Freedom Announced as Award Winner in the 2025 Graphics Excellence Awards
April 2, 2025
Freedom Announced as Award Winner in the 2025 Graphics Excellence Awards
PEWAUKEE, WI – The Great Lakes Graphics Association (GLGA) has announced that Freedom of Milton, WI is an award winner in the 2025 Graphics Excellence Awards competition. The judging was conducted on March 5-7, 2025, by a team of independent judges. The GEA competition is one of the largest regional printing competitions in the nation.
Freedom won two Awards of Excellence and one Certificate of Merit. With 35 years of direct marketing experience, Freedom continues to push the envelope with our innovative format designs, print manufacturing quality, and craftsmanship. These awards highlight Freedom’s commitment to excellence in producing and mailing over 5 billion individual mail pieces annually.
A panel of independent judges with extensive experience in printing, packaging and print production was brought in to examine the work. Each entry was judged on its own merit in a category with similar printed pieces. The judging criteria included registration, crossovers, clarity and neatness, sharpness of halftones and line drawings, richness and tonal qualities of color, paper and ink selection, ink coverage, difficulty of printing, effective contrast or softness, finishing, bindery, and overall visual impact.
Freedom is honored to receive these prestigious awards, which recognize our dedication to quality and innovation in the printing industry. These accolades are a testament to the hard work and creativity of our talented team, who strive to deliver exceptional results for our clients every day.
About Great Lakes Graphics Association
Since 1886, The Great Lakes Graphics Association (GLGA) has been dedicated to advancing the success of the printing and graphics industry. Working together with Printing Industries of America, the world’s largest graphic arts trade association, GLGA represents the three-state region of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin and provides training, resources, and a voice of advocacy on both a state and national level.
The Graphics Excellence Awards (GEA) competition, owned and managed by the Great Lakes Graphics Association (GLGA), is an annual event that recognizes and rewards printing and finishing companies that combine fine craftsmanship with technology in order to produce outstanding finished products. The award-winning companies are honored each year at the GEA Celebrations, to be held this year in the summer in Milwaukee, WI, and Chicago, IL.
About Freedom
Freedom is one of the largest privately held direct mail companies in the United States with four manufacturing facilities strategically located throughout North America. Specializing in the production of loyalty & acquisition direct mail programs, Freedom offers “inline” and “offline” traditional and 4-color fully-variable digital printing, in-house lettershop, extensive laser & inkjet personalization capabilities, mailing services, in-house commingling, logistics, and multi-channel marketing solutions supported by a proprietary client interface & campaign management technology platform.