ArrowPress Wins PINE Awards09:44AM / Friday, November 14, 2008
The Printing Industries of New England (PINE) has announced that ArrowPress of Pittsfield, Massachusetts is an award winner in the association’s New England 2008 Awards of Excellence Competition. The announcement was made November 6th during PINE’s 2008 Industry Awards Gala, held at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel in Framingham, MA, with hundreds of industry professionals in attendance. For PINE’s Awards of Excellence Competition, it attracted 325 entries from 47 printing and imaging companies in New England.
ArrowPress, who won three awards in 2007, including the Pinnacle Award, won an Award of Recognition and an Award of Merit. A panel of three out-of-region judges, with extensive experience in printing and print production, was brought in to examine the work: Tim Burton, Burton & Mayer, Menomonee Falls, WI; Paul Schmitz, Schmitz Press, Sparks, MD; and Dave Watterson, PIA/GATF, Sewickley, PA. Each entry was judged anonymously on its own merit in a category with similar printed pieces. The judging criteria included: registration, clarity and neatness, sharpness of halftones and line drawings, richness and tonal qualities of color, paper and ink selection, ink coverage, difficulty of printing, effective contrast or softness, overall visual impact and bindery.
Awarded to ArrowPress in the category of printing companies with up to 20 employees:
Award of Merit
Invitations and Programs: 4 Colors or More
Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Fete des Fleurs
Designed by Studio Two
Award of Recognition
Catalog: Services, 4 Colors or More
Squash & Beyond World, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Session Summer 2008
Designed by Kate Hyde
For more information, call Robert Nackoul of ArrowPress at 413-442-3500
The Printing Industries of New England (PINE) is the largest trade association to serve printing and graphic communications companies throughout New England PINE serves more than 430 member companies through a wide range of products and services that enhance member profitability. The Association is affiliated with the world’s largest graphic arts trade association, Printing Industries of America / Graphic Arts Technical foundation. |
