No question it was Offset Alpine’s night at the NSW Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards on Friday, with the IPMG heatset printer winning 18 of the 126 medals awarded.

The company was named printer of the year after collecting seven gold, four silver and five bronze medals.

Stuart Auld, sustainability manager at PMP, was named the first winner of the future leaders award.

Chairman of judges Warwick Roden said the 2012 competition had attracted some very fine and unusual entries in print and embellishment. “It was evident that the entrants had chosen their samples more carefully,” he said. “In spite of economic conditions, the judges felt that the overall standard of entries was slightly higher than the previous year – a very positive trend, in times when survival seems more important than quality.”

Comedian Julia Morris returned as compere, and was credited as a major factor in the evening’s success.

Offset Alpine’s gold medals were awarded for leaflets (offset), saddlestitched booklets, catalogues and magazines (two awards), annual reports, impact sensory or direct mail, heatset web-offset and web-offset publications with a cover price. Among its clutch of silver and gold awards was recognition for education and training initiatives.

Sister company within IPMG Hannanprint won three silver medals.

Pictured: Stuart Auld with Lisa Collins of sponsor Media Super