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BPMA Award winners unveiled T
he BPMA held its annual award ceremony on January 30 at Chesford Grange, where over 350 suppliers and distributors attended.
The dinner began with a speech from Angela Wagstaff, the BPMAʼs new chairman, who commented that the BPMA is in a strong position and gathering momentum with its strategic objectives. The ceremony was hosted by Jon Birrell, CEO of the BPMA, who also presented the awards to the lucky winners. Mr Birrell said: “It was wonderful to see so many of my industry friends and meet many new ones. I was very proud and humbled to be on stage hosting the awards and look forward to more industry events and taking the BPMA to another level as we inspire, connect and educate.” The next awards dinner will take place at the Ricoh Arena on Wednesday, February 12, 2020.
The winners
Supplier of the Year up to £2m Xindao
Supplier of the Year £2m+ Laltex
Distributor of the Year up to £500k ASP Promotions
Distributor of the Year £500k to £2m Willsmer Wagg
Distributor of the Year £2m to £5m Allwag Promotions
Distributor of the Year £5m+ Fluid Branding
Marketing Campaign of the Year Innovation 1st
Supplier Unsung Hero of the Year Claire Etoe of Preseli
Jon Birrell, CEO of the BPMA, hosted the awards ceremony
Epson champions students O
ver the last few months Epson has worked closely with students from two universities to help them in their field of work.
Epson recently ran a hands-on day for BA Textile Design students at Birmingham City University where they learnt how to achieve the best quality printed results with inkjet technology.
The team from Epson guided the students through colour space and the reasons for setting up their files in RGB, followed by showing the students their files printed from different settings so that the theoretical knowledge was translated into practical results. And in February, during London Fashion Week, five students showcased their designs that were created using Epsonʼs dye
sublimation printers. Scottish student Oscar Doak, who spent a substantial amount of his
placement year with Chanel in Paris, produced a collection
Oscar Doak’s tartan-inspired piece
inspired by his roots by combining different tartans combined in a jacket (including the brown tartan for his partner and the Armstrong tartan for his grandmother). He used Epson printing to give an opaque effect on mesh and on latex, on polyesters and transparent materials.
| 16 | April 2019
Richard Dyson Award The TC Branding Group
Gildan joins top companies to drive business ethics
G
ildan has joined Ethisphere's Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA); a global community of companies who recognise the value of ethical leadership and who are working together to move forward with ethics and integrity. Lindsay Matthews, vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, Gildan Activewear, said: "Being part of a collaborative community focused on sharing of best practices for ethics and compliance will allow us to bring the best of what we are doing as well as our challenges to the table and learn from others across the board spectrum of industries. Good compliance practices simply make for better businesses." Erica Salmon-Byrne, executive vice president and executive director, BELA, said: "BELA brings together a community of hundreds of companies that are committed to building an environment in which best practices are shared. Research - including Ethisphere's - shows how organisations with a strong ethical culture regularly outperform their peers. We are proud to partner with our members to develop new platforms that will help raise the ethical standards at companies in the region and globally."
As members of BELA, Gildan will have access to information related to best practices of major corporations. BELA members also have the ability to benchmark their ethics and compliance program and practices to those of the World's Most Ethical. Ms Matthews added: "Companies are no longer pursing compliance as a legal prerequisite demanded by stakeholders, they are realising how important it is to pursue value-based compliance that is in line with their corporate ethos. Our company's commitment to ethical business practices filters into every aspect of what we do and contributes to a strong corporate culture based on trust and transparency." BELA was founded by Ethisphere Institute, post the financial crisis in 2008. Founding members include PepsiCo and Walmart. BELA's membership has grown to an over 250 member community of companies who recognise the inherent value of organisation's promoting ethical leadership and world- class compliance culture.
www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk
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