Categories
- Analogue-to-digital
For work previously printed using another processes but now produced using digital. Each entrant to this category must highlight specific elements** of the printed product that showcase how the entry has benefitted from the move to digital and what the customer/end user has gained from the move and so should be considered the winner.**See entry form for details.
- Application excellence – primary packaging
For entries showcasing the best primary packaging decorated digitally. Each entrant to this category must highlight specific elements** of the printed product that are relevant to the application that showcase why their entry should be considered the winner.**See entry form for more details.
- NEW FOR 2026 - Best company to work for
This award is for the company which can demonstrate that they offer their employees the best working experience, through a mixture of culture environment, rewards and benefits offered.Each entry must be supported by a 500 word statement detailing the company's achievements in this area. Staff surveys and testimonials can also be supplied separately to the statement.
- NEW FOR 2026 - Best use of personalisation
For entries featuring an element of personalisation within its design.Each entry should detail how the personalised print was used within a wider marketing campaign and include any metrics that show that campaign as being successful.
- NEW FOR 2026 - Best use of water-based inks
For any label or packaging entry printed using water-based ink in a digital process.Each entrant to this category must highlight specific elements of the printed product that showcase the technology and why their entry should be considered the winner.
- Environmental company of the year
For printers and converters who are able to demonstrate the greatest advances in environmental performance and responsible behaviour towards both the natural environment and people Entrants to this category must supply a supporting statement outlining the advances that have been made and their impact on the business and/or the wider industry.See entry form for more details.
- Excellence in design
For entries showcasing work that has been designed specifically with digital printing in mind.Each entrant to this category must highlight** how the design is specifically suited to digital production and the benefits this has brought to the submitted entry and customer**See entry form for more details.
- Excellence in finishing and embellishment
For entries that showcase the best use of digital finishing and embellishment processes to elevate the look and feel of labels and packaging.Each entrant to this category must highlight specific elements** that showcase what finishing and embellishment has added to the printed product to make the entry a winner**See entry form for more details.
- Excellence with hybrid printing
For entries printed using a combination of two or more complementary processes (digital+flexo, digital+offset, digital+digital, etc) Each entrant to this category must highlight specific elements** of the printed product that showcase how processes have been combined to make their entry the winner.**See entry form for more details.
- Excellence with inkjet – labels
For labels printed using inkjet-based digital processes Each entrant to this category must highlight specific elements** of the printed product that showcase the technology and why their entry should be considered the winner.**See entry form for more details.
- Excellence with toner – labels
For labels printed using toner-based digital processes Each entrant to this category must highlight specific elements** of the printed product that showcase the technology and so why their entry should be considered the winner.
- Future star
This award is for any employee under the age of 30 within the supply chain, who is set to play a key role in the future of the digital packaging value chain; nominees are welcomed from all areas of the supply chain.Entries for this category must include a supporting statement outlining why this individual should be considered for the award, their progress and their achievements to date.
- Innovation
Entries could example new manufacturing techniques, a previously unrealised application of digital print, and/or a new end-use for digitally manufactured packaging; be innovative with your submissions!Entries to this category must highlight exactly where innovation(s) have been made and how they have benefitted the application and/or customer.See entry form for details.
- NEW FOR 2026 - Packaging
For flexible packaging, folding cartons, corrugated boxes and any other packaging formats decorated using any digital print process.Each entrant to this category must highlight specific elements of he printed product that are relevant to the application that showcase why their entry should be considered the winner.
- Self-promotional print
For non-commercial labels and packaging samples, produced digitally by printers and converters to showcase the breadth and depth of their capabilities.Entries for this category must not have been produced for sale directly to customers and consumers, rather showcase the work** of a printer for its own branding and marketing initiatives**See entry form for details.
- NEW FOR 2026 -Stand up pouches
For fully formed stand-up pouches which have been printed using a digital process.Each entrant to this category must highlight specific elements of the printed product that are relevant to the application that showcase why their entry should be considered the winner.
