CEO of Australian Paper, Jim Henneberry (left), with managing director Manark Printing, Tony Knight.PRINTING firm Manark won the Judges’ Choice Award in the National Print Awards on Friday night.
More than 800 printing industry personnel from across the country and overseas joined together on the final night of PacPrint ’09 to recognise and celebrate the achievements of their peers at the 26th Australian National Print Awards.
The Australian industry’s ‘night of nights’ was held at the Palladium Ballroom at Crown, just across the road from the region’s most comprehensive exhibition for the print and graphic communications industry, and provided a suitable celebration to mark the end of the final full day of the event.
A total of 82 awards – 28 Gold, 29 Silver and 25 Bronze – were made in this year’s awards, the first in its new ‘Best of the Best’ format where all entries in the national competition are category award winners from state awards.
Victoria had the most medals awarded, with 20 overall including 11 gold, followed by South Australia with 18 including 5 gold, NSW and Queensland, with a tally of 15 medals each (nine gold and two gold respectively) and Western Australia with one gold out of 10 medals. Tasmania took out two silvers and a bronze, and the ACT one silver Award.
The highlight of the evening was the sponsor awards.
The PaperlinX Award, for Outstanding Excellence as nominated by the National Print Awards judging panel, was the one that went to multiple award winner Manark Printing, for the Prime Minister’s Olympic Booklet. This entry won the ‘multi-piece productions and campaigns, including direct mail’ category.
