope Corporation, Kansas City, KS
Honorable Mention
Anagram International, Minneapolis, MN
Southern Atlantic Label, Chesapeake, VA
2001
Winners
Cellotape, Inc, Fremont, CA
Channeled Resources, Inc., Chicago, IL
Honorable Mention
DuPont Cyrel Packaging Graphic Products, Wilmington, DE
Gallus, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
The Pack Corporation, Osaka, Japan
