The NZSDA has put out the challenge to all car wrappers to enter the biennial New Zealand Wrap Competition in conjunction with The NZSDA annual conference in Christchurch in April.
The 2014 winning job
The event will take place at the same venue as the NZ Sign Expo: the Air Force Museum at Wigram. Nick Baty, president NZSDA, says, “In 2014, we held this competition in Auckland and it proved a fantastic event, with the winners, GAS Graphics from Auckland winning and going on to beat the winning Australian team in a Trans-Tasman Wrap comp later in the same year.”
Organisers have sweetened the competition’s prize package with help from industry suppliers, who have responded to the call for support, bringing the prize pool total to almost $40,000.
Champions: the team from Graphic Application Specialists, from left: Scott Dalziell, Nick Wearing, and Kiri Marshall
Total Supply has provided first prize: a Mimaki JV400-160LX 7 colour latex printer. For the second prize winner, Jenrite has a Polar 1610 cold roller mounter/laminator ready to go. Sign Supplies will provide the third prize winner with a $2,000 credit account. Fourth prize, a 1524mm wrap kit, comes via 3m. The NZSDA will provide a personalised Health and Safety pack for fifth place.
Brian Fairchild, secretary NZSDA, adds that SsangYong has offered a virtually unlimited number of Tivoli SUVs for wrapping. He says, “The vehicles will be wrapped in art created by award winning designer and signmaker Andy Lowe from Image Creators in Motueka.”
The competition pits teams of three against going hard out with the aim of finishing the entire wrap first, and accruing the least number of penalty points for imperfections in the finished wrap. While each team must consist of three people, they needn’t come from the same company.
To top off the weekend, the winning New Zealand Team will face the Australian champions on Saturday April 16, at the same venue, to compete for the Trans-Tasman trophy.
Click here to find out more, and to enter a team, or visit http://www.signnz.co.nz/wrap-home.html
