Six converting-related graphic-arts technologies were chosen as winners in the 2002 InterTech Technology Awards competition, sponsored by the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, Sewickley, PA. They include:

• Arpeco Injector in-line rotary cutting, creasing, and stripping converting system (Arpeco Engineering Ltd., Mississauga, ON, Canada);
• Enfocus Certified PDF workflow (Enfocus Software, Inc., San Mateo, CA);
• Gerber Sector coating-blanket production system (Gerber Innovations, a division of Gerber Scientific, Inc., Manchester, CT);
• ColorQuick press analysis system (Graphics Microsystems, Sunnyvale, CA);
• Hydro H2O inks (Midwest Ink Co., Broadview, IL); and
• JetPlate ink-jet CTP system (Pisces-Print Imaging Sciences, Nashua, NH).

Now in its 24th year, the InterTech program honors technological innovation within the graphic communications industry by singling out those technologies deemed significant by a GATF-independent judging panel comprising industry experts and end users. Thirty submissions were entered this year.