Spring 2006                    return to newsletter contents page

FPPA Announces 2006 Award Winners

Neil Saunders, of Container Graphics Corp. accepts the Technological Innovator Award from President Chris Horton.

Tom Roddy and Bob Sutton, of Eastman Kodak, accept the Technological Innovator Award from President Chris Horton.

FPPA recently presented its annual awards during its March 12-14 meeting held at the Ritz Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. The recipients of the 2006 Technological Innovator of the Year awards are Container Graphics Corporation and Eastman Kodak Company.

Container Graphics Corporation received the Innovator Award for SNAP!, its web-based system designed to improve speed-to-market time of master shippers. SNAP! controls inputs, generates art, and then sends a PDF art-for-approval via email to the user in less than four hours.

Eastman Kodak Company received the Innovator Award for its PDF Compare & PDF Merge – plug-ins for the Kodak Prinergy and Prinergy Evo workflow management systems. These tools provide an automated, reliable and cost-effective way for flexographic trade shops, printers and converters to manage correction cycles within their prepress workflow.

The aim of the Technological Innovator of the Year award is to

recognize achievement within any production or administrative area of the pre-press process. The word Innovation is defined as the introduction of something new, whether a method or a product. The concept of innovation includes enhancement of profitability, improved productivity, operating efficiency and product quality. Eligibility for this award is open to the full membership of FPPA.

In addition to the annual Innovator awards, FPPA honored The Pitman Company with its Supplier of the Year Award. Platemaker members of FPPA rated its suppliers in the areas of Sales Support; Technical Support; Order Fulfillment & Customer Service; and Product Enhancement Opportunities for this first-ever Supplier of the Year Award.