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News Release from: Polestar
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 December 2004
'Visionary' Hibbert Is Print's
Personality Of Year
The Polestar Group has won two awards at the PPA Magazine Production Awards.
The Polestar Group has won two awards at the PPA Magazine Production Awards Chief executive Barry Hibbert was named industry personality of the year, whilst the group's interactive training system, Print Dynamics, was awarded production initiative of the year within a supplier company
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 27 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Describing Print Dynamics as the most professional training product the British printing industry has ever seen, the judges voted unanimously to reward the initiative and praised its thoroughness and user-friendly appeal.
"Truly a relief to see that someone is at last developing a training tool that I have no doubt will answer the needs of any business in print, paper and publishing," was the opinion of one of the judging panel said Polestar .
Print Dynamics is the brainchild of Polestar's training manager Darrin Stevens, who is currently implementing it internally at Polestar as well as with the group's customers.
In giving Barry Hibbert the personality award, the PPA judges acknowledged the huge impact he has had on the industry, whilst overseeing massive change within the Polestar Group.
As a result of his input, judges considered Polestar to be a company that others envy with increasing numbers of publishers keen to deal with the group.
According to the panel, Hibbert is, "a visionary and someone that the whole of UK print and publishing admires and is proud of.".
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