BOSTON, Dec. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sappi Fine
Paper North America was awarded the Promotional Campaign of the
Year Award for its Ideas that Matter program in the fifth annual
2013 Pulp & Paper International (PPI) Awards. The PPI Awards
are the only global awards dedicated to recognizing achievements in
various sectors of the pulp and paper industry.
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Sappi Fine Paper North America was nominated as a finalist for
two awards in the Promotional Campaign of the Year category, with
Ideas that Matter determined as the 2013 winner. The following
campaigns recognized are a testament to Sappi's continued strong
performance in the market, the impact our strategic initiatives
have on positioning the company for the future, and the valuable
resources Sappi provides our customers:
- Ideas that Matter 2013 –Sappi's 14th
annual Ideas that Matter program is the industry's highly respected
grant program aimed at helping designers create and implement print
projects in support of charitable causes. Since 1999, the program
has awarded over $12M worldwide to
talented designers working with non-profit programs and
organizations. This year's 11 winning projects reflect the on-going
commitment in the design community to utilize design in combination
with innovative thinking to solve social problems.
- Print & – Print & is an insightful
publication highlighting the interrelationship between print and
digital media. Rather than being at odds, Print &
highlights persuasive study results showing how print drives return
on investment (ROI) when used in combination with alternative media
to create effective integrated campaigns. Through independent
research and compelling examples, Print & explores data
on demographic preferences, emotional triggers as well as shopping
behaviors that show how print creates an interactive, visually
intriguing and tactile experience.
In addition to being recognized in the PPI Awards, Sappi Fine
Paper North America has also received recognition from both the
2013 FPO Design Awards and the Positively Print award at PRINT 13
for its Print & promotion.
"Through creative problem-solving and strategic innovation, we
strive to make a lasting impact within our industry," said
Jennifer Miller, Executive Vice
President of Coated Business and Chief Sustainability Officer,
Sappi Fine Paper North America. "Our conviction to the power of
print and design is reflected in our promotional campaigns and
commitment to print education. We are honored to accept this
recognition at the 2013 PPI Awards."
Industry renowned names such as Teresa
Presas (CEPI), Martyn Eustace
(Two Sides), Rod Young (RISI) and
Phillip Lawrence (Eco Logical Strategies) were involved in the
judging, along with other experts in different fields. RISI will be
publishing more information on the awards in the December issue of
PPI magazine as well as on the RISI and PPI Awards websites.
This year's winners were announced at a ceremony at the
Ritz-Carlton in Dubai on
Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Sappi
Fine Paper Europe also received an award for Advances and
Innovation in Speciality Papers.
About Sappi Fine Paper North America
Sappi Fine Paper
North America, known for innovation and quality, is a preeminent
North American producer of coated fine and release
papers, as well as dissolving wood pulp (DWP) and
market kraft pulp headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Its coated fine papers,
with highly recognized brand names such as McCoy, Opus,
Somerset and Flo, are used in
premium magazines, catalogs, books and high-end print advertising.
The company is also the world's leading supplier of release papers
for the automotive, fashion and engineered films industries,
including the globally recognized Ultracast brand. Sappi's release
papers provide the surface aesthetics for synthetic fabrics used in
footwear, clothing, upholstery and accessories, as well as the
textures for decorative laminates found in kitchens, baths,
flooring and other decorative surfaces. Sappi globally is the
world's largest manufacturer of dissolving wood pulp, a versatile
raw material for a wide range of products including textile fibers
and household products. Sappi Fine Paper North America, through the
recent conversion of the Cloquet pulp mill, manufactures dissolving
pulp under Sappi's Specialised Cellulose division primarily for the
textile markets.
Sappi Fine Paper North America is a subsidiary of Sappi Limited
(JSE), a global company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with over 14,000
employees and manufacturing operations on three continents in seven
countries and customers in over 100 countries around the world.
Learn more about Sappi at: www.sappi.com/na.
For further information:
Joanna Rieke
Manager, Corporate Communications
Sappi Fine Paper North America
Office: 617-423-5409
joanna.rieke@sappi.com
SOURCE Sappi Fine Paper North America