The Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) recently announced the winners of its 39th Annual Label Awards competition at its 2016 Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, FL, USA, and the DuPont Cyrel flexographic printing system was the image carrier of choice for all the Best in Class winners, which exemplifies the value, quality, productivity and sustainability benefits that Cyrel brings to tag and label printers.

“We congratulate Inovar Packaging, McDowell Label & Screen Printing, Multi-Color Corporation North America and Yerecic Label for their Best in Class awards,” says Sam Ponzo, North American business director, DuPont Advanced Printing. “We are gratified that all the Best in Class winners used Cyrel plates for their winning entries, which have enabled their success.”

“We are happy to win the award this year,” says Art Yerecic, owner and president of Yerecic Label. “The improved print features delivered by using DuPont Cyrel plates in the FAST process has helped take our quality game to the next level. The award speaks to that.”

The complete list of winners can be found on the TLMI website.

“For 35 years, McDowell Label has fostered an award-winning culture of printing excellence,” says John McDowell, president, McDowell Label. “The team at McDowell Label strives to ensure that every job is a potential Best of Show winner. Our team is proud of its many awards, recognitions and purposes to bring a winning spirit to every brand owner we serve. Having DuPont and its distributor Pitman, an AGFA company, as partners has enabled McDowell Label to maintain its position as a global, award-winning label and package printing leader.”

DuPont Cyrel EASY plates simplify the prepress process with built-in flat top digital dots, resulting in increased productivity and consistency.  This is part of an on-going effort by DuPont to improve quality, sustainability and productivity for flexographic printing.