Books | 2016 Awards

FRIESENS WINS TWO “BEST OF CATEGORY” AWARDS AT THE PRINTING INDUSTRIES OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL PRINT COMPETITION

Friesens recently received two 2016 “Best of Category” Awards (known as the Benny) at the Premier Print Awards for outstanding achievement in the production of Can You Dig It (Cookbook) and MIT Technique 2016 (High School Yearbooks).

Can You Dig It Cookbook

MIT Technique 2016 (High School Yearbooks)

The graphic arts industry’s largest and most prestigious international printing competition, the Premier Print Awards recognizes those responsible for the creation and production of superior print communications.

Competing against thousands of entries from printing and graphic art firms around the world, Friesens received a total of 13 awards which honours the top finalists in each of the categories of the competition. This year, nearly 3,000 entries were received from printing and graphic arts firms from around the world.

Michael Makin, President and CEO of Printing Industries of America writes, “We were astounded by the quality of entries this year, the creativity, design and innovation displayed made the competition extremely difficult to judge because there were so many spectacular submissions.”

Friesens also received the Award of Recognition (2) and Certificate of Merit (9) in the 2016 Premier Print Awards.

The Award of Recognition winning projects were:

Flowers in Transition (Digital Printing-Novelty Books) Flowers in Transition (Foil Stamping and Embossing/Debossing)

Friesens won Certificates of Merit for a variety of their books including:

Memory Capsule

Maui High School 2016

Avalon Travel

Through the Golden Age

Spiegler Performance Parts

Spawn

Montréal 375

Friesens Engagement Diary 2016

Druze in America

What an honour for Friesens and our customers to be recognized with these awards. It is the combined collaboration with our customers that helps to cement our reputation as one of the finest book manufacturers in North America.

Friesens has been entering our top books in this competition since 1978.