HP Inc. and Dscoop announce the inaugural winners of the HP Inkspiration awards for the Americas, recognizing the most innovative work produced with HP digital printing technology. The company also gave out the Rod Key Marketing Excellence awards, which recognize companies with the most creative marketing campaigns to promote their own businesses.
At HP’s Dscoop conference in San Antonio, Texas, 27 awards were presented to 21 HP customers in multiple categories. In all there were more than 150 entries from more than 50 HP customers in the Americas.
The 2016 HP Inkspiration Awards for the Americas and Rod Key Marketing Excellence Award winners are:
General Commercial Printing
- Alternative Printing Methods: Clearstory
- Best in Show: GLS / NEXT Precision Marketing
- Brand Identification: Arizona State University Print and Imaging Lab
- Brand Identification: Hemlock Printers Ltd.
- Brochures: Oregon Printing Communications
- Brochures: The World Bank
- Calendar: GSB Digital
- Catalogs: Duggal Visual Solutions
- Direct Mail: The Standard Group
- Invitations: Corrugated Synergies International LLC
- Invitations: GLS / NEXT Precision Marketing
- Photo Applications: Hatteras
- Publishing: Mohawk
- Rod Key Marketing Excellence Award: The Standard Group
Labels and Packaging
- Alcoholic Beverage: CMC Group doing business as Century Label
- Beauty: Digital Label Solutions, Inc.
- Flexible Packaging: Groupo Ercus
- Folding Cartons: Tap Packaging Solutions
- Food: Summit Print Corporation
- Other: Digital Label Solutions Inc.
- Rod Key Marketing Excellence Award: Innovative Labeling Solutions (ILS)
- Wine and Spirits Labels: ILS
Large Format
- Banner: Britten Studios
- POS Signage: GSB Digital
- POS Signage: Blooming Color
- Décor Wallpaper: Conestoga DPI LLC