SGIA announces 2019 Product of the Year winners

"Our competition is juried, and judges are scoring entries so they can compare products objectively," said Ray Weiss, director of digital print programmes, SGIA. "For example, in the digital output device categories, winners were based on measurements of test prints. This is the only competition I know of that tells companies the percentage of Adobe RGB gamut a printer can hit."

The measurement reports, which were produced by the Sonoco Institute at Clemson University and follow the same format as SGIA's digital equipment evaluations, will be on display with the entries in the Awards Gallery at Printing United, allowing attendees to compare printers based on data.

More than two-thirds of the competition categories are for non-output devices — everything from textiles to substrates to software. "The products submitted always illustrate trends in the industry, so we saw an uptick in textiles made from recycled materials and workflow software," Weiss said.

The 2019 judges include Scott Baxter, GAM Graphics and Marketing; Conrad Coe, GAM Graphics and Marketing; Dan Gillespie, Alder Technology; Keith Prichard, Timsco; Scott Schoppert, Printing Impressions; Cas Shiver, Sundog Productions; Tony Tribby, Dead Bat Designs and Kent Walker, Walker Supply Company.

Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) is the premier printing and graphic arts trade organisation that provides members with cutting edge resources, tools and education to promote growth and convergence into new market segments. (PC)

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