HP Indigo, Finat, Gew, and Lake Image Systems were among the companies recognised at the 12th Annual Label Industry Global Awards ceremony as part of Labelexpo Europe 2015.
Finat’s former president Kurt Walker was presented with the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by Avery Dennison. Walker received the award in recognition of his work driving innovation and best practice in the label community.
HP Indigo was revealed as the winner of the Award for Innovation (for companies with more than 300 employees).
The company is known for its work in developing the HP SmartStream Mosaic software, which led to the creation of millions of unique images and designs on labels and packaging, from seed patterns using an innovative graphics algorithm, which were used by Coca-Cola Israel to create a unique variable product with shelf appeal.
The Award for Innovation (for companies with up to 300 employees) went to joint recipients Gew, and Lake Image Systems.
Gew impressed the judges with its Rhino electronic power supply, which has been developed to enable the lowest possible operating cost for a UV curing system, operating at 95 per cent energy efficiency to provide an extremely low energy consumption and environmental footprint.
Lake Image Systems was honoured for developing MaxScan, its latest addition to the Discovery MultiScan family.
Based on contact scanning technology, its MaxScan provides key benefits over traditional line scan camera technology, such as uniform 600dpi inspection resolution and virtually no angular variation, to provide label converters with tools to accurately detect print defects without the need for expensive additional rollers, re-designed web paths or complex optical assemblies.
