Suttle-Straus Receives Top Award in Statewide Print Competition

For the second year in a row, Suttle-Straus, Waunakee communications provider, won top honors recognizing outstanding achievement in the sixth annual 2006 Graphics Excellence Awards, a statewide printing competition hosted by the Printing Industries of Wisconsin, the state’s trade association for printing and graphic arts.

Competing against 820 entries from printing firms across the state, Suttle-Straus garnered the Best of Show for a soft cover book produced for The House on the Rock in Spring Green, Wisconsin. The 200 page full color book was designed by John Montzingo Associates of Middleton. In addition to the top honors, Suttle-Straus received Best of Category for five pieces representing a variety of products. The awards were presented at a May 9 gala gathering of over 350 industry members held at The Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee.

“We are extremely proud of our winning team,” said John Berthelsen, President, “It is a real achievement to be recognized as a company whose employees produce top quality, award winning materials for our clients.” The company also garnered Best of Show in the 2002 and 2005 competition.

Entries were judged on technical printing excellence by a judging panel of printers, buyers, and ad agency executives. Niall Power, PIW’s president stated “The judges pointed out that this piece had an extremely high degree of difficulty to complete the entire project. Color matching and tone from page to page were outstanding and the colors popped. The specialty inserts, diecuts and short page crossovers were absolutely perfect. Suttle-Straus should be very proud of their com-pany’s achievement and the excellent work done by their employees.”

The Graphic Excellence Awards recognize those responsible for the creation and production of print communications in Wisconsin. The competition promotes excellence in print communications and rewards companies and individuals who produce the best in print media.

PIW is the state’s graphic arts trade association, representing an industry with more than 41,000 employees and $6 billion in annual sales.

Suttle-Straus is a communications solutions provider serving the upper Midwest market. Services provided by the company include one through six color sheetfed and web printing, digital imaging, mailing, web linked ordering and distribution ser-vices. The company specializes in corporate communications, direct mail, adver-tising materials, and multi-color printing.