FTA Europe Announces Diamond Awards Winners, Best in Show Unveiled at drupa

FTA Europe logoBRUSSELS, Belgium—The prestigious winners for FTA Europe‘s first ever FTA Diamond awards ceremony have been selected.

The judges—from Benelux, Alain de Blander; from France, Emmanuel Chaud; from Italy, Stefano d’Andrea; from Spain, Xavier Boadas and from the U.K., David Galton—met at the head office of FTA Europe in Brussels. They spent two days analyzing the gold winners of each participating country and selected 29 winners out of 43 entries over 10 categories:

  • Flexo print on paper, narrow web
  • Flexo print on paper, wide web
  • Flexo print on paper, super wide web
  • Flexo print on film, narrow web
  • Flexo print on film, medium web
  • Flexo print on film, wide web
  • Flexo print on film, laminated medium web
  • Flexo print on film, UV medium web
  • Corrugated postprint, uncoated
  • Corrugated postprint, coated

The winners of each category were then judged against one another to select the best of the best for the Best in Show. FTA Europe is pleased to announce the list of winning companies: Amcor Cumbria, Barbier, Bastin-Pack, Cartotecnica Postumia, Chespa, Clondalkin Harlingen, Coveris, DS Smith, DS Smith Deutschland, Emin Leydier Emballages, Felco bv, France Flexo, Interflex Group, Interket Ltd., Kivo Plastic Verpakkingen, Maca, Max Aarts bv, Minova Labels, Palamy, Rac Etiquettes, Sleever International, Sac Emballages, SBE, Sofpo, Smurfit Kappa Chelmsford, Toppazzini and Uniflex CSCS.

The awards ceremony will take place during the drupa exhibition at the Hyatt hotel in the center of Düsseldorf on June 2. Those who would like to participate in this event can contact their national flexo association or FTA Europe. For other further clarifications, or information, contact Luca Conti at [email protected].