Indigenous Art at the ANU

2010 PICA Print Awards

October 15, 2010

Shane Soutar, Managing Director of Adams Print said, “Many print companies can do high quality work, however maintaining medal-winning consistency is a testament to our people, our quality control and our cherished clients that place their trust in us to translate their vision into reality.”

The hard work from all the team at Adams Print is acknowledged by the Victorian PICA Print Awards. Recognition of our work came with a total of 8 medals, including 3 gold, plus the Excellence in Craft Award, which is sponsored by Heidelberg Australia.

The Excellence in Craft Award is the highest accolade at state level and was received for the Indigenous Art at the Australian National University casebound book. The book was designed by Jenny Zimmer and we would like to thank everyone involved in this project for the outstanding result.

Heidelberg Award for Excellence in Craft

2010 National Print Awards

March 30, 2010

Adams Print are extremely honoured to announce their receipt of the prestigious Heidelberg Award for Excellence in Craft, at the National Print Awards, held in Sydney, Friday 26th March, 2010.

The Heidelberg Award is selected each year as the best of the gold medal winning entries at the National Print Awards. The Heidelberg Award is the highest printing accolade in Australia.

The Mark Wilson Photography 2009 calendar was awarded a gold medal in the calendar category at the National Print Awards. The National Print Awards is the ‘best of the best’. Projects must have received a premier award in their category at a state level. The calendar won a diamond at the Victorian PICA awards held in October, 2009.

The calendar features architectural images by Mark Wilson and was designed by Kym Ramadge of KRD.

Shane Soutar and Andy Vels Jensen, Managing Director, Heidelberg Australia

The charter of the National Print Awards is to promote excellence in print across Australia. The awards recognise those companies that have achieved the highest levels in their individual categories.

Hubert Adams pictured with his bike at the Pitfield Banner circa 1900

March 30, 2010

115 years after Hubert Adams founded the company on the gold fields of Ballarat, we continue to strive to achieve gold medal-winning performance for all our clients, by constantly reinvesting in our technology and promoting our innovation capabilities.

Adams Print is celebrating our 115th anniversary in 2010, follow this link to read more about our company history.

October 27, 2009

Adams Print are proud to announce their diamond medal wins at the 3rd Victorian Printing Industry Craftsmanship Awards, held in Melbourne on Friday 16th October 2009.

The diamond winning projects are:
• Mark Wilson Photography 2009 Calendar,
in the calendar category
• Seven 17 Bourke Street Twisted Brochure, in the booklets and catalogues saddle-stitched category

Both diamond winning projects are entered automatically into the 2010 National Print Awards. Under the revised system, to be eligible for the National Awards, projects must have first been awarded a gold medal at state level.

May 29, 2009

Adams Print are extremely proud to announce their gold medal win at the 26th National Print Awards, held in Melbourne on Friday 29th of May.

The winning project is the ‘Black in Fashion’ art catalogue, in the booklets and catalogues not saddle-stitched category. The client is the National Gallery of Victoria.

2009 marks the first year of the ‘Best of the Best’ for the National Print Awards. To be considered for the National Awards, projects must have first been awarded a gold medal at state level.

The ‘Black in Fashion’ catalogue received a diamond award at the Victoria PICA awards in September 2008.

The charter of the National Print Awards is to promote excellence in print across Australia. The awards are not a competition; they are designed to promote the charter. The awards recognise those companies that have achieved the highest levels in their individual categories.

NGV 2007 Calendar, Silver Medal, Category 9 - calendars

May 28, 2007

Adams Print continues to secure itself as a market leader in the national print domain, recently securing three Silver medals and a Bronze at the prestigious National Print Awards for 2007. In its 24th year, the Awards process lays the foundation for the prosperity of the print, packaging and visual communication industry in Australia by celebrating outstanding contributions to the craft of print.

The three Silver medals were awarded to Adams Print for their exceptional entries in the categories of Calendars, Postcards and Two Colour Printing. The Bronze medal wining entry was for a calendar by Roger Wandless, a renowned New Zealand based landscape photographer.

Roger’s decision to work with Adams Print was based on reputation. “I wanted to work with the award winning Adams Print instead of going to Asia. They have a proven track record of treating photography with the highest respect and quality control.”

Over the past four years, Adams Print has collected three Gold medals, four Silver, four Bronze and been inducted into the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame for Manufacturing Excellence. This is in addition to winning the 2006 Geelong Business Excellence Awards for Manufacturing and/or Export.

Managing Director of Adams Print, Shane Soutar, says that “winning four medals this year has given recognition to the efforts of all our team, who are involved at every level of production. Ultimately, the Awards serve to reiterate that we continue to offer our clients a premium quality product.”

Adams Print continues to invest in training and retaining the best people while constantly seeking the latest print technology in order to create a benchmark for the industry. “Our facilities and systems are constantly evolving in order to maintain our position as industry front runners” says Shane. “Our mission each year is to exceed the levels of print quality that we have previously been rewarded for.”

A & B Book 2006, Silver Medal, Category 2 - 2+3 colour printing

Roger Wandless Photography 2007 Calendar, Bronze Medal, Category 9 - calendars

Brandcorp Postcards + Envelope, Silver Medal, Category 11 - postcards + greeting cards

Geelong based Adams Print has demonstrated its position as a major player in the national print market at the 21st Geelong Advertiser Business Excellence Awards.

Adams Print received the award for Manufacturing and/or Export sponsored by the City of Greater Geelong.

Managing Director, Shane Soutar, said, “We are extremely proud to receive this award and delighted to be recognised as a major player in the manufacturing industry of Geelong”.

Director and Master Binder, Peter Braxton, said, “The awards entry process gave us the opportunity to review our business and determine ways to provide both enhanced products and improved service to our clients”.

Glenn Ashcroft, Regional Sales Manager, said, “Adams Print sincerely thank the awards judging panel. We acknowledge that their time is limited – we greatly value and appreciate their input. Our clients have created the opportunities and placed their trust in what we do, the rest is up to us”.

John Edwards, General Manager said “To receive such a prestigious award demonstrates that as a company we are beginning to realise our goals. I feel privileged to be part of the team that is enabling the owner’s vision to become reality”.

The awards ceremony was held in Geelong on July 26, 2006.

Geelong based Adams Print has demonstrated its position as a major player in the national print market by taking out a coveted gold medal and a silver medal at the 23rd National Print Awards. The National Print Awards celebrate excellence in the craft of print, and recognise the special efforts of printers by awarding their best work.

Both awards fall into the Calendar category. The 2006 Gold Medal was won for a calendar produced for Smorgon Steel. The silver medal was for the 2006 Mark Wilson Photography calendar. Both award winning pieces showcase photography by Mark Wilson.

Managing Director, Shane Soutar, said, “The continuation of our gold medal winning standard is nothing more than hard work by all the team involved. To be recognised by the Print Industry over three consecutive years makes going the extra distance worthwhile.”

Kym Ramadge, Design Director, KRD – the studio behind the Smorgon Steel and Mark Wilson projects had this to say. “Everyone at KRD sincerely thank the Adams Print team for their ongoing commitment to excellence and for their passion to produce exceptional print work at all times. These qualities set Adams Print apart – this has been reinforced with consecutive gold medals for projects which KRD have designed.”

Mark Wilson, Photographer, said, “On behalf of my client Smorgon Steel and myself I would like to thank Adams Print for their superb work with both of my projects. Until I first worked with the team at Adams Print, I didn’t realise a print company could be as enthusiastic as I am about reproducing my images perfectly. For the two calendars to win the Gold and Silver Medals is suitable recognition of the painstaking effort Adams apply each time I work with them. They have my deepest gratitude and admiration.”

The awards ceremony was held in Sydney, May 12.

Adams Print is proud to announce the early but safe arrival of Rob Soutar, (Director/Estimator) and partner Brooke’s, beautiful new twin girls. They arrived on February 27 2006 at the Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne.

Milly Anita, weighing 1190 grams and Shania Vivienne, weighing 820 grams.

Mother and babies are doing well and should be home soon.

Also, Bill Black our Sales Consultant has just become a grandfather for the first time. On Sunday 19 March his grandson was born, Tyler William Black, weighing 7″2′ at St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia.

Recently, Adams Print have seen the arrival of our brand new Knorr guillotine systeme. The Knorr systeme is one of the first of its kind in the country.

The main advantage of the new guillotine is its pinpoint accuracy. The systeme also incorporates pre-lifting; knock up jogging, computerised programming, waste extracting and off stacking. All of this, using fully automated technology eliminating all heavy lifting for the operator.