Submit your entries for The GAPP Awards 2021

Giving recognition to quality production of everyday printed material, covering 60 categories of print, The GAPP Awards is the largest print, packaging and signage competition in the world. Rewarding litho, digital, large format signage, flexo, gravure, finishing, specialist printing and packaging. If you can put an image on a substrate, it belongs to this competition. With over 300 chances of winning at The GAPP Awards, we are looking at rewarding quality of print in everyday products.

With the safety of our industry at heart, but not at the expense of the spectacular event you have become accustomed to, Sentient Publishing, custodians of The GAPP Brand and the proud organisers of The GAPP Awards, have deferred the awards gala from 2020 to 2021.  The decision was necessitated by the health and economic impact of the global COVID 19 pandemic.

The GAPP Awards gala event will be held on 15th of October 2021 at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa.  A key focus for The GAPP Awards at this stage is to ensure the delivery of the safest and most inclusive event to the industry.” The world will get back to its new normal and our industry would need to have systems in place to move forward. Sentient Publishing is excited to bring the printing, packaging and signage industry another GAPP Awards and we believe that this will be the best one yet and will showcase the best of the industry as there is now more time to get your entries together “, says Vikesh Roopchand, Sentient Publishing’s Managing Director.

Entries for the awards will now be opened until June 30th 2021. Entrants are however still welcome to continue submitting their entries online and delivering them at Sentient House on Monday to Friday during working hours.

“The GAPP Awards are a catalyst for growth and efficiencies within our sector.  It is a celebration of who we are and what we can achieve.  It is our celebration of overcoming the odds and producing printed materials not just to fulfil a function but to highlight the true value and splendour of print.  The GAPP Awards is needed more now than ever before,” Vikesh concludes.

The GAPP Awards is the largest print competition of its type in the world in terms of number of categories and also covers the biggest geographical reach including entrants from across Africa.  Our Associate Sponsors for the 2021 Awards include Avery Dennison and Kalideck.  Platinum Sponsors include Konica Minolta and The SA Print Directory.  Our gold sponsors are Sun Chemical and Rotocon with silver sponsorships from Xerox, Midcomp, Papercor, Merpak Envelopes, manroland, Fujifilm, Intamarket, Sappi  and Hi Tech Inks.  Our bronze sponsors include Kemtek, Allrich Trading, Ipex Machinery, Rotunda, Eco Pressroom Products and tesa.

The GAPP Awards which is the pinnacle of excellence in the South African Print, Packaging and Signage industry is organised by Sentient Publishing who have been creating high-quality, targeted, business-to-business publications for over 20 years.

The competition is the intellectual property of Sentient Publishing and is being run under the banner of The GAPP, being the magazine with the broadest reach and coverage of the full printing industry.

For any more queries or information please contact sales@sentientpublishing.co.za or visit www.thegappawards.co.za