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Presstige Printing named Florida’s Best Printer

November 14, 2023

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. (Nov 7, 2023) - Presstige Printing was named Florida's Best Printer by the Florida Graphics Alliance at the 2023 Florida Print Awards, taking home the coveted Golden Flamingo Trophy for the first time in company history. Presstige Printing also won the most first place awards at the event, which convenes annually to recognize excellence in printed material within the state of Florida.

“I am both honored and humbled by Presstige Printing’s recognition as Florida’s Best Printer,” said Wes Weidenmiller, president of Presstige Printing. “Thank you to our team of dedicated print professionals who bring their very best to the table each day, as well as the customers, designers and partners who trust us with their print projects and challenge us to produce the outstanding print products that allowed us to win this prestigious award.”


Presstige Printing won 35 Best of Category awards, 27 Awards of Excellence, 13 Judges Awards, and four Florida’s Best awards. Presstige also earned Florida’s Best Digital Printing, Florida’s Best Invitation, and the Best of Florida Division II trophies, in addition to the Golden Flamingo Award for Florida’s Best Printer.

The Florida Print Awards is an annual statewide competition that recognizes the contributions of the crème de la crème in the print and graphics communications industry. Florida Graphics Alliance announced winners of its 36th annual Florida Print Awards on August 25 in Orlando.

“Presstige Printing has always entered fantastic work and done well at the Florida Print Awards,” said Gabriel Hernandez, president and chief executive officer of Florida Graphics Alliance. “This year their work was exceptional in almost every category in which they participated. This is why they won the Golden Flamingo, Florida's Best Printer Trophy.”


About Presstige Printing
Founded in 1980, Presstige Printing caters to premier Florida businesses, publications and non-profit organizations of all sizes and industries while serving numerous national Fortune 500 clients. Annual regional and national award winner for print and production quality at the Florida Graphics Alliance’s Florida Print Awards, the company is redefining excellence in print by delivering cutting-edge technology to their clients through investment in new equipment and custom digital storefronts. Their 20,000+ square foot Bonita Springs, Florida, production facility completes printing and mailing in-house. Additional information about Presstige Printing is available at presstigeprinting.com.

About the Florida Print Awards
Created to celebrate the organizations, companies and individuals creating and producing print and graphics communications in Florida, the annual Florida Print Awards competition recognizes the contributions of the crème de la crème in the industry. Entries from 126 categories are adjudicated by a panel of judges from across the print industry and the top entries in each category are awarded the Best of Category (first place), Award of Excellence (second place), or Judges Award (third place). Seventeen total Florida’s Best trophies are determined from the category winners in recognition of exemplary use of printing processes.

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