Celebrating 20 Years of Print Excellence: Sappi’s Final Printer of the Year

BOSTON - November 13, 2018 - Since 1999, Sappi’s been celebrating exceptional printers like you who relentlessly drive for results. Now in its final year, Sappi will collect your most impressive print pieces from the past year and a half and evaluate them across a number of categories to determine which is most deserving of our top prize: bragging rights and $20,000 in branding and marketing support. The Sappi Printer of the Year Awards program has been regarded as the printing industry’s most respected accolade for the past two decades, making its last iteration bittersweet for Sappi.

Congratulations to Classic Color for winning the 2018 Printer of the Year competition. Classic Color won 2018’s top industry honor with its Books category entry: “Baron Wolman Presents: The Rock & Roll Revolution”—a stunning collection of images by the iconic Rolling Stone photographer, Baron Wolman.

A round of applause for this year’s Gold Winners

• ACTIVATED PRINT Geographics, Inc.
• BOOKS Classic Color
• BROCHURES Hemlock Printers Ltd.
• CATALOGS Nahan Printing, Inc.
• CATALOGS/SHEET Adams Lithographing Company
• DIGITAL Dreamworks Graphic Communications, LLC
• DIRECT MAIL Sandy Alexander, Inc.
• GENERAL BP Media, Inc.
• MAGAZINES/SHEET Brilliant Graphics
• MAGAZINES/WEB Panaprint, Inc.
• PRINTERS OWN PROMO Classic Color

This Printer of the Year announcement marks the conclusion of the contest dedicated to recognizing the best in the industry. Since 1999, Sappi has awarded printers whose work demonstrates inspiring vision, print mastery, and unmatched commitment to the craft.

Sappi couldn’t have done it without you. Deepest thanks for submitting to the contest throughout the years. Your excellent work is a constant reminder of why the company strives to be excellent in its own.

Watch the video celebrating 20 years of exciting competition.

Source: Sappi North America.

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