Katrin Robertson, CEO of blowUP media and a board member of the World Out of Home Organization, will head the Organization's panel of judges for its 2020 Awards, to be announced at its Congress in Toronto from June 3-5, 2020. The judges will also include Organization President Tom Goddard and Executive Director John Ellery.

Project management software provider Vism and Fespa UK Association have announced more details of their upcoming UK Graphic Awards and Thrive in Print conference in September 2020. These brand new events celebrating and sharing the achievements of the wide format graphics print and installation industry will be held at Oulton Hall, Leeds, on Tuesday 15th September 2020.

The British Sign Awards will take place again this year – but under an independent BSA (British Sign Awards) banner. The Awards, launched in 2013, were developed to celebrate and recognise the skills and talent of UK-based sign businesses, and are now firmly established as a major sign industry event.

The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) today announces that the 2020 Safety Recognition Award Program is now open. The annual program, now in its 35th year, runs from January 1 - December 31 and encourages SGIA members to integrate health and safety into standard business practices.

Media Expo Mumbai will host the first-ever Media Expo Excellence Awards to recognise and award the creative genius of both the agencies and vendors. Marketing campaigns involving green and innovative agendas will receive honours at the award show.

The International Sign Association-UK (ISA-UK), formerly known as the British Sign & Graphics Association, has announced today that it will be introducing a brand new award scheme for 2020.

Antalis Interior Design Award entry ‘Sanctuary House’ is a great example of how Coala large format digital media is helping printers and signmakers venture into new markets.

Signs Express (Central Lancashire) are delighted to have scooped one of the top prizes at the ISA UK British Sign Awards 2019. The awards ceremony, held on 15 November 2019, celebrated sign businesses from across the UK and their contributions to the industry.

Onlineprinters is the National Winner of the European Business Awards (EBA): The online printer came out on top as the best German company in "The Customer and Market Engagement Award" (€150m+ turnover) category of the European Business Awards. The e-commerce company, which is one of the three leading online printers in Europe, has stood out against several thousand well-known companies and convinced the expert judges with its European market concept, innovative business model, customer centricity and its sustainability efforts in production.

Signs Express (Leeds) were thrilled to be Highly Commended in the Innovation Award category at the British Sign Awards this month for their White Rose of Yorkshire project.

Amazon, Facebook, Nestlé, Pearlfisher, Heineken, Bulletproof, PepsiCo, Shiseido, Mars Wrigley, Microsoft and Superunion, were just some of the major names unveiled on Instagram Live today as part of the 2020 Pentawards Jury.

On November 14th, the UK sign and graphics community came together to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the industry over the preceding 12 months.

The fourth edition of the packaging collection Box in Box by Leonhard Kurz has received a Red Dot Award for good design. The set of design boxes won the coveted award in the Packaging Design category in the Brands and Communication Design competition of the Red Dot Award 2019. Over a period of several days, the jury thoroughly reviewed, discussed and evaluated a total of 8,697 international competition entries in order to reward the best. The award ceremony took place on the first of November as part of the Designers' Night in ewerk Berlin. Here, the designers of the prize-winning box in box, Annie Kuschel and Julia König, were presented with their certificate.

Earlier this month, Toronto hosted the 14th annual Canadian Printing Awards (CPAs) at the Palais Royal to a sold out crowd of 250+ attendees. Choosing from a record 319 submissions in the Print Design and Printing categories (an increase of nearly 100 from last year, many of which came from first-time entrants), a panel of independent judges recognized more than 110 Gold, Silver and Bronze trophy winners. Awards celebrated innovation by Canadian printers and technology suppliers. And while congratulations are due to all award recipients, three prominent Scodix users stood front and center.

The second Antalis Interior Design Award is now open for entries. Aimed at interior designers, architects, printers, brand owners and design schools, the awards celebrate the use of customisable visual media in interior design projects around the world.

Roland DGA customers won a total of nine SGIA Golden Image Awards in a variety of categories at PRINTING United 2019 in Dallas, impressing the judging panel with the creativity and quality of their respective entries, all printed on Roland inkjets.

Fourth generation Birmingham signs makers HNS Signs are delighted to announce that they have been shortlisted for this year's ISA British Sign Awards. The awards recognise and reward outstanding work completed by UK-based sign makers over the last 12 months. Ironically, HNS have been nominated for a scheme that they created for a different organisation that is also involved in the promotion of signage and print industry! HNS provided a transformation of FESPAs atrium and other areas at their head office in Dorking.

The Minuteman Press marketing and printing franchise in Epsom has been nominated for Best New Business and Best Business for Customer Service for the Epsom & Ewell Business Awards. These awards recognise excellence for local businesses across all different industries.

Mutoh America, Inc., an industry leader in wide-format printers, was recently honored with the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association's (SGIA) Product of the Year Award for the ValueJet 2638X - 104 inch printer in the Solvent or Latex Ink Over 80" category and, the ValueJet 1638UH - 64 inch UV-LED hybrid printer in the "Flatbed/Hybrid Under $100k category this year at the Printing United show in Dallas, Texas. The competition recognizes the latest equipment and supplies currently on the market that are advancing the industry.

Leica and Ilford, two of the most renowned brands in the photographic industry, are cooperating on a special event: Ilford supports the prestigious Leica Oskar Barnack Award ceremony with two of its finest fine art media, the haptical baryta paper Ilford Gold Fibre Gloss and the cotton paper Ilford Smooth Cotton Rag.

FASTSIGNS® of Orlando was recently awarded “Best Printer” at the 2019 Fan Favorite Ovations hosted by the Oviedo-Winter Springs Regional Chamber of Commerce. The contest took place in a digital voting space to select the winners of over 40 categories.