McGrath Printing | Custom Apparel Wins Four Graphics Excellence Awards
The Great Lakes Graphics Association (GLGA) has announced that McGrath Printing Custom Apparel received three 2018 Graphics Excellence Awards.
The Great Lakes Graphics Association (GLGA) has announced that McGrath Printing Custom Apparel received three 2018 Graphics Excellence Awards. McGrath’s Follow the Action Gift set received the highest honor of the Gutenberg Best of Category for Special Innovation Awards in Printing, Award of Excellence for Cartons and Containers, and Certificate of Merit for Specialty Printing-Other. The GEA competition is one of the largest regional printing competitions in the nation.
In addition to the three awards, McGrath Printing|Custom Apparel was voted and received the “People’s Choice Award” at the awards dinner on May 23, 2018 in Addison, Illinois. McGrath’s Follow the Action Gift set features unique designs of hunting and fishing on quality shirts and coffee mugs. All packaged in a die-cut box, with matching graphics throughout to look almost 3-dimensional.
A panel of out-of-state judges with extensive experience in printing and print production was brought in to examine the work. Each entry was judged on its own merit in a category with similar printed pieces. The judging criteria included registration, crossovers, clarity and neatness, sharpness of halftones and line drawings, richness and tonal qualities of color, paper and ink selection, ink coverage, difficulty of printing, effective contrast or softness, finishing, bindery and overall visual impact.
Kevin McGrath, founder and President of McGrath Printing added decorated apparel in 2007. He explained, “We leveraged our expertise in printing with decorated apparel to better provide our clients a turnkey solution for their branding and corporate identity needs.
“Follow the Action Product Lines evolved from my passion for fishing,” he said. “Designing the art for the apparel and creating the packaging to complement the entire gift set, was fulfilling. We had to invest in patents and copyrights. By blending the two service lines, this continues to be a good decision for our clients. Today, our team is honored to receive these industry awards for innovation, craftsmanship and quality.”
McGrath Printing was founded in 1981, and launched the Follow the Action Outdoors Product Lines in 2015. This is McGrath Printings first submission to the GLGA Awards program. Over 700 award entries were received from 71 different companies.
