Printing and Publishing Group announces fifth Dubai International Print Awards

The Printing and Publishing Group (PPG), operating under the auspices of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, today announced that the final awards ceremony for the fifth ‘Dubai International Print Awards for 2011 will be held on January 26th at the Grand Hayat Regency Hotel in Dubai.

The event which is being held under the patronage of HH Shaikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, will be attended by senior governmental dignitaries, VIP guests, PPG members and other sector participants. The event, which started as an initiative to offer companies operating in UAE’s printing industry the first recognized benchmark of quality covering various categories in respect to management efficiency and contemporary technological advancements.

“This prestigious accolade continues to bring forward and highlight the regions remarkable achievements and outstanding development,” said Ahmad Bin Hassan Al Shaikh, Chairman of Printing and Publishing Group. “On behalf of PPG I would like to thank our sponsors for supporting and recognizing its lead within the region.”

Hassan Al Hashemi, Director, External Relations, Dubai Chamber, said, “As part of our commitment to support and foster the business community of Dubai, we are pleased to once again endorse the fifth round of the prestigious award as we have been working closely with the Print & Publishing Group which is one of the most active of the 25 Business Groups operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chamber.”

Al Hashemi added that as a business facilitator in Dubai, the Chamber is on the forefront of all economic development and better business endeavours and wholeheartedly supports all events that work towards the betterment of any economic sector, in this instance the printing and publishing sector.

Dubai International Print Awards have continued to grow in award categories as well as geographical region for the fifth consecutive year and taking up the reigns as main sponsors will be Masar Printing & Publishing as Platinum Barter Sponsor, Khaleej Times as Gold Barter Sponsor. Print Week Magazine and MEPrinter as Bronze Barter Sponsors, Heidelberg as Gold Sponsor, Canon, Giffin Graphics, Prestige Graphics and Xerox Emirates as Silver Sponsors, Anoob Plastic, DynaGraph, Gimpex, Hp, Kodak, Orchid, Papersworldwide, and Presstek as Bronze Sponsors.