In the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2019, UV specialist and system manufacturer IST Metz has won the Red Dot in the category “Packaging Design” with its “X-Press-U” packaging concept, which combines printing technology and culinary delights.

Full-service creative agency, Trident, have been celebrating not one, not two but three prestigious award successes.

As a follow-up to last week's announcement, Printing Industries of America released today detailed descriptions of the ten recipients of the 2019 InterTech™ Technology Awards. The independent panel of judges deliberated over technology nominations, which showcased the dynamic and innovative nature of the industry. The judges singled out the following technologies as meeting the award criteria of being truly innovative and expected to have a major impact on the graphic communications industry.

Ten technologies have been selected to receive a 2019 InterTech™ Technology Award. Many more technologies were considered this year but only those listed below were deemed to be truly innovative and are expected to have as significant impact on the graphic communications industry.

PrintFlat™, the software developed by Global Graphics Software to remove banding in inkjet printing, has been awarded a Printing Industries of America InterTech™ Technology Award.

A record 93 winners were presented with their Print Futures Awards on 24 July at a reception at the House of Lords kindly hosted by Lord Black of Brentwood, Deputy Chairman of the Telegraph Media Group and President Emeritus of The Printing Charity.

The Pentawards, the world’s leading and most prestigious packaging design competition, has announced that its hotly anticipated Gala Ceremony will be held at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London on 12th September.

UNITED CAPS, an international manufacturer of caps and closures, today reported it was honoured with an IMDA award for Best Technical Achievement: Holographic Closure Technologies, for a holographic in-mold label jointly developed with MORPHOTONIX, a high-tech brand protection company.

GMG, the leading developer and provider of high-quality color management software solutions, will demonstrate at Labelexpo Europe, September 24-27, in Brussels its latest color management and workflow tools for the automated use of individual profiles at booth A22 in hall 6. "Our latest developments offer the packaging printing industry a large number of opportunities," says Roger Albert, Director Sales EMEA. "With the connection of GMG ColorServer to GMG OpenColor we pave the way for the automated use of customized profiles in the daily workflow."

Roland DG has appointed Granthams as a supplier for TrueVIS large-format printer/cutter solutions, the next stage in a long relationship between the two companies.

Digital textile printing pioneer, Epson, has announced the two winners of its New Designers ‘Outstanding Use of Print in Textiles’ prize, awarded on the first day of the prestigious annual two- week New Designers Exhibition, held at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London (26-29 June & 3-6 July 2019).