Multi-Color Corporation North America Wine and Spirits was the winner of the prestigious Best in Show award at the 2019 TLMI Label Awards competition. The converter earned the top honor for its Prayers of Sinners entry in the category Offset – Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime. To complete this stunning label, Multi-Color Corporation North America Wine and Spirits needed to overcome printing challenges on the lower half of the label. The label, which activates well with 365nm lights, offers a glow-in-the-dark skeleton graphic. The dark skeleton was applied inline under the CMYK graphic.

In addition to Best in Show, the Prayers of Sinners label won Best in Class in its category. Including Prayers of Sinners, there were six other Best in Class winners. For 2019, Best in Class winners are Labeltronix, McDowell Label & Screen Printing, Multi-Color Corporation Mexico, Multi-Color Corporation North America Wine and Spirits, Syracuse Label & Surround Printing, and Yerecic Label.

The TLMI Annual Awards competition aims to stimulate innovative printing and recognizes technical achievement in all areas of the narrow web industry, including tags and labels, cartons, flexible packaging, nonwoven pressure sensitive products and more. The competition recognizes and honors the finest efforts of the association’s converter members throughout the previous 12-month period.

Best in Show
Best in Class

Multi-Color Corporation North America Wine and Spirits
CATEGORY: Offset – Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime
ENTRY: Prayers of Sinners
SPECIAL CHALLENGES:  The majority of the lower half of the label presented the biggest challenge. The other silkscreen is actually a glow-in-the-dark skeleton applied inline under the CMYK graphic. You can see the skeleton graphic underneath glow in a dark room, and it also activates well with 365nm black lights.
KEY SUPPLIERS: Nilpeter, Agfa, Stork, Harper, Kocher+Beck, Avery Dennison,
Siegwerk, CTI

Best in Class
First Place

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
CATEGORY:  Multi-Process – Pressure Sensitive – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime
ENTRY: Athena
SPECIAL CHALLENGES: The most detailed and exceptionally tight registration of the 4-color process image (and the associated fine screen-tones) to the use of brand-specific spot colors provided a challenge. In addition, the rotary screen printing, the tactile doming features, and the combination patterned varnishes create a highly-augmented label that emits different visible features pending the angle of light refraction and consumer engagement. The net result is an exceptionally executed, complex label design.
KEY SUPPLIERS: Gallus, DuPont, RotoMetrics, Harper, UPM Raflatac, Actega


Best in Class
First Place                

Labeltronix
CATEGORY: Flexography – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime
ENTRY: Copper Wings IPA
SPECIAL CHALLENGES: Textured material made it challenging to print clean, 4-color process work.
KEY SUPPLIERS: Nilpeter, Kodak, Deco Technology,
Harper, RotoMetrics, Wausau Coated Products,
Siegwerk


Best in Class
First place

Multi-Color Corporation North America Wine and Spirits
CATEGORY: Flexography or Letterpress – Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime
ENTRY: Freakshow Chardonnay
SPECIAL CHALLENGES: This complex and detailed CMYK image had to use 200 lpi HD flexo to achieve sharp results. Cold foil, spot matte/gloss varnishes, and rotary embossing were all used to achieve dimensional looks. The label was printed all in one pass on a 20″ web.
KEY SUPPLIERS: Gallus, DuPont, RotoMetrics, Harper, Kocher+Beck, Avery Dennison, Siegwerk, Infinity Cold Foil


Best in Class
First Place

Multi-Color Corporation Mexico
CATEGORY:  Digital – Toner – Wine & Spirits -– Color Process – Prime
ENTRY: Mi Campo
SPECIAL CHALLENGES:  This complex label incorporated digital printing, embossing sculpture, and screen varnish. Challenges emerged in controlling color and register.
KEY SUPPLIERS: HP Indigo, DuPont, Harper, RotoMetrics, Wausau Coated Products, Siegwerk


Best in Class
First Place

Yerecic Label
CATEGORY:  Coupon or Expanded Information Label
ENTRY:  Explore the Flavors of Chef Curtis Stone
SPECIAL CHALLENGES: The back of the overlam is printed with two colors and then turned over to print 4-color process on the face. The underlam is printed with 4-color process and the two webs are laminated together with an adhesive. A second adhesive is applied for a stop to keep the layers from coming apart. Keeping the 4-color process on the underlam in registration with the face of the label can be difficult.
KEY SUPPLIERS: Mark Andy, DuPont, RotoMetrics, Harper, Green Bay Packaging, Flint Group, Siegwerk, acpo


Best in Class
First Place

Syracuse Label & Surround Printing
CATEGORY: Roll to Roll – Includes Shrink Sleeve – Single Printing Method – Color Process – Prime
ENTRY: Gruvee
SPECIAL CHALLENGES: This project required nine colors, a dual image and called out transparent and opaque elements mixed throughout the graphics. In order to complete this sleeve, SLSP had to implement a sandwich printing technique on its flexo press to create its reflecting image with the customer’s desired opacity.
KEY SUPPLIERS: Nilpeter, DuPont, Bonset, Actega


First Place  

Repacorp
CATEGORY: Digital –  Toner – Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Non-Prime
ENTRY: Private First Class
SPECIAL CHALLENGES: A barrier opaque enough was needed so that the other layer of print was not visible. Repacorp was able to use multiple colors to create a barrier between the two process prints to eliminate that issue. It also had to play with the contrast of the image to properly be viewed through the spirits.
KEY SUPPLIERS: HP, Spartanics, Avery Dennison


First Place

Schreiner Group LP
CATEGORY: Flexography – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Line – Non-Prime
ENTRY: McKenzie Bottle in Bond Bourbon Whiskey
SPECIAL CHALLENGES: The complexity of design required intricate hot stamping, raised varnish and embossing. The unique label shape caused challenges in diecutting and stripping, all done inline.
KEY SUPPLIERS: Gallus, Kodak, Kocher+Beck, Harper, Northern Graphics, UPM Raflatac, Sun Chemical


First Place   

Luminer Converting Group
CATEGORY:  Tag – Industrial and/or Systems
ENTRY:  Hema Screen Fecal Occult Blood Test Card
SPECIAL CHALLENGES: Keeping the diecut windows in register with the reactive customer supplied printed hema globulin paperstock posed a challenge. Ensuring clean diecutting for all features did, as well.
KEY SUPPLIERS: Propheteer, Flint Group, RotoMetrics, Avery Dennison, CTS, Actega


Second Place

Hub Labels
CATEGORY:  Digital – Inkjet – Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime
ENTRY: Blue Mountain – Sparkling Peach
SPECIAL CHALLENGES: A demanding brand-image-conscious company was looking for short-run digital labels to promote specialty wine. The use of foil was needed to accent the company logo by overprinting in order to show definition for eye-catching results. Additionally, printing on a soft feel overlam was required to also achieve soft peach simulation. Clear text on reverse print was also an area of concern for the client.
KEY SUPPLIERS: Gallus, DuPont, Harper, RotoMetrics, UPM Raflatac, acpo


Second Place  

Creative Labels of Vermont (CLOV)
CATEGORY:  Digital – Toner – Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Non-Prime
ENTRY: Amherst Farm – Winery – Chocolate – Raspberry Back
SPECIAL CHALLENGES: CLOV had to match color previously run via flexo. Diecutting was also critical due to there being sets.
KEY SUPPLIERS: HP Indigo, RotoMetrics, Avery Dennison, Flint Group, Multi-Plastics


Second Place  

Outlook Group
CATEGORY: Flexography – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Color – Process – Prime
ENTRY: Forbidden Root Strawberry Basil
SPECIAL CHALLENGES: The biggest challenge is the label has a registered screened white to allow the foil to show through.
KEY SUPPLIERS: MPS, Flint Group, Harper, RotoMetrics, Avery Dennison, INX International Ink Co.



TLMI 2019 FIRST PLACE AWARD WINNERS

Best in Show – Best In Class
Multi-Color Corporation North America Wine and Spirits
Prayers of Sinners
Offset – Wine & Spirits –
Color Process – Prime

Best in Class
Multi-Color Corporation Mexico
Mi Campo
Digital – Toner – Wine & Spirits – Color -Process – Prime

Labeltronix
Copper Wings IPA
Flexography – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime

Multi-Color Corporation North America Wine and Spirits
Freakshow Chardonnay
Flexography or Letterpress – Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Athena
Multi-Process – Pressure Sensitive – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime

Syracuse Label & Surround Printing
Gruvee    
Roll to Roll – Includes Shrink Sleeve – Single Printing Method – Color Process – Prime

Yerecic Label
Explore the Flavors of Chef Curtis Stone Coupon or Expanded Information Label


First Place
Yerecic Label
Delallo Martini Collection
Digital – Inkjet – Pressure Sensitive – Color Process – Prime

LEM Products, Inc.
Georgia Power
Digital – Inkjet – Pressure Sensitive – Color Process – Non-Prime

Multi-Color Corporation Australia
Billson’s Gourmet Cordial
Digital – Toner – Pressure Sensitive – Color Process – Prime

Yerecic Label
Triumph by 1849 Wine Company
Digital – Inkjet – Wine & Spirits – Color – Process – Prime

Repacorp, Inc.
Private First Class
Digital – Toner – Wine & Spirits – Color – Process – Non-Prime

Inovar Packaging Group
Herdez Spicy Guacamole
Flexography – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Line – Prime

Schreiner Group L.P.
Needle-Trap
Flexography – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Line – Non-Prime

Syracuse Label & Surround Printing
Ginger Raspberry Kombucha    
Flexography – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Line & Screen Tone – Prime

ASL Print FX
McKenzie Bottle in Bond Bourbon Whiskey
Flexography or Letterpress – Wine & Spirits – Line – Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Straight Corn Whiskey
Flexography or Letterpress – Wine & Spirits – Line – Non-Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Always Faithful
Flexography or Letterpress – Wine & Spirits – Line & Screen Tone – Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
CM Courthouse Neck
Flexography or Letterpress – Wine & Spirits – Line & Screen Tone – Non-Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Sweet Almond
Multi-Process – Pressure Sensitive – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Line – Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Moroccan Nights
Multi-Process – Pressure Sensitive – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Line & Screen Tone – Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Venetian Lace
Multi-Process – Non-Pressure Sensitive – Line – Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Go To Black
Multi-Process – Non-Pressure Sensitive – Line & Screen Tone – Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Sahara Jewel
Multi-Process – Non-Pressure Sensitive – Color Process – Prime

Multi-Color Corporation North America Wine and Spirits
Raymond
Offset – Wine & Spirits – Line – Prime

Multi-Color Corporation North America Wine and Spirits
Hypatia
Offset – Wine & Spirits – Line & Screen Tone – Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Deviously Black
Roll to Roll – Includes Shrink Sleeve – Single Printing Method – Line – Prime

Yerecic Label
Veal Summer Grilling
In-Store Promotion

Luminer Converting Group
Hema Screen Fecal Occult Blood Test Card
Tag – Industrial and/or Systems


TLMI 2019 SECOND PLACE AWARD WINNERS
Hub Labels, Inc.
Antietam Brewery – ID Promo
Digital – Inkjet – Pressure Sensitive – Color Process – Prime

Meyers
Spin Class
Digital – Toner – Pressure Sensitive – Color Process – Prime

Creative Labels of Vermont
Tidal Boar – Ginger Beer
Digital – Toner – Pressure Sensitive – Color Process – Prime

Hub Labels, Inc.
Blue Mountain – Sparkling Peach
Digital – Ink Jet – Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime

Multi-Color Corporation Australia
Te-Aro – The Vision
Digital – Toner – Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime

Multi-Color Corporation Australia
The Quickening
Digital – Toner – Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime

Creative Labels of Vermont
Amherst Farm Winery – Chocolate Raspberry Back
Digital – Toner – Wine & Spirits – Color – Process – Non-Prime

Schreiner Group L.P.
Sun Label
Flexography – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Line – Non-Prime

Outlook Group
Forbidden Root Strawberry Basil
Flexography – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime

ASL Print FX
Serenity Sauvignon Blanc
Flexography or Letterpress – Wine & Spirits- Line – Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Small Batch
Flexography or Letterpress – Wine & Spirits – Line – Non-Prime

Multi-Color Corporation North America Wine and Spirits
Crucible
Flexography or Letterpress – Wine & Spirits – Line & Screen Tone – Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Straight Rye Whiskey
Flexography or Letterpress – Wine & Spirits – Line & Screen Tone – Prime

ASL Print FX
Breathless
Flexography or Letterpress – Wine & Spirits – Line & Screen Tone – Non-Prime

Multi-Color Corporation North America Wine and Spirits
Girl and Dragon
Flexography or Letterpress – Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Tequila Blanco
Flexography or Letterpress – Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Honey & Comb
Multi-Process – Pressure Sensitive – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Line – Prime

Schreiner Group L.P.
Reverse Side Printed Label for Emergency Drug Auto Injector
Multi-Process – Pressure Sensitive – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Line – Non-Prime

Label Impressions, Inc.
Pacifica Crystal Dew
Multi-Process – Pressure Sensitive – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Line & Screen Tone – Prime

Inovar Packaging Group
Dr. Jekyll Blue Lemonade
Multi-Process – Pressure Sensitive – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Tekton
Multi-Process – Pressure Sensitive – Excludes Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Non-Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Double Dip
Multi-Process – Non-Pressure Sensitive – Line & Screen Tone – Prime

Multi-Color Corporation Canada
Pereira Red 750ml F 2018
Offset – Wine & Spirits – Line – Prime

Multi-Color Corporation North America Wine and Spirits
Instigator
Offset – Wine & Spirits – Line & Screen Tone – Prime

Multi-Color Corporation Australia
Hardy’s – Char No. 3
Offset – Wine & Spirits – Color Process – Prime

Steinhauser
Hoist Watermelon
Roll to Roll – Includes Shrink Sleeve – Single Printing Method – Line & Screen Tone – Prime

McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Good Vibes
Roll to Roll – Includes Shrink Sleeve – Single Printing Method – Color Process – Prime

ASL Print FX
Bosch Emergency Assistance Card
Coupon or Expanded Information Label

LEM Products, Inc
Abnormal Conditions Tag
Tag – Industrial and/or Systems

Luminer Converting Group
Slide Test for Fecal Occult Blood
Tag – Industrial and/or Systems