Serigraph Receives In Mold Decorating Association Awards
Serigraph received the Best IMD Durable Product and Best Injection Molded Part awards in the In-Mold Decorating Association’s Fifth Annual Awards Competition which honors the industry's best in-mold labeled packaging and in-mold decorated durable products. The 2011 winning entries were chosen by a panel of judges based on creativity in design, engineering and innovation from a field of 28 entries.
Serigraph’s Washer/Dryer Control Panel won the Best IMD Durable Product Award. Durability, functionality and versatility come together in this attractive, user-friendly control panel. Chemical-resistant polyester film was second surface printed and encapsulated using IMD for a robust construction that meets tough appliance industry performance standards. The 85 degree bend across the top of the panel was created in the molding process, eliminating the added cost of a secondary forming operation. Interchangeable buttons in the mold tool enabled multiple button/feature set combinations for a variety of colored panels so an entire product line runs in one injection mold tool.
Serigraph’s Laundry Control Panel won the Best Injection Molded Part Award. This Laundry Control Panel has many outstanding features including precision printing, selective use of chrome, an in-mold formed badge and in-mold embossed buttons capable of actuating over 100,000 times without failure. It is used on three different washer and dryer platforms, each with a unique design. The versatility of the IMD process delivered individual button geometries, perimeter shape, graphics and accents to differentiate one product line from another.
Serigraph Wins Two SGIA 2011 Golden Image Awards
Serigraph won two awards in SGIA’s acclaimed 2011 Golden Image Award Competition. The annual competition celebrates industry-leading excellence and covers almost every item, no matter how complex, created by specialty imaging. Hundreds of entries were evaluated by an elite team of imaging professionals, who awarded gold, silver and bronze ribbons. Our domed label used to decorate a hammer received a Gold Award in the Decals/Labels/Stickers category and our In-Mold Label laundry control panel received a Bronze Award in the Plastic Products category. Entries were judged on image definition, color, registration, job complexity and special effects.
Serigraph Receives Printing Industry of Wisconsin Awards
Serigraph received four awards for outstanding achievement in the 11th Annual Graphics Excellence Awards, a statewide competition hosted by Printing Industries of Wisconsin, the state’s trade association for printing and graphic arts.Competing against nearly 800 entries from printing and graphic arts firms in the state of Wisconsin, Serigraph IG received a Best in Category Award for the Electrolux laundry control panel in They Said It Couldn’t Be Done category. We received Division Excellence Awards for the Whirlpool VMW and Electrolux laundry controls in both They Said It Couldn’t Be Done and Special Innovation categories.
Serigraph Receives SGIA Sustainability Award
Serigraph has received the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association’s (SGIA) 2011 Sustainability Recognition Award. According to SGIA, sustainability is more than just going green. Sustainability looks at the people, the profit and the planet and the companies who have made changes today that will have an enormous impact on the community in the future. To be eligible for the award, companies had to first submit a copy of their sustainability policy. The winners had policies that focused on reducing waste, creating recycling programs and forming a “green committee” in the workplace.
Serigraph Receives Green Master Award
Serigraph was one of several Wisconsin firms to receive the first Green Masters award during the Third Annual Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council conference in Neenah held on December 8, 2010.
Serigraph has undertaken a number of sustainability projects including reducing water usage by 65 percent, using innovative heat exchangers to conserve 450,000 kilowatts per year and inventing the first large-scale bio-filter for the printing industry as part of efforts to remove petrochemicals from ink. Several of Serigraph’s executives and managers volunteer in leadership positions with Wisconsin Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust, Partners for Clean Air and 1000 Friends of Wisconsin.
The Green Masters designation is the highest honor in the Green Masters Program established by the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council. Candidates are judged on a comprehensive range of sustainability issues from energy and natural resource use to education outreach and purchasing. Fourteen Wisconsin companies have earned the Green Masters designation.
Wisconsin 75 Sustainability Award
The 2010 Wisconsin 75 listed Serigraph as one of the state’s top privately held companies. This year however, we have also been recognized with a Distinguished Performer Award for Sustainability, specifically for our exceptional environmental practices. This annual award recognizes “green” companies that balance economic growth, social equity and environmental management.
Wisconsin companies are named to the Wisconsin 75 list simply for being large. In contract, the Distinguished Performers are selected based upon how each company actually goes about its business. The competition is tough. This is a great honor for all of us at Serigraph.
Specialty Graphic Imaging Association Awards (SGIA)
We received Golden Image Awards for two automotive parts. Our Chrysler LX Cluster received a Gold Award in the Instrumentation/Dials/Gauges/Panels category and our Camero Formed Dial received a Gold Award in the Vacuum-Formed/Distortion Printed Products category. Entries were judged on image definition, color appearance, registration, job complexity and special effects.
IMDA Award
Serigraph has received the In-Mold Decorating Association’s 2010 Honorable Mention Award for its Oreck Vacuum Cleaner Fascia. This two-shot injection molded vacuum cleaner fascia, which incorporates clear PC and a light shroud in opaque resin, delivers both cost savings and flexibility. The clear resin at the base of the fascia creates an integrated headlight lens, which reduced the product cost in comparison to previous multiple part designs. The IML process enables custom graphics to be changed easily without additional tooling expense. More than 10 different graphic designs have been used in this part. The winning part will be displayed in the PMMI Showcase of Packaging Innovations™ and in the IMDA booth at Pack Expo International. It also will be featured in the October issue of Package Design magazine and other industry publications.
Yazaki Green Supplier of the Year Award
Serigraph was selected as Yazaki’s Green Supplier of the Year for the Electronics/Electro-Mechanical commodity. Yazaki is one of the world's largest privately-owned auto suppliers. Serigraph received top scores from Yazaki for environmental management, global warming prevention, waste reduction, legal/industry compliance, green products and recognition by others for our environmental efforts. It was also lauded for being the only printer in North America to use a bio filter to purify VOC emissions from its printing process. This innovative system is environmentally friendly, provides clean air and purifies water being discharged back to the city.