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Roland Hero Awards 2018Following the theme of the FESPA ‘What matters to you, inspires what we do’, Roland DG launches the Roland Hero Awards 2018, a search for inspiring stories and unique, successful print campaigns.

Roland Hero Awards

The Roland Hero Awards 2018 competition is open until the 31th of October 2018 for Roland users across EMEA. You can register at the Roland website until October 31th, 2018.

An expert panel will judge, which of the nominated projects match the philosophy and vision of Roland. From these selections they will elect a main winner, who will win an unforgettable holiday trip to an extraordinary destination.

Roland Heroes can be family companies or start-ups with revolutionary, innovative projects. This could be a one-man-company as well as a huge print company. Roland DG encourages the companies, to share their projects and visions for the chance to highlight their company and their teams. All customers of Roland can now share their stories about love, creativity, passion, trust, perseverance and courage. This includes extraordinary projects, special business successes and innovative ideas or also excellent team successes.

Roland Hero Awards 2018
Nicola Rubino from Gemanco Design, a 2018 Roland Hero

All participants can use the Roland Hero label on their websites and marketing materials. The Spotlight-Heroes will be invited to a professional photo and video session. So all participating heroes can take advantage from the recognition and publicity of the Roland Hero Awards campaign.

Karel Sannen, Marketing Manager Roland DG Central Europe, explains: “At Roland we always knew that our customers are creative, innovative, inspiring and entrepreneurial. The Roland Hero Awards are a unique opportunity to honour them and to inspire others with their stories. They receive the recognition they deserve by taking care of their customers and their businesses on a daily base. All nominated participants are heroes and winners for us.”

Examples of nominated Roland Heroes are Eastprint from Dresden and Peak UK.Watch also the video about the Awards.