TORONTO—Transcontinental Inc. won Best of Show at the recent Environmental Printing Awards in Toronto. The awards celebrate the environmental innovation and achievements of the Canadian printing industry.

HP Canada and Metropolitan Fine Papers also walked away big winners, with three prizes each of the 32 Gold, Silver and Bronze awards that were handed out.

Best of Show:
Recognizes the most environmentally progressive company in Canada across all categories over the past year.

Transcontinental Inc.

Environmental Innovator:
           
Gold — Joel Silver, Indigo Books & Music

Environmental Community Involvement:

Gold — Acuity
Silver — Webcom


Most Environmentally Progressive Manufacturing Process, Printer:

Gold — The Printing House

Silver — Mitchell Press


Most Environmentally Progressive Process or Service, Vendor:

Gold — Fujifilm

Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Technology, Software:

Gold — HP Canada, Carbon footprint calculator
Silver — RealVue3D, distributed by PaperlinX Canada


Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Technology, Hardware

:
Gold — Fujifilm Canada, FLH-Z processor & EcoPro effluent treatment
Silver — Presstek, 52DI press

Bronze — HP Canada, DesignJet L25500
                

Most Environmentally Progressive Technology Supplier in Canada:

Gold — HP Canada


Silver — Unisource Canada

Most Environmentally Progressive Packaging Company in Canada:

Gold — Farnell Packaging, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia       



Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada, 1-99 Employees:

Gold — Colour Innovations, Toronto
Silver — Taylor Label, Toronto
Bronze — Patient News Publishing, Haliburton, Ontario 


Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada, 100-500 Employees:

Gold — Hemlock Printers, Burnaby
Silver — Webcom, Toronto
Bronze — The Lowe-Martin Group, Ottawa    

Most Environmentally Progressive Printer in Canada, 500+ Employees:

Gold — Transcontinental, Montreal
Silver — Symcor ISS, Toronto
Bronze — St. Joseph Communications, Toronto

Most Environmentally Progressive Packaging Project:

Gold — Hood Packaging
Silver — Metropolitan Fine Printers
Bronze — Harbour Printing

Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Project, toner or inkjet:

Gold — The Lowe-Martin Group


Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Project, offset:

Gold — Metropolitan Fine Printers
Silver — C.J. Graphics
Silver — Metropolitan Fine Printers
Bronze — Hemlock Printers
Bronze — Pazazz Printing