‘The Irishman’ multi-award winning label
FINAT announced the winners of its 34th label awards competition at a ceremony during its annual congress, held this year in Monaco, in early June.
Out of the 241 awards entries submitted by 49 different companies from 25 countries, the winner of Best in Show was Multi Labels Limited, from the UK, with its ‘The Irishman Single Malt’ label.
The label, which has already won The FlexoTech Award for Combination Printing in 2013 and two gold awards at the EFIA Awards 2014, received consistently high marks from the technical and design judges. They commented, ‘At first glance this label looks simple to produce but the facts tell another story. The generous use of delicate gold hot foiling especially in the signature and reversed out areas is worthy of note. The fact that 10 colours were used to achieve the finished result, along with embossing and varnishing in a single pass, is testament to the degree of control required to produce this label to such a high standard. A combination of the best attributes of the flexo and screen processes have produced the result which merits the Best in Show.’
The winning label was printed on a Gallus EM 280 press using Sandon Global anilox rollers, Flint plates and Flint UV inks on a UPM Raflatac substrate. Pre-press was provided by Creation Reprographics.
