PRINTING United Alliance (Fairfax, VA) has announced the winners of its 2024 Pinnacle Awards. The 2024 Pinnacle Awards are open exclusively to Alliance supplier members and this year, judges awarded 19 Pinnacle Technology Award recipients and a total of 57 Pinnacle Product Award recipients (for both non-output and output categories).
The 2024 Pinnacle Technology Award winners are as follows:
- Alwan Color Expertise – Hydra Spectral Prediction technology
- Antigro Designer – Antigro Designer
- Color Management Group (CMG) – StealthColor / ColorRadar
- Cutworx USA – Neolt Factory XY DTF (direct-to-film) Cutter
- FUJIFILM Graphic Communication Division – Acuity Ultra Hybrid LED
- Graphic Solid Inks, Inc. – People & Technology – Smart CleanJector by People & Technology
- ImageXpert Inc. – ImageXpert Print Station
- InfoFlo Print – InfoFlo Print
- Inkcups – Lustre Effect achieved with the Helix ONE
- Inkcups – XJET Switch direct-to-bag printer digitally decorating Clear PVC Concert Bags
- Inkcups – Laser Transparent Pin Curing (TPC) on the Double Helix
- Kornit Digital – Kornit Apollo
- Nix Sensor Ltd. – Nix Print Pro Printing Press Software
- PlanProphet – PlanProphet Inc. featuring Customer Portal + PlanProphet Payments
- Radix Softwares – OnPrintShop v11
- Roland DGA Corporation – Dimensor S Large-format Texture Printer
- Taktiful – Taktify
- Techkon USA – SmartInk
- Xerox Corporation – Fleet Management and Analytics Solutions: Xerox
Companies receiving a Pinnacle Product Award this year in the non-output category include (with many companies receiving multiple awards) the following: Agfa; Antigro Designer; Barbieri electronic snc; Cutworx USA; DAF Products Inc.; Drytac; Fiery, LLC; Fisher Textiles; FUJIFILM Graphic Communication Division; HyggeMail / Minuteman Press Natick; LexJet; M&R Printing Equipment Inc.; MultiCam, Inc./Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems; Roland DGA Corporation; Rollem Intl.; SAATI Americas Corp.; Sihl; Siser North America; STAHLS’; TAYA CANVAS (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.; TVF; Ultraflex Systems Inc.; UW Solutions; and X-Rite Pantone.
Those companies winning one or more Pinnacle Awards in the output category in 2024 are as follows: Agfa; Durst Image Technology US LLC (Durst North America); Epson America, Inc.; FUJIFILM Graphic Communication Division; M&R Printing Equipment Inc.; Mimaki USA; MUTOH America Inc.; Roland DGA Corporation Inc.; and Vanguard Digital Printing Systems.
“Congratulations to all of the winners for their remarkable Pinnacle Award contributions and inspiring us all,” Dawn Nye, program manager, is quoted in the press release. “We are thrilled to announce the recipients of this year’s Pinnacle Awards, celebrating the groundbreaking innovations and exceptional achievements shaping our industry’s future.”
For more information, visit pinnacleawards.printing.org.