Domino Customers Celebrate Best-in-Class at TLMI Awards Dinner

Published: October 17, 2024

At the TLMI Annual Meeting, this year’s Best-in-Class Winners of their Printing Excellence Awards were announced at a ceremony attended by over 400 converter and supplier members.

The awards celebrate outstanding printing and converting achievements in the North American Label and Packaging Industry, recognizing all print processes including digital, flexography, gravure, offset, rotary screen, and multi-process and is open to all converter members.

Of the nine Best-in-Class category winners, Domino customers brought home three awards:  Amherst Label, an Inovar company; ASL Print FX, an AWT Company; and International Label & Printing.

Amherst Label, an Inovar company was awarded Best-in-Class in the category ‘Beverage – Alcoholic’ for the label 13 Below Cold IPA – Baxter Brewing Company. The label was produced on one of their two MPS-Domino hybrid presses. Nye Hornor, President of Amherst Label, accepted the award on stage.  Amherst Label was also a First-Place winner with two other labels … All Times Sparkling Cider – Citizen Cider in the ‘Beverage – Nonalcoholic’ category, and Gusto – Seven Birches Winery in the category ‘Wine & Spirits – All, including neck label’. In addition, Amherst Label earned Second Place in ‘Wine & Spirits – All, including neck label’ for their label Essential Vermont Hopped Gin – Appalachian Gap Distillery – Switchback Brewing Company.

ASL Print FX, an AWT Company was awarded Best-in-Class in the category ‘Industrial & Automotive’ for the label East Penn Traveller’s Choice RV Care.  The label was produced on their Domino N610i digital UV inkjet label press.

International Label & Printing was awarded Best-in-Class in the category ‘Promotional & Extended Content’ for the label Laconic Foods Orange Blossom Honey.  This label was produced on their Nilpeter-Domino hybrid press.

In addition, Domino customers Label King and Macaran, a NextGen Label Group Company, were award winners with labels printed on their Domino N610i digital UV inkjet label press.

Label King was awarded First Place in the category of ‘Household – UTC’ for the label Elum Designs Disco Cowgirl Boot; First Place in the category of ‘Wellness, Pharmaceutical, & Nutraceutical’ for the label Grizzly Peak Grateful Dave; First Place in the category of ‘Beverage – Nonalcoholic’ for the label Kavahol Alcohol-Free Kava Spirit; and Second Place in the category ‘Wellness, Pharmaceutical, & Nutraceutical’ for the label Hydropro Chocolate Whey Protein. 

Macaran, a NextGen Label Group Company, was awarded Second Place in the category of ‘Food’ with their label SAP JACK.

TLMI’s nine Best-in-Class winners, as well as a group of North American First Place Winners individually selected by the Awards Judges, will go on to compete in the International World Label Awards.

David Ellen, Domino Global Divisional Director – Digital Printing, sums up the TLMI Awards Dinner with the feeling of proud partnership. “It’s wonderful to be part of such an amazing association as TLMI, and witness the profound way they are honoring the label industry and the excellent achievements of converters. And in doing so, it’s exciting to celebrate the tremendous success of our customers. The partnership between Domino and converters goes far beyond providing technology to meet the everyday need to produce beautiful, durable labels for the brands.  It’s a relationship built on trust, commitment, and longevity. Watching our customers grow their business, win awards, and celebrate … I could not be prouder.”

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