Nashville, TN April 2018 – The 25th Annual Gold Leaf Awards were held in Nashville, TN in conjunction with the FSEA/IADD Joint Conference, April 11-13. Brandtjen & Kluge (Kluge) would like to congratulate all the winners.
This prestigious competition is a culmination of the most creative, brilliant and technically difficult works involving foil stamping, embossing and specialty effects on a product. Each year, the FSEA receives hundreds of entries from around the world and a panel of industry experts choose winners that demonstrate the best in foil stamping, embossing, technique and other specialty effects. Kluge would like to congratulate the companies that were awarded for the outstanding pieces they produced using a Kluge.
Here are the Kluge winners:
Most Difficult Use of Foil and Embossing – Hardback Book Cover
Bronze
Ole Miss 2017 Football Guide
McGraphics Inc. (Nashville, TN)
Most Creative Use of Foil and Embossing – Greeting Card
Gold
Snowflake Christmas Card & Envelope
Merrill Communications LLC (St. Cloud, MN)
Most Difficult Use of Foil and Embossing – Greeting Card
Gold
Gravure Choquet 2018
Gravure Choquet (Quebec, Canada)
Best Use of Foil and Embossing – Client Promotion
Silver
Lumiart & Lumi Silk
Starcke Oy (Finland)
Bronze
Thank You Book
LPI – Letterhead Press (New Berlin, WI)
Best Use of Foil and Embossing – Business Card
Gold
“A”
D&D Printing Company (Grand Rapids, MI)
Silver
Dragoni
Gravure Choquet (Quebec, Canada)
Bronze
MDG
Gravure Choquet (Quebec, Canada)
Most Creative Use of Foil and Embossing – Announcement/Invitation
Gold
Carley & Ryan Invite
Subtle Impressions, Inc. (Gastonia, NC)
Silver
Queen’s Disco Invite
McGraphics Inc. (Nashville, TN)
Bronze
President’s Inauguration Invite
D&D Printing Company (Grand Rapids, MI)
Most Difficult Use of Foil and Embossing – Announcement/Invitation
Silver
Bootleggers Ball NYE 2018 Invite
McGraphics Inc. (Nashville, TN)
Bronze
Jay & Cassandra’s Wedding
Copper Dog Press (Lexington, SC)
Best Use of Foil and Embossing – Rigid Boxes
Gold
Black Opium
Gravure Choquet (Quebec, Canada)
Silver
White Diamonds Holiday Gift
Color Optics, a division of Phoenix Color (Rockaway, NJ)
Bronze
Ralph Lauren
Color Optics, a division of Phoenix Color (Rockaway, NJ)
Most Creative Use of Foil and Embossing – Folding Carton
Gold
Bespoke
FFI Diecutting, Embossing & Foil Stamping, a division of Foam Fabricators, Inc. (Aurora, CO)
Best Use of Foil and Embossing – Calendar (Industry Supplier)
Gold
Kurz 2018 Calendar
LPI – Letterhead Press (New Berlin, WI)
Best Use of Foil and Embossing – Calendar
Bronze
Thank You Calendar Poster
Sundance Marketing Solutions (Orlando, FL)
Most Difficult Use of Embossing
Gold
Little Valley Nursery
FFI Diecutting, Embossing & Foil Stamping, a division of Foam Fabricators, Inc. (Aurora, CO)
Most Creative Use of Special Diecut
Gold
Arrow
Superior Graphic Finishing (Doraville, GA)
Best Use of Foil and Embossing with Diecutting
Bronze
Cherokee Casino NYE Invite 2018
McGraphics Inc. (Nashville, TN)
Best Use of Foil and Embossing – Holiday Promotion
Gold
Stoney the Snowman
Tru-Cut LLC (Salt Lake City, UT)
Most Creative Use of Foil and Embossing – Miscellaneous
Gold
Chinese New Year Bar Credit
Behrmann Printing Company (Southfield, MI)
