6 JUNE 2016 It’s ‘three for gold’ for Admark, which has clinched three gold medals and three Highly Commended at the Pride in Print awards for 2016. Admark managing director Laurie Pilling says the visual print communication accolades indicate the company has “reached the status of elite,” particularly as the work submitted for the awards is taken from every-day print runs. “There’s no special, extra-care ‘competition print’. This type of award-winning technically excellent work is what we serve up to clients every day,” Pilling says. Admark, which began entering the awards in 1994 and won its first gold that year, secured the three golds for two Sistema inmould labels (above) and a Burger King back-lit sign, whilst the Highly Commended awards were for a Nikau Point wine label, another Sistema inmould and a further Burger King back-lit. “The print world moves at a furious pace in terms of technology and new processes, and these awards demonstrate to clients that Admark continues to foot it with the best in the industry and, in many cases, leads the way,” Pilling says. Admark has also recently been awarded the Gallagher Core Brilliance Supplier of the Year award, judged on technical excellence, effective and innovative use of media, and equipment and materials used. The company provides innovative print solutions to a wide range of industry partners across New Zealand and internationally. THREE FOR GOLD NEWS SNIPS The world's -first fries-only store, a McDonald’s popup restaurant called Fries With That, has opened in Sydney…and locals are livid Judgement day for New Zealand’s pies will be July 21, as the Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards are launched for the 20th time Manufacturers could soon be using wood-derived polymers such as xylan, fibrillated cellulose and lignin to improve the texture and reduce the energy content of food products Unilever has signed an agreement with Coca-Cola to sell its AdeS soy beverage business in Latin America for $575m Swedish plantbased food company BoFood has launched a plant-based vegan ice cream that uses the LP299V probiotic strain from Probi Potential cancer-fighting health benefits will soon be added to sweet ice syrup in Canada N E W S Food Safety Minister Jo Goodhew is set to open New Zealand’s inaugural global Food Integrity Conference in Auckland on July 13. Initiated by local organisation Asia Pacific Centre for Food Integrity, the conference will aim to provide a forum for discussion on current issues facing food and beverage producers both in New Zealand and China, including harrowing topics such as food fraud and food terrorism. New Zealand’s supply chain with China is at the forefront of the conference, and organisers say now is a key time on the world stage for food safety, with regulations and requirements changing worldwide and impacting the entire food chain of suppliers and producers. NZ Premium Foods managing director Rachael Speedy, who will speak at the conference, says Kiwi producers have an opportunity not only to lead by exporting premium food and beverage products to South East Asia, but also to promote discussion around why food integrity matters to premium exporters. www.food-integrity conference.com Kiwi dairy companies should take notice of the growing rejection of GE/GMO grains that have not been approved in all international markets but imported for use in supplementary stock feed, GE-Free NZ warns. US grain handlers are rejecting 19 varieties of GM corn and soy because they lack international approval, national spokesman Jon Carapiet says, and overseas dairy companies are now guaranteeing that their products contain non-chemical and non-GMO ingredients throughout their supply chain. “Until thousands of tonnes of GM soy and corn imported for animal feed is stopped, producers like Fonterra will continue to lose markets to international suppliers who have moved Continued on page 7 >> SUSTAINABLE PRAWNS A unique Australian prawn fishery is using its reputation for sustainable practices and high quality to break into export markets. The South Australian Prawn Co-operative, formed in 2011 by a core group of about 15 fishermen in Port Lincoln, aims to secure stable prices and the advantages of working together as a collective. As chief executive Terry Richardson says,
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