Irish Print Awards 2009
Nicholson & Bass scoops top industry award
Belfast-based printers, Nicholson & Bass have been awarded the highest accolade in the Irish print industry, the Irish Printer ‘Print of the Year’ 2009.
The company’s winning entry was selected from 16 various categories in the country’s top awards ceremony for the print and packaging industry, both in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The winning entry, Thomas Ryan Oil Paintings, was selected from the books category which was sponsored by the Reprocentre Group.
The company, which has won 18 previous Irish Print Awards over the past 32 years, also claimed the accolade for the Heidelberg/Miller Group Sheetfed Colour Offset category.
Established in 1938, the company employs over 50 people and specialises in the niche market of printing fine art catalogues and books.
The Irish Print Awards, now in its 32nd year, was celebrated at a glamorous ceremony held in Dublin’s Four Seasons Hotel on Friday, November 20, 2009.
Irish Printer received hundreds of entries for the 2009 awards, with 36 companies making the final cut.
The awards, which are judged by independent experts in the print sector, are a key recognition of quality in the printing of newspapers, magazines, books and commercial print work.
Referring to the high-standard of entries submitted for the awards, Gráinne Burns, editor of Irish Printer, said that it was a wonderful testament to the quality produced by the Irish Print industry.
‘This year we were again astonished by the excellence in quality of print and design of each entry and these awards demonstrate the high-quality of work produced by Irish print companies all around the country. Given the current difficult trading conditions, it is also a testament to the industry that companies do not compromise on quality of printed material for their customers,’ she says.
The awards also recognise emerging talent within the print industry, with the Print Graduates of the Year and Print Media Apprentice of the Year.
‘The print industry has a leading industry standard apprenticeship programme in place, emphasising the investment and importance that the sector plays on educating and up-skilling those working in the sector,’ says Gráinne Burns, adding that there is an estimated 17,000 people currently employed in the print and packaging sector.
Following the success of the launch of the Print Manager of the Year award in 2008, a large number of entries were submitted this year with Alistair White from Chesapeake Carton Packaging winning the honours.
Irish Printer Award Finalists, Winners & Sponsors
Irish Printer ‘Print of the Year’ 2009
Winner: Nicholson & Bass Ltd for Thomas Ryan Oil Paintings
The Heidelberg/Miller Group Award for Sheetfed Colour Offset Printing
Winner: Nicholson & Bass for Irish Craft 2008
Finalists:
* Castle Print (If I were a Bee)
* W&G Baird (My NI)
* Fine Print (The Loop)
The Goss International Award for National Newspapers
Winner: Midland Web Printing for The Financial Times
Finalists:
* Interpress NI Ltd (Irish News)
* Webprint Concepts Ltd (Sunday Business Post)
* Independent News & Media (Evening Herald)
The Manroland Ireland Award for Regional Newspapers
Winner: Meath Chronicle Print for The Cork News
Finalists:
* Independent News & Media for The Carlow People
* Webprint Concepts for the Evening Echo
The Agfa Ireland Award for Magazines sponsored
Winner:Boylan Print Group for Click Magazine
Finalists:
* W&G Baird for Northern Ireland Homes
* KPS Colour Print for Confetti Magazine
* Nicholson & Bass for Irish Arts Review
The Swan Papers Award for Annual Reports
Winner:Print Run Ltd for Tourism Ireland
Finalists:
* QPA Print for Coillte
* Colorman Ireland for NTMA
The Reprocentre Group Award for Books
Winner:Nicholson & Bass for Thomas Ryan Oil Paintings
Finalists:
* Hudson Killeen for Grupat
* Colorman Ireland for Patrick Scott
* W&G Baird for Retrospective
The Xerox Ireland Award for Variable Data Print
Winner:Uppercase for Uppercase Direct DM
Finalists:
* Northside Graphics for Northside Valentine
* Pod Print for Podium 4
The Manroland Ireland for Carton Packaging
Winner:AGI Media for Mac Office 2009 Packaging
Finalists:
* MSO Cleland Packaging for Boots Extracts
* Colorman Ireland for NI Mailer
* MSO Cleland Packaging for Beechams Ultra
Irish Printer Award for Screen Printing sponsored by the Miller Group
Winner:Smurfit Kappa Display forFindlater/Tullamore Dew
Finalists:
* Marksell for Wanchai- Six Sheet
* The Printed Image for John West Display Unit
The Avery Dennison Award for Self-Adhesive Labels
Winner:MSO Cleland Packaging for M&S Pate
Finalists:
* The Label Factory for Danny Boy Whiskey
* Multiprint Limited for Firetail
* Label Art Limited for Bar Optical Labels
The McNaughton Paper Award for Digital Print
Winner:Pod Print for Diageo Cocktail Menu
Finalists:
* Uppercase for Kinsale International Rally
* GP Digital Print for Diageo Booklet
* The Printed Image for Dublin Docklands – Living & Learning Report
The Hewlett Packard Award for Large Format Digital Print
Winner:Uppercase for The Cornmarket
Finalists:
* Northside Graphics for the University of Ireland Sports Board
* Smurfit Kappa Display for National Lottery – Deal or no Deal
The Ferag Systems Award for Print Finishing
Winner:Impress Print for Philanthropy Toolkit
Finalists:
* PrintGlaze for The Golden Moment
* Hudson Killeen for Grupat Art Book
The Bryan S Ryan Award for Graphic Design of Printed Material
Winner:Dara Creative for John Paul Construction
Finalists:
* W&G Baird for My NI
* Northside Graphics for Hackett Hall
* Priory Press for Ballybames Road
The Xerox Ireland Award for Print Manager of the Year 2009
Winner:Alastair White, Chesapeake Belfast
Finalists:
* Mark Phillips, Meath Chronicle Print
* Ivan Mazuka, Colour World Print
* Patrick Whelan, Munster Labels
Irish Printer Hall of Fame 2009
Winner: Gerry Andrews, Director of the Print and Packaging Forum
The KBA Award for Environmental Print
Winner:W&G Baird
Finalists:
* O’Brien’s Printing
The Komori/Portman Graphics Award for Small Printer
Winner:Print Media Services for One Foundation
Finalists:
* QPA Print for Coillte
* The Label Factory for Tullamore Dew
* QPA Print for Dundrum
Print Graduates of the Year sponsored by Walsh Colour Print
* David Kelly, DIT Bolton Street
* Terry Morrow from Belfast Metropolitan College
Print Media Apprentice of the Year sponsored by Flint Media Ireland
* Ronan Monaghan
About the Irish Print Awards
The Irish Print Awards were originally launched in 1978 by the Irish Printer Magazine and continue to be organised and run by the magazine without a break since then.
Open to entries from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland the Irish Print Awards are a key recognition of quality in the printing of newspapers, magazines, books and commercial print work.
2008 RESULTS - Let's take a look back at last years Category Award Winners & Finalists from 2008
* * Hall Of Fame * *
Clare Nixon
Colorman Ireland Ltd
Category Print Graduates of the Year
Winners Martin McKeown & Rowland Jones
Sponsored by Flint Print Group Ireland
Category Print Media Apprentice of the year
Winner John Nevin of the Defense Forces Printing Facility
Sponsored by Flint Print Group Ireland
Category Sheetfed Colour Offset
Winner Hudson Killeen for Vale das Amoreiras
Sponsored by Heidelberg Miller Group
Finalists:
* Colorman Ireland Ltd
* Hudson Killeen
* Vision Print
Category Web Offset Printing
Winner Walsh Colour Print
Sponsored by MAN Roland Ireland
Finalists:
* Boylan Print
* Boylan Print
* Walsh Colour Print
Category National Newspapers
Winner Interpress Northern Ireland Ltd for Irish News
Sponsored by Goss International
Finalists:
* Interpress Northern Ireland Ltd
* Meath Chronicle Print
* Midland Web Print
Category Regional Newspapers
Winner Midland Web Print for The Clare Champion
Sponsored by Litho Supplies/Fujifilm
Finalists:
* Interpress Northern Ireland
* Meath Chronicle Print
* Midland Web Print
Category Magazines
Winner W&G Baird for Select magazine
Sponsored by Agfa Ireland
Finalists:
* GPS Colour Graphics
* Nicholson & Bass Ltd
* W&G Baird
Category Annual Reports
Winner Printrun Ltd for Smurfit Kappa Group Annual Report
Sponsored by Swan Papers
Finalists:
* Glennon Print
* Hudson Killeen
* Printrun
Category Books
Winner Future Print for Reading Gulliver
Sponsored by Reprocentre Group
Finalists:
* Betaprint
* Future Print
* Nicholson & Bass
Category Variable Data Print
Winner Pod Print Ltd for Pod Marketing Flyer
Sponsored by The Danwood Group
Finalists:
* Business Print Ltd
* Hudson Killeen
* Podprint Ltd
Category Carton Packaging
Winner MSO Cleland for Bombay Sapphire box
Sponsored by MAN Roland Ireland
Finalists:
* Impress Printing Works
* MSO Cleland
Category Screen Printing
Winner Smurfit Kappa Display for Garmin display
Sponsored by Miller Group/Sericol
Finalists:
* Print & Display
* Smurfit Kappa
* The Printed Image
Category Self Adhesive Labels
Winner New Era Packaging for Sainsbury’s Superior Dark Rum
Sponsored by Avery Dennison
Finalists:
* Multiprint Labels Ltd
* New Era Packaging Ltd
* The Label Factory
Category Digital Print
Winner Masterphoto Ltd for National Lottery
Sponsored by McNaughton Paper Ltd
Finalists:
* Masterphoto Ltd
* McGowans Print
* Upper Case Ltd
Category Large Format Digital Print
Winner Smurfit Kappa Display for Dubarry
Sponsored by Robert Horne Group
Finalists:
* Smurfit Kappa Display
* The Printed Image
Category Print Finishing
Winner C Sign & Print for Feeling Lucky Dice Box
Sponsored by Ferag Systems
Finalists:
* Chesapeake Belfast
* C Sign & Print
* Wood Printcraft
Category Graphic Design of Printed Material
Winner First Impression Designers for Best of Irish Design Handbook
Sponsored by Canon Business Systems
Finalists:
* Dara creative
* First impression Designers
Category Environmental Print
Winner GPS Colour Graphics
Sponsored by KBA UK
Finalists:
* GPS Colour Graphics
* O’Brien Printing
* Wood Printcraft
Category Small Printer
Winner Print Media Services Ltd for DIT – Looking To Your Future
Sponsored by Komori UK/Portman Graphic
Finalists:
* Print Media Services Ltd
* Printrun Ltd
Category Irish Print Manager of the Year
Winner Ivan Lavelle
Sponsored by Xerox Ireland
Finalists:
* Ivan Lavelle, Upper Case Ltd
* Declan O’Leary, Snap Printing Sir, John Rogersons Quay
* Mark Phillips, Meath Chronicle Print
Nicholson & Bass scoops top industry award
Belfast-based printers, Nicholson & Bass have been awarded the highest accolade in the Irish print industry, the Irish Printer ‘Print of the Year’ 2009.
The company’s winning entry was selected from 16 various categories in the country’s top awards ceremony for the print and packaging industry, both in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The winning entry, Thomas Ryan Oil Paintings, was selected from the books category which was sponsored by the Reprocentre Group.
The company, which has won 18 previous Irish Print Awards over the past 32 years, also claimed the accolade for the Heidelberg/Miller Group Sheetfed Colour Offset category.
Established in 1938, the company employs over 50 people and specialises in the niche market of printing fine art catalogues and books.
The Irish Print Awards, now in its 32nd year, was celebrated at a glamorous ceremony held in Dublin’s Four Seasons Hotel on Friday, November 20, 2009.
Irish Printer received hundreds of entries for the 2009 awards, with 36 companies making the final cut.
The awards, which are judged by independent experts in the print sector, are a key recognition of quality in the printing of newspapers, magazines, books and commercial print work.
Referring to the high-standard of entries submitted for the awards, Gráinne Burns, editor of Irish Printer, said that it was a wonderful testament to the quality produced by the Irish Print industry.
‘This year we were again astonished by the excellence in quality of print and design of each entry and these awards demonstrate the high-quality of work produced by Irish print companies all around the country. Given the current difficult trading conditions, it is also a testament to the industry that companies do not compromise on quality of printed material for their customers,’ she says.
The awards also recognise emerging talent within the print industry, with the Print Graduates of the Year and Print Media Apprentice of the Year.
‘The print industry has a leading industry standard apprenticeship programme in place, emphasising the investment and importance that the sector plays on educating and up-skilling those working in the sector,’ says Gráinne Burns, adding that there is an estimated 17,000 people currently employed in the print and packaging sector.
Following the success of the launch of the Print Manager of the Year award in 2008, a large number of entries were submitted this year with Alistair White from Chesapeake Carton Packaging winning the honours.
Irish Printer Award Finalists, Winners & Sponsors
Irish Printer ‘Print of the Year’ 2009
Winner: Nicholson & Bass Ltd for Thomas Ryan Oil Paintings
The Heidelberg/Miller Group Award for Sheetfed Colour Offset Printing
Winner: Nicholson & Bass for Irish Craft 2008
Finalists:
* Castle Print (If I were a Bee)
* W&G Baird (My NI)
* Fine Print (The Loop)
The Goss International Award for National Newspapers
Winner: Midland Web Printing for The Financial Times
Finalists:
* Interpress NI Ltd (Irish News)
* Webprint Concepts Ltd (Sunday Business Post)
* Independent News & Media (Evening Herald)
The Manroland Ireland Award for Regional Newspapers
Winner: Meath Chronicle Print for The Cork News
Finalists:
* Independent News & Media for The Carlow People
* Webprint Concepts for the Evening Echo
The Agfa Ireland Award for Magazines sponsored
Winner:Boylan Print Group for Click Magazine
Finalists:
* W&G Baird for Northern Ireland Homes
* KPS Colour Print for Confetti Magazine
* Nicholson & Bass for Irish Arts Review
The Swan Papers Award for Annual Reports
Winner:Print Run Ltd for Tourism Ireland
Finalists:
* QPA Print for Coillte
* Colorman Ireland for NTMA
The Reprocentre Group Award for Books
Winner:Nicholson & Bass for Thomas Ryan Oil Paintings
Finalists:
* Hudson Killeen for Grupat
* Colorman Ireland for Patrick Scott
* W&G Baird for Retrospective
The Xerox Ireland Award for Variable Data Print
Winner:Uppercase for Uppercase Direct DM
Finalists:
* Northside Graphics for Northside Valentine
* Pod Print for Podium 4
The Manroland Ireland for Carton Packaging
Winner:AGI Media for Mac Office 2009 Packaging
Finalists:
* MSO Cleland Packaging for Boots Extracts
* Colorman Ireland for NI Mailer
* MSO Cleland Packaging for Beechams Ultra
Irish Printer Award for Screen Printing sponsored by the Miller Group
Winner:Smurfit Kappa Display forFindlater/Tullamore Dew
Finalists:
* Marksell for Wanchai- Six Sheet
* The Printed Image for John West Display Unit
The Avery Dennison Award for Self-Adhesive Labels
Winner:MSO Cleland Packaging for M&S Pate
Finalists:
* The Label Factory for Danny Boy Whiskey
* Multiprint Limited for Firetail
* Label Art Limited for Bar Optical Labels
The McNaughton Paper Award for Digital Print
Winner:Pod Print for Diageo Cocktail Menu
Finalists:
* Uppercase for Kinsale International Rally
* GP Digital Print for Diageo Booklet
* The Printed Image for Dublin Docklands – Living & Learning Report
The Hewlett Packard Award for Large Format Digital Print
Winner:Uppercase for The Cornmarket
Finalists:
* Northside Graphics for the University of Ireland Sports Board
* Smurfit Kappa Display for National Lottery – Deal or no Deal
The Ferag Systems Award for Print Finishing
Winner:Impress Print for Philanthropy Toolkit
Finalists:
* PrintGlaze for The Golden Moment
* Hudson Killeen for Grupat Art Book
The Bryan S Ryan Award for Graphic Design of Printed Material
Winner:Dara Creative for John Paul Construction
Finalists:
* W&G Baird for My NI
* Northside Graphics for Hackett Hall
* Priory Press for Ballybames Road
The Xerox Ireland Award for Print Manager of the Year 2009
Winner:Alastair White, Chesapeake Belfast
Finalists:
* Mark Phillips, Meath Chronicle Print
* Ivan Mazuka, Colour World Print
* Patrick Whelan, Munster Labels
Irish Printer Hall of Fame 2009
Winner: Gerry Andrews, Director of the Print and Packaging Forum
The KBA Award for Environmental Print
Winner:W&G Baird
Finalists:
* O’Brien’s Printing
The Komori/Portman Graphics Award for Small Printer
Winner:Print Media Services for One Foundation
Finalists:
* QPA Print for Coillte
* The Label Factory for Tullamore Dew
* QPA Print for Dundrum
Print Graduates of the Year sponsored by Walsh Colour Print
* David Kelly, DIT Bolton Street
* Terry Morrow from Belfast Metropolitan College
Print Media Apprentice of the Year sponsored by Flint Media Ireland
* Ronan Monaghan
About the Irish Print Awards
The Irish Print Awards were originally launched in 1978 by the Irish Printer Magazine and continue to be organised and run by the magazine without a break since then.
Open to entries from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland the Irish Print Awards are a key recognition of quality in the printing of newspapers, magazines, books and commercial print work.
2008 RESULTS - Let's take a look back at last years Category Award Winners & Finalists from 2008
* * Hall Of Fame * *
Clare Nixon
Colorman Ireland Ltd
Category Print Graduates of the Year
Winners Martin McKeown & Rowland Jones
Sponsored by Flint Print Group Ireland
Category Print Media Apprentice of the year
Winner John Nevin of the Defense Forces Printing Facility
Sponsored by Flint Print Group Ireland
Category Sheetfed Colour Offset
Winner Hudson Killeen for Vale das Amoreiras
Sponsored by Heidelberg Miller Group
Finalists:
* Colorman Ireland Ltd
* Hudson Killeen
* Vision Print
Category Web Offset Printing
Winner Walsh Colour Print
Sponsored by MAN Roland Ireland
Finalists:
* Boylan Print
* Boylan Print
* Walsh Colour Print
Category National Newspapers
Winner Interpress Northern Ireland Ltd for Irish News
Sponsored by Goss International
Finalists:
* Interpress Northern Ireland Ltd
* Meath Chronicle Print
* Midland Web Print
Category Regional Newspapers
Winner Midland Web Print for The Clare Champion
Sponsored by Litho Supplies/Fujifilm
Finalists:
* Interpress Northern Ireland
* Meath Chronicle Print
* Midland Web Print
Category Magazines
Winner W&G Baird for Select magazine
Sponsored by Agfa Ireland
Finalists:
* GPS Colour Graphics
* Nicholson & Bass Ltd
* W&G Baird
Category Annual Reports
Winner Printrun Ltd for Smurfit Kappa Group Annual Report
Sponsored by Swan Papers
Finalists:
* Glennon Print
* Hudson Killeen
* Printrun
Category Books
Winner Future Print for Reading Gulliver
Sponsored by Reprocentre Group
Finalists:
* Betaprint
* Future Print
* Nicholson & Bass
Category Variable Data Print
Winner Pod Print Ltd for Pod Marketing Flyer
Sponsored by The Danwood Group
Finalists:
* Business Print Ltd
* Hudson Killeen
* Podprint Ltd
Category Carton Packaging
Winner MSO Cleland for Bombay Sapphire box
Sponsored by MAN Roland Ireland
Finalists:
* Impress Printing Works
* MSO Cleland
Category Screen Printing
Winner Smurfit Kappa Display for Garmin display
Sponsored by Miller Group/Sericol
Finalists:
* Print & Display
* Smurfit Kappa
* The Printed Image
Category Self Adhesive Labels
Winner New Era Packaging for Sainsbury’s Superior Dark Rum
Sponsored by Avery Dennison
Finalists:
* Multiprint Labels Ltd
* New Era Packaging Ltd
* The Label Factory
Category Digital Print
Winner Masterphoto Ltd for National Lottery
Sponsored by McNaughton Paper Ltd
Finalists:
* Masterphoto Ltd
* McGowans Print
* Upper Case Ltd
Category Large Format Digital Print
Winner Smurfit Kappa Display for Dubarry
Sponsored by Robert Horne Group
Finalists:
* Smurfit Kappa Display
* The Printed Image
Category Print Finishing
Winner C Sign & Print for Feeling Lucky Dice Box
Sponsored by Ferag Systems
Finalists:
* Chesapeake Belfast
* C Sign & Print
* Wood Printcraft
Category Graphic Design of Printed Material
Winner First Impression Designers for Best of Irish Design Handbook
Sponsored by Canon Business Systems
Finalists:
* Dara creative
* First impression Designers
Category Environmental Print
Winner GPS Colour Graphics
Sponsored by KBA UK
Finalists:
* GPS Colour Graphics
* O’Brien Printing
* Wood Printcraft
Category Small Printer
Winner Print Media Services Ltd for DIT – Looking To Your Future
Sponsored by Komori UK/Portman Graphic
Finalists:
* Print Media Services Ltd
* Printrun Ltd
Category Irish Print Manager of the Year
Winner Ivan Lavelle
Sponsored by Xerox Ireland
Finalists:
* Ivan Lavelle, Upper Case Ltd
* Declan O’Leary, Snap Printing Sir, John Rogersons Quay
* Mark Phillips, Meath Chronicle Print