Watt Printers is proud to announce it was recently awarded eleven 2005 Print Excellence Awards from the Printing Industries Association, Inc., serving Northern Kentucky and Ohio (PIANKO).

"The number of entries for our 2005 Print Excellence Awards competition was the highest it has been in over five years and the quality of the work entered was incredible," said PIANKO president Jim Cunningham. "2005 award winners should be very proud."

Each year, PIANKO holds its Print Excellence Awards Competition to reward Ohio and northern Kentucky printers that demonstrate excellence in 32 categories. This year member companies submitted 674 printed pieces and two out-of-state expert judges ranked them in a regional competition. This year's judges were Bill Frohlich, President of the NPTA Alliance and its Paper and Plastics Educational Research (PAPER) Foundation; and Randy Siver, National Sheetfed Accounts Manager at AWS, a thermal Care Division.

Each of the gold award winners in the regional competition are entered in an association-wide competition for Best of Category and Best of Show prizes that will be awarded in June 2006 at the Grand Ceremony, being in Columbus, Ohio.

Watt Printers won the following awards:

3 Gold Awards:
Park View Homes Brochure
"Card Sharks" / Universal Screen Arts
"A Pocket of Heaven" / MG Studios

2 Silver Awards:
American Greetings Annual Report
Sherwin Williams - "Simply Color" / Wyse Advertising

6 Bronze Awards:
"Pilgrims of Hope" - Bishop Pilla / Agency - Liggett Stashower
Inauguration Catalog / John Carroll University
Sherwin Williams "Color Trends" / Wyse Advertising
Cleveland Institute of Art Members Magazine
Watt Printers "Staccato" poster
Parker Hannifin - "Solid Foundation"