A record number of entries and a crowd of 380 people marked the South Australia and Northern Territory Region Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards (PICA).

The presentation was held at the Adelaide Convention Centre on 23 October 2009 and featured the presentation of 33 Gold, 35 Silver and 31 Bronze PICA awards.

Chairman of the SA/NT PICA Committee, Peter Lane OAM, said the level of printing excellence again impressed the independent judging panel in their challenging task of differentiating between entries in the 36 categories.

"In some categories multiple medals were awarded because of the exceptional standard. The judges were particularly impressed with examples of excellent work in the areas of embellishment, screen printing, book printing and the production of annual reports," he said.

"This year the Judges Awards for the best overall South Australia and Northern Territory productions were replaced with Excellence in Craft Awards, which is another step towards providing consistency between the various industry award events across the country.

"The FujiFilm and Fuji Xerox Excellence in Digital Craft Award was won by Digital Print Australia. The Heidelberg Excellence in Craft Award was awarded to Newstyle Printing.

"We were pleased to include this year for the first time two awards sponsored by the Government of South Australia; for Improved Safety and Improved Resource Use. Well done to the two inaugural winners; Alcan Packaging Capsules and Collotype Labels."

Mr Lane said the judges were particularly impressed with examples of excellent work in the areas of embellishment, screen printing, book printing and the production of annual reports.

The results follow below:

Fujifilm & Fuji Xerox Excellence in Digital Craft Award
Digital Print Australia

Heidelberg Excellence in Craft Award
Newstyle Printing

(For all medals see files at the bottom of the page)

1. One, Two or Three Colour Printing
Finsbury Green
Newstyle Printing
2. Commercial Posters, Showcards, Card Constructions & Mobiles
Finsbury Green
3. Leaflets and Folders
Finsbury Green
4. Die cut presentation folders
Newstyle Printing
5. Booklets, Catalogues and Magazines, saddle stitched
Finsbury Green
6. Booklets, Catalogues, Magazines, non saddle-stitched
Newstyle Printing
7. Annual Reports
Lane Print & Post
8. Calendars
Newstyle Printing
9. Stationery
No Gold winner
10. Postcards and Greeting Cards
Print Junction
11. Limited Editions
Fivestarprint
12. Art Reproductions
No Gold winner
13. Book Printing, case bound
Fivestarprint
14. Book Printing, limp bound
Finsbury Green
Hyde Park Press
15. Book Printing, digitally printed
Digital Print Australia
16. Multi-piece Productions and Campaigns
Newstyle Printing
17. Packaging, Cartons
Graphic Print Group
18. Packaging, Display Stands
No Gold winner
19. Packaging, Other Packaging Materials
Fivestarprint
20. Labels, Roll Fed
Studio Labels
21. Labels, Sheet Fed
No entries
22. Security Printing
No entries
23. Flexographic Printing
No winner awarded
24. Screen Printing
Cutler Brands
John’s Print Centre
25. Web Offset, Coated Stock – off-line finished
Cadillac Printing
26. Web Offset, Coated Stock – press finished
Cadillac Printing
27. Web Offset, Publications with a cover price
No Gold winner
28. Web Offset Un-Coated Stock
Cadillac Printing
29. Digital Printing, A3 or smaller
Kwik Kopy Printing Norwood
30. Digital Printing, Wide Format
Visualcom
31. Embellishment
Hyde Park Press
Newstyle Printing
32. Self Promotion
No Gold winner
33. Innovation
Visualcom
34. Speciality or "Special" Printing
Newstyle Printing
35. Small Printing Business, less than 10 staff
Print Junction
Printskill
36. Country Printing Business
CCL Clear Image
37. SafeWork SA Improved Safety Awards
Alcan Packaging Capsules of Australia
38. Zero Waste SA Improved Resource Efficiency Awards
Collotype Labels

SANT PICA 2009 - Award Winners by Company Name (pdf - 16.6 kb) A complete listing of award winners for the South Australia/Northern Territory Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards for 2009 - Summarised by company name.

SANT PICA 2009 - Award Winners by Category (pdf - 52.7 kb) A comprehensive, categorised listing of all award winners for the South Australia/Northern Territory Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards for 2009