2016 Must See 'Ems 'Best of Category' Winners Announced at Executive Outlook
ORLANDO, Fla. — September 26, 2016 — The 2016 "Best of Category" winners culled from this year’s Must See 'Ems competition were announced at the close of the Executive Outlook Conference Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016 immediately prior to the opening of Graph Expo 16 which runs from Sept. 25-28 at the Orange County Convention Center — North, in Orlando, Fla. These "Best of Category" award winners were selected by the judging committee from among all of the 2016 Must See 'Ems entries and represent this year’s most innovative technology offerings on display across the show floor at this year’s top graphic communications industry event.
"The annual Must See 'Ems competition singles out the year’s best technology offerings," comments NPES President Thayer Long. "From among these winners, judges choose what they consider the best product in each category to be named 'Best of Category.'"
The 2016 “Best of Category” award winners are:
Sales and Order Entry — Infigo Software Ltd — Catfish-Mega Edit
Prepress and Premedia — Xerox Corp. — Xerox FreeFlow Digital Publisher
Color Management and Quality Control — Lake Image Systems — Discovery Roll Inspector
Variable, Transactional and Multi-Channel — HP Inc. — Link Technology
Pressroom: Analog Presses — RYOBI MHI Graphic Technology — RMGT 920ST-5-A+LED-UV
Pressroom: Digital Presses — Electronics For Imaging — EFI Nozomi C18000
Pressroom: Wide-Format — Electronics For Imaging — EFI AquaEndure Inks
Postpress and In-line Finishing — MGI USA — JET Varnish 3D Evolution
Imprinting, Mailing, Shipping and Fulfillment — Neopost USA — MACH 6
Management Systems — Electronics For Imaging — EFI and Esko integrated workflow for digital packaging
The Future of Print — Xerox Corp. — Xerox Direct to Object Inkjet Printer
The committee also made its selection for the annual "Legacy Award" which this year went to the Xerox DocuColor iGen3 Digital Production Press for a technology that has had a significant, lasting, and continuing influence on the graphic communications industry. The iGen3 was a Must See 'Ems Award winner in 2001 and was chosen by a panel of industry experts, journalists, and consultants who were tasked with singling out a former Must See 'Ems product that has motivated and inspired real innovation and change.
For more information about the annual Must See 'Ems product and technology recognition program visit: www.mustseeems.com.
About Graph Expo 16
Recognized as the most innovative and comprehensive exhibition in the Americas of inkjet, digital, offset, flexo, gravure and hybrid technologies, products, and services for the commercial, transactional, converting and package printing, signage and display, publishing, mailing, in-plant, digital imaging, marketing, and industrial printing industries, this year's "Refresh" themed Graph Expo 16 offers an exciting show-going experience for a diverse spectrum of attendees. The industry event presents the latest graphic communications technologies in live equipment demonstrations across the exhibition floor, plus education on the most in-demand products and newest profit-making opportunities. Graph Expo 16 offers more than 70 interactive learning sessions and 40+ co-located events for attendees across 12 key market segments.
About Graphic Arts Show Co. (GASC)
Graph Expo and PRINT are the largest and most comprehensive graphic communications trade shows and conferences in the Americas and are produced by the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC). GASC is owned by Idealliance (formerly Epicomm), NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies (NPES), and the Printing Industries of America. GASC is managed and directed by NPES from their headquarters located at 1899 Preston White Drive, Reston, VA 20191, telephone: (703) 264-7200, fax: (703) 620-9187, e-mail: info@gasc.org, www.gasc.org.
Source: GASC.