Guests were seated in ancient splendour among decorated tables reminiscent of opulent times from the pages of history. The opulence continued with the presentation of 35 Gold, 41 Silver and 31 Bronze PICA awards presented to 32 companies.

"It was a hoot," said Printing Industries WA General Manger, Paul Nieuwhof . "We had a record 490 people attend and a high level of entries.

"It all went very well and in the past couple of days we have had nothing but accolades from people saying how great it was," he said.

The MC combination of John McNaught & Dixie Marshall provided the crowd with a professional and upbeat awards presentation. Printing Industries National President Peter Lane spoke to the crowd and welcomed everyone to a night of excellence and celebration of the industry.

As with previous years Western Australian company Scott Print walked away with the most number of awards - 16 in total -  5 Gold, 6 Silver and 5 Bronze. Advance Press took home 9 awards - 5 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze.

Andrew Neale, General Manager Scott Print said, "To follow on from last year's fantastic result is a great achievement for Scott Print.

"These Awards are testimony to the skill, dedication, and commitment of all the staff at Scott Print and could not have been achieved without the support of all our suppliers."

100% Kylie entertainment the crowd, particularly the menfolk, with a Kylie Minogue song and dance show. The Ladies were also well catered for via the accompanying male dancers. 

The night also hosted a number of  special industry awards including a Gold PICA awarded to Prism Grafix for Prism Grafix Calendar 2008 - Vintage Series. The Gold PICA has not been awarded in Western Australia for several years.

Printing Industries recognition award was presented to Nita Sams from Fast Finishing Services for continued service to the industry over many years.

LIA Graduate of the Year went to Sonya Hoffman from Fast Finishing Services.

The CPI Golf day trophy was won by Alan Bamford and Brad Hall from Dataflow Business Systems.

Appearing for the first year in their new format, the Environment Awards which are awarded to companies who are currently undertaking Printing Industries WA green stamp program, also made a big splash. Winners included:

Between 1- 15 Employees
Worldwide Online Printing O'Connor

16 - 39 Employees
Not awarded

40+ Employees
Worldwide Online Printing WA Factory

Photos of the night are available. Please contact Lee Shelley at Printing Industries WA on (08) 9361 4625.