TORONTO—The Ontario Printing and Imaging Association (OPIA) honoured the country’s best printers on May 13, during its annual Excellence in Print Awards ceremony, held at the St. Georges Golf and Country Club. Award sponsors included Heidelberg, Domtar, Spicers and Sun Chemical.


Back row Jay Mandarino from C.J. Graphics Inc., Peter Roehrig OPIA judge from Ryerson University, Ray Fagan OPIA judge from Heidelberg Canada and Jasmine Keo from Ryerson University.  Front row: Lynda Mullen from C.J. Graphics Inc., Myrna Penny OPIA judge and OPIA FSC Group Manager

C.J. Graphics won top divisional awards both the Sheetfed and Digital categories, and Ryerson University-School of Graphic Communication Management and St Joseph Communications won top divisional awards in the Specialty and Web.

In total, C.J. Graphics went home with 14 awards, RP Graphics won 4, and TC Transcontinental Aurora took home 3. TC Transcontinental Brampton, Mi5 Print and Digital Communications, Metroland Media and Hamilton Web also took home a top award each in a category. 

Winning submissions will be sent to the PIA Benny Awards Competition for international judging.