Stationers Innovation Excellence Awards

Print Solutions

The Stationers’ Company is making a final call for entries to the Stationers’ Company 2017 Innovation Excellence Awards. The awards are an opportunity for companies and organisations to be recognised for their innovation, creativity and best practice in product design, services, campaigns and business processes.

Tony Mash, the Stationers’ Company industry committee chairman, said: ‘Past winners of ‘Innovator of the Year’: Ryedale Group, Sun Chemical, Heidelberg UK and DataLase have demonstrated evidence of further commercialisation and development of their respective innovations since winning the award. That is just the kind of progress we at the Stationers’ Company is seeking to encourage.’

The closing date to e-mail entries to communications@stationers.org is 9 April 2017. Application forms can be downloaded here

• The Awards are free to enter and open to all companies and organisations in all sectors of the UK communications and content industries:

• Book, magazine and digital publishing.

• Paper, printing and packaging.

• Printing supplies including inks and coatings.

• Printing machinery.

• Office supplies.

• Design and advertising.

• Website design, computer and mobile games.

• Newspapers, telecommunications and broadcasting.

Entries are invited to any of the five new categories:

• Novel manufacturing technology in paper, print, print supplies and machinery, bookbinding or packaging.

• Innovative application of digital technologies across all communications and content sectors.

• Creative means of communicating with target audiences in the publishing, magazine, newspaper, advertising, books and broadcasting sectors .

• Novel product designs for retail markets in office supplies and book retailing.

• New communication programmes that enhance social development with a focus on community projects, education and the environment.

Winners will be announced at an Awards luncheon and exhibition of shortlisted entries at Stationers’ Hall, London, on 20 June 2017.