The Performance Awards

Our official auditor and chairman of the Awards Jury (including the editor of PrintWeek and WhatPackaging? magazines) will take into account the quality of the balance sheet and profit-and-loss accounts; investment in technology and people; and other achievements, such as the winning of new contracts or the overcoming of exceptional circumstances. This means that we need to see real substantive evidence, including reports and accounts.

The companies entering the Performance Awards, all of whom will, should you require, sign an agreement in order to guarantee the confidentiality of financially sensitive information. We guarantee the confidentiality of information. Entrants may mark sensitive parts of their entry, such as information contained in their balance sheet and profit and loss account as ‘Not for Publication’.

The financial year under review is 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.

Please note: The judges are fully aware of the challenges many businesses faced during the judging period, so please remember that your business is being benchmarked against the other entrants who likely faced similar challenges, not your own past performance.

CHECKLIST

Please ensure that your submission includes the following documents:

• Audited financials of preceding one year (balance sheet, profit-and-loss account, notes to accounts, audit report) certified as true copies by the management/owners/partners
• Memorandum and articles of association
• Tax audit filings in case of entities that are not companies
• Details of ratings secured from any credit rating agency
• Print samples (representing the broad spectrum of the work you produce)
• Letters of commendation from customers
• Enclose correct entry fee, Rs 3,000 + 18% GST as applicable (if payment is made before 15 July 2024, after which it will be Rs 4,000 + 18% GST as applicable). Cheques should be made payable to ‘Haymarket SAC Publishing (India) Pvt Ltd’.

Quality Awards

Under the Quality Awards, the judges are looking at the quality of the work. All entries (except Innovative category) need to submit four unique print jobs printed not before 2023 in order to demonstrate consistent production excellence. Entries in the Innovative category need to submit only one sample per entry.

Please note: Entries must have had commercial production runs. Private and limited editions, and the promotional material is NOT eligible.

CHECKLIST

• Four different print jobs per entry.
• Four duly filled sample description form per category.
• A 500-word summary per sample mentioning highpoints of the job and production challenges that it posed. This is to be submitted on a separate sheet. Please do not supply this information on your company letterhead paper.
• Enclose correct entry fee, Rs 3,000 + 18% GST as applicable (if payment is made before 15 July 2024, after which it will be Rs 4,000 + 18% GST as applicable). Cheques should be made payable to ‘Haymarket SAC Publishing (India) Pvt Ltd’.

Special Industry Awards

This edition of PrintWeek Awards celebrates with Special Industry Awards, a total of five awards will be presented to recognise factories and teams in the Indian print industry who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.

CHECKLIST

• Please support your entry with a 500-word summary on why your company should win, along with specific testimonials or documents and photographs wherever specified. Please do not supply this information on your company letterhead paper.
• Enclose correct entry fee, Rs 3,000 + 18% GST as applicable (if payment is made before 15 July 2024, after which it will be Rs 4,000 + 18% GST as applicable). Cheques should be made payable to ‘Haymarket SAC Publishing (India) Pvt Ltd’.