FESPA Awards 2015: Winners Announced

FESPA revealed the winners of its 2015 Awards at its Gala Celebration Dinner held at Flora Köln, Cologne, Germany on Tuesday 19 May.

With dozens of categories, hundreds of entries and thousands of votes cast, the results of the FESPA Awards 2015 were revealed at a glittering ceremony held alongside FESPA 2015.

Organised as part of FESPA's Profit for Purpose programme of events around the globe, the largest international print trade awards seeks to recognise the best printers in different areas of our technically diverse and creative industry.

The winners in the application categories are:

Also announced at the Awards Gala Dinner were the winners of the four non-application focused categories.

The 2015 People’s Choice of the Year Award, which was voted for online by FESPA’s global print community from the shortlisted entries, was presented to PressOn for its Dazzle Ship Wrap.
 
The Best in Show Award, decided by the judges across all of the entries that they feel offers the most outstanding example of print went to TS Visuals, for their entry in the Metal & Wood Products category.

The Young Star Award was presented to Adrian Wolf from Ceramic Passion, who has won a six week internship with category sponsor Mimaki.

The 2015 Hall of Fame Award, which is dedicated to the best printer, voted for online by the FESPA Community, was awarded to Mark Gervais from Ningbo Shenzhou Knitting Co., LTD.

The FESPA Awards celebrate print excellence, inviting printers from FESPA’s global print community to demonstrate their most creative and inspiring work.

The Awards were judged onsite at FESPA 2015 in Cologne Germany by renowned print industry experts including: Jacek Stencel, Owner & Founder of PASJA - screen & digital printing company; Josep Tobella, Screen Printing Consultant and Hwie-Bing Kwee, Owner of Omnimark.
All shortlisted entries are on display in the Koelnmesse Boulevard for the duration of FESPA 2015.

Duncan MacOwan, Head of New Media & Events comments: “Firstly, I’d like to say a huge congratulations to all of our Awards winners and finalists. The Awards are always a great example of the high quality and creative impact of what can be achieved with print, showcasing diverse examples from around the world. The entries received this year were second to none, truly illustrating the galaxy of opportunity that print presents.”

Find out more about entering the FESPA Awards 2016.

The full results of the FESPA 2015 Awards are as follows: