Monvera Glass Décor, which specializes in printing on glass bottles, has announced that it has been named Label Printer of the Year for 2014 by the North Bay Business Journal. This was the second annual Wine Industry Awards, and it was held in collaboration with the December 4th Wine Industry Network’s North Coast Wine Expo & Conference in Santa Rosa.

Monvera’s approach to screen printed labels was recognized in the category of Label Printer, beating out paper label suppliers in addition to other glass decoration companies.

Monvera is the first decorator in North America to win in this category.

“This is the fourth label printing award that we have won this year,” notes Caitriona Anderson, Monvera’s VP sales and marketing. “We attribute this to the consistent focus that we place on innovation and offering our customers unique label printing capabilities. Earlier this year we garnered awards from packagingPrinting Magazine for shoulder printing and wrap printing on square bottles. It’s clear that the options for screen printing on wine bottles has evolved. Making the right investments in the latest printing technologies is key to being able to offer these exciting options to our customers.”

All the award recipients were honored at a reception held December 2 at the Hyatt in Santa Rosa, CA, USA. General Manager Casey Watkins accepted the award on behalf of the team and addressed the attending crowd.

“Full credit goes to the entire team,” says Watkins. “Innovation underpins our culture and we are delighted and honored to receive this recognition from the Business Journal and our wine industry peers.”