Printing United Recognizes Hotronix® Innovation with Pinnacle Award
Jul 12, 2024

St. Clair Shores, MI – STAHLS’ is pleased to announce that the Hotronix® Dual Air Fusion IQ® with ProPlace IQ™ Projection System received a coveted Printing United Alliance 2024 Pinnacle Award for Non-Output Device Heat Press.

The annual Pinnacle Product Awards recognize products that improve or advance the printing industry with exceptional contributions in quality, capability, and productivity. The Non-Output Device competition is an award for product improvements, specifically those that move the industry forward.

Paired with the Dual Air Fusion IQ®, the most efficient heat press in the industry, the ProPlace IQ™ projection system takes the power of precision printing, speedy production, and enhanced efficiency to the next level, resulting in a perfectly aligned design on any item, every time.

"We are honored and proud of the recognition the ProPlace IQ™ is receiving in the industry. It’s gratifying to see our customers thrive through our continuous innovation. We remain dedicated to being first to market with top-tier heat printing solutions and eagerly anticipate what the future holds,” said Ben Robinson, Chief Mfg. Officer, GroupeSTAHL.

Open to all Printing United Alliance supplier members, the Pinnacle Product Award competition evaluates products that will be available for sale in 2024. A highly qualified panel of judges across the printing industry evaluated the annual contest’s 160+ entries in more than 58 categories spanning analog, digital, output, and non-output technologies.

“One of the things I like best about our competition is that it is juried, and judges are basing their decisions on objective criteria,” said Dawn Nye, Pinnacle Awards Program Manager, Printing United Alliance. “And, with outstanding entries like the ProPlace IQ™, they had their work cut out for them.”

Award winners will receive a digital badge and will be showcased in the special online winners’ gallery. For more information about the awards, and how to participate in future Pinnacle Awards Programs, visit https://pinnacleawards.printing.org/.

To learn more about the ProPlace IQ™, visit stahls.com/pro-place-iq.

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