In 2020, Walsworth took home a total of 20 awards connected to Printing Industries of America (PIA).
The Ripon facility entered the Great Lakes Graphics Association competition and won 11 Graphics Excellence Awards. Our other facilities entered PIA MidAmerica’s 2020 GraphEx competition and took home nine awards.
The Ripon facility’s award-winning entries were:
- Best of Category and Best of Division – Sophisticated Weddings – New York Edition Volume 1, Fashion/Health/Pop Culture
- Best of Category – Elite Traveler Jan/Feb 2019, Magazines (cover sheetfed, interior web)
- Best of Category – One Step – Springfield Armory, Product/Service Catalogs
- Best of Category – Revelations – The Kingdom Yet to Come, School Textbooks
- Best of Category – Digging Dog Nursery 2020 Catalog, Product/Service Catalog (one, two or three colors)
- Best of Division – 2020 Lionel Catalog, Product Catalogs (four or more colors)
- Best of Division – Trek Travel 2020 Catalog, Architectural/Art/Travel/Other Magazines
- Award of Excellence – Ripon College Catalyst Curriculum, Booklets (four or more colors)
- Award of Excellence – Marquette County Visitor Guide 2019, Newspapers
- Certificate of Merit – Col. Littleton 2020 Catalog, Product Catalogs (four or more colors)
“Our clients and the Walworth team just keep exceeding expectations with more awards and higher placements,” said Julie Newhouse, general manager of the Walsworth–Ripon facility. “I was especially pleased when GLGA informed us that the judges admired our work. I couldn’t agree more.”
Winners at the GraphEx competition were:
- Best of Category – Phillips Exeter Academy 2019 Yearbook, Binding, Smyth sewn
- The Queen Next Door, Books, hard cover – offset
- Vintage Omaha, Books, hard cover – offset
- Best of Category – 2020 Oklahoma Travel Guide, Directories and source books – offset (four or more colors)
- Best of Category – Cabo Living Spring 2020, Magazines, periodicals and publications – sheetfed
- Best of Category – V Magazine Spring Preview 2020, Magazines, periodicals and publications – sheetfed
- Oklahoma State Parks & Outdoor Guide, Magazines, periodicals and publications
- Best of Category – Providence Day School 2019 Yearbook, yearbooks – offset
- Best of Category – Stoney Creek High School 2019 Yearbook, yearbooks – offset/digital combo
All Best of Category winners will move on to compete in PIA’s national Benny awards.
