Leeds-based Roberts Mart were crowned Supreme Award winners at the 2023 FlexoTech International Print & Innovations Awards last night, capping a memorable night of celebration and entertainment in London.

The winning entry – which earlier took the ‘Flexible Packaging (Wide Web) on Film’ award – was titled Urban Fruit Blueberries, and was hailed by awards judges as ‘a piece of printed packaging that delivered visual impact with flawless technical reproduction, leaving a lasting impression’. The award citation continued, ‘The piece utilises great repro with high quality printing to encapsulate what flexo has to offer, and it delights in the process.’

After a superb evening meal at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, the almost 400 attendees were entertained by special guest presenter, actor Will Mellor, and following the awards ceremony could then take part in activities such as a silent disco and a virtual reality experience that required a real head for heights.

FlexoTech wishes to thank its sponsors and partners, who made such a successful evening possible. We hope all our guests enjoyed the occasion and had safe journeys home.

The full list of categories, category sponsors and winners is as follows:

Labels (process) (sponsored by Dantex Group)

Winner – Codex ZRT for Hungarian Christmas 2022, definitive postage stamp

 

Labels (line and tone) (sponsored by Esko)

Winner – MCC Scotland for Chivas Regal Extra Night Front

 

Flexible packaging (narrow/medium web) on film (sponsored by Bobst)

Winner – Interflex Group Sunderland for Dentastix Medium

 

Flexible packaging (wide web) on film (sponsored by Windmöller & Hölscher)

Winner – Roberts Mart & Co for Urban Fruit Blueberries 75g

 

Flexible packaging (narrow/medium web) on paper (sponsored by Cheshire Anilox Technology)

Winner – Coveris for Gressingham Deliciously Simple Duck Legs

 

Flexible packaging (wide web) on paper (sponsored by Reproflex 3)

Winner – Roberts Mart & Co for Cafes Novell Decaffeinat Molido 250g

 

UV flexo on paper or board (sponsored by Compass Business Finance)

Winner – Reflex Labels Newcastle for M&S British BBQ Chicken Flatties with BBQ Sauce

 

Corrugated post-print (A – D flute) (sponsored by XSYS)

Winner – DS Smith Livingston for Brewdog Planet Ale 12 x 330ml

 

Corrugated post-print (E and F flute) (sponsored by Apex International)

Winner – Wellpappe Auerswalde for Milkana

 

Best use of hybrid printing (sponsored by Fujifilm)

Winner – Reflex Label Plus Keighley for Hall & Woodhouse – Badger Fursty Ferret

 

Process colours only (sponsored by Lohmann)

Winner – A Hatzopoulos S.A. for Cafea Fortuna – Rendez-Vous Gusto Italiano

 

Originally printed by another process (sponsored by eProductivity Software)

Winner – Packaging Technologies Inc. for Napa 9010

 

Digital labels and packaging (sponsored by Xeikon)

Winner – Berkshire Labels for Albourne Estate

 

Best use of embellishments (sponsored by Kocher + Beck)

Winner – MCC Daventry for Vandenberg Shiraz

 

Environmentally sustainable company of the year (sponsored by tesa)

Winner – Chespa

 

Best newcomer (sponsored by MPS)

Winner – Codex ZRT for Hungarian Christmas 2022, definitive postage stamp.

 

Promotional print (sponsored by Heidelberg)

Winner – Antonio Sada & Figli for Promotional Ferrero

 

Innovation (sponsored by Close Brothers Asset Finance)

Winner – Codex ZRT for Hungarian Christmas 2022, definitive postage stamp (gold ink)

 

Supreme Award (sponsored by Whitmar Publications)

Winner – Roberts Mart & Co for Urban Fruit Blueberries 75g