• Grand winners: (l-r) Lindsay Nutley and Khoa Dang, QLM;  with clients Racquel and Steve Goodchild from Pukara Estate.
    Grand winners: (l-r) Lindsay Nutley and Khoa Dang, QLM; with clients Racquel and Steve Goodchild from Pukara Estate.
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The QLM Label Makers Group took top honours at the HP Asia Pacific and Japan Digital Awards as the Grand Winner – Labels for its Food Label: Pukara Estate Mosaic Series that featured 1000 unique label designs.

Multi Color Corporation Australia and Intelligent Media were the other Aussie printers to come out on top: Multi-Colour was joint Winner in the Wine & Non-Alcoholic Beverages category, while Keysborough-based Intelligent Media took out the Fluorescent Ink category.

Overall the multi-national company won a total of nine awards at the 12th HP Indigo Print Excellence Awards – Asia Pacific and Japan, held in Dongguan, China. The Awards ceremony was hosted at the Regal Palace Hotel as part of the Print China Exhibition being held concurrently to 800 of the region’s premier digital print companies in labels and packaging.

With winners from eight countries including Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, the Australian headquartered company QLM Label Makers took top honours.

Brand owners Steve and Racquel Goodchild were there to receive the award along with representatives from QLM Label Makers Australia and Hoang Ha Label Co (a member of the QLM Group) in Vietnam, where its marketing team is based. The QLM Group walked off with these accolades:

Grand Winner: QLM Group – Pukara Estate Mosaic Series

Winner: Food Labels – Hoang Ha Label Co: QLM Group – Vietnam

Winner: Wine & Non-Alcholic Beverages – QLM Label Makers Australia

Winner: Health & Beauty Labels – QLM Label Makers Malaysia

Special Recognition: Wine & Non-Alcholic Beverages – QLM Label Makers Malaysia

Special Recognition: Wine & Non-Alcholic Beverages – Hoang Ha Label Co: QLM Group – Vietnam

Special Recognition: Health & Beauty Labels – Hoang Ha Label Co: QLM Group – Vietnam

Special Recognition: Pharmaceutical Labels – QLM Label Makers Malaysia

Special Recognition: Event and Campaign Labels – Digi-Wow – QLM Group – Vietnam

Marketing manager for the QLM Group, Lindsay Nutley said, “We are both humbled and honoured that the QLM Group has won so many awards this year. We have been working hard with our digital platforms in all countries to achieve truly effective market outcomes for clients. These awards reflect both amazing print quality but also labels that achieve results in the market place. By working together as a group we have been able to see some really Digi Wow outcomes.”

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