International Gravure Award 2023
Entry Conditions
1. Who may enter
The Award is open for Printers
 Engravers
 Cylinder and machinery manufacturers
which are involved in the production of gravure printed material.
All product categories are open to all gravure printers engravers
 suppliers (of equipment, inks, substrates etc.)
 buyers
 designers
 any person or company involved in the creation or manufacture of the product
The Innovation Prize is also open to suppliers of equipment, materials, software etc. inprepress and printing.
There is no limit to the number of entries from a company. Multiple entries may bemade within each category, if wished.
2. How to enter the competition
To enter the Gravure Award Competition, please submit:
a. a completed application form for each entry, together withb. the printed samples (see § 3 below), orc. for the Innovation Prize, a detailed description in English explaining theinnovation, together with printed samples if appropriate (see § 3 below)
to:European Rotogravure Association (ERA) e.V.
International Gravure Award 2023
Swakopmunder Strasse 381827 MunichGermany

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3. Samples submitted
The samples entered for the competition must have been produced during 2022/2023,
using the gravure process. The samples must be extracted from a commercial
production run:

for packaging (flexible, paper, carton, label)complete, un-slit web of approximately two metres in lengthfor various (publication, decor, security)
five samples of the printed productfor innovation prize
you need to give details of the innovative aspects of the entry, in English, on a
separate sheet of paper

If the package is filled, the content must be non-perishable!
In cases of doubt about appropriate samples, please contact the secretariat.
All entries will be coded by the ERA Secretariat and kept anonymous until the jury has
performed its function and the winners have been nominated. Samples will not be
returned.
Please pack your samples carefully so that no damage is incurred.
4. Cover charge payment
For ERA members the cover charge for the first entry is € 150. Each additional entry isfee.
For ERA non-members the cover charge for the first entry is € 350. For each additional
entry, the charge is € 150 per entry.
The cover charges must be paid in Euros by bank transfer
On receipt of entries, an invoice will be raised and sent to you, with details of how topay.
5. Timetable
All entries must be received by 30 August 2023 at the ERA Secretariat.

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Upon receipt of the completed application form and payment, with all details enclosed
as listed above, the ERA Secretariat will send a confirmation of participation in the ERA
International Gravure Award 2023 Competition, together with the invoice for the entry
fees.
The awards will be presented at the 2023 ERA International Gravure Days, 18th – 20thOctober in Switzerland.
6. Jury
The jury will be selected from recognised professionals with in-depth knowledge andexperience in the gravure printing industry.
7. Judging criteria / Typical gravure printing criteria
Printed samples will be judged according to various aspects of product quality, e.g.
register, tone (density, gradation and colour balance), detail, evenness of print (missingdots, moiré etc.), job complexity, and absence of printing faults (e.g. scumming, doctorblade lines etc.).
The Innovation Prize is particularly intended to recognise developments which willbenefit and advance the gravure process. It will be judged according to the following
criteria: addresses a serious customer requirement, meets a general need (not a one-off
product), increases demand for gravure, is integrable, is revolutionising, is in use (not aprototype), gives economic (cost or time) benefits, improves or stabilises quality,advances gravure, stimulates further process development, shows innovation (not aforeseeable enhancement of an existing product by a vendor), has environmental
benefits.
8. Rights reserved
All rights to entries and submitted materials shall become and remain the property of
the European Rotogravure Association (E.R.A.) e.V., which shall have the right topromote and display the entry, in any meeting or publication, as an example of gravuretechnology. The entrant shall obtain any necessary permission from clients or suppliers
before submitting an entry.
The jury reserves the right to reclassify an entry if this is considered to be in the bestinterest of the entrant, who will be notified of any such change.
All decisions of the jury shall be final in all respects.
We reserve the right to adjust the categories.