Grand Award Winners
ÖAMTC Wins Best of Show
NEW YORK, NY – October 20, 2022 – The 36th Annual International ARC Awards - the world's largest annual report competition – Best of Show, Platinum, and Titanium Achievement Award winners were announced today. The trophy for BEST OF SHOW was awarded to ÖAMTC (Vienna, AUSTRIA).
This non-profit organization provides emergency relief and other travel services for automobile drivers, motorcyclists, and bicyclists/hikers. The judges praised this digest size annual report as “Very unique,” “Exciting and memorable,” Vibrant colors and impressive illustrations.” It achieved near perfect 10’s in all the categories in which it competed.
The Platinum Achievement Award was bestowed to iONE FINANCIAL PRESS LIMITED (HONG KONG) for winning the greatest number of awards (86) on behalf of their clients. The Titanium Achievement Award was captured by FINAR KURUMSAL (TÜRKIYE), delivering the greatest percentage (85%) of wins for their clients.
In their respective categories, the 2022 BEST OF CATEGORY Grand winners are:
Cover Design |
Mens Creation Ltd. for |
Cover Design |
DNA Komunika for |
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Cover Design |
iONE Financial Press Limited for |
Cover Design |
REF Financial Press Limited for |
Cover Design |
GenNex Financial Media Limited for |
Chairman’s Letter |
Kanro Inc. |
Interior Design |
ÖAMTC |
Interior Design |
iONE Financial Press Limited for |
Interior Design |
Toppan Merrill Limited for |
Interior Design |
SHIAN INC. for |
Photography |
Abbott |
Illustrations |
SHIAN INC. for |
Infographics |
National Savings Bank |
Financial Data |
CD Corporate Reports Sdn Bhd for |
Written Text |
CLP Holdings Limited |
Written Text |
Abbott |
Annual Reports with Form 10-K |
Rector Communications, Inc. for |
Non-English Annual Reports |
by J design group / Design Team for |
Non-Profit Organizations |
Hong Kong Design Centre |
Non-Profit Organizations |
ÖAMTC |
Non-Traditional Annual Reports |
United Therapeutics Corporation |
Non-Traditional Annual Reports |
SHIAN INC. for |
Non-Traditional Annual Reports |
Kanro Inc. |
Printing & Production |
EDICO Financial Press |
Printing & Production |
ÖAMTC |
Specialized |
Mecayours Corporation for |
Traditional Annual Reports |
Insight Creative Limited for |
Traditional |
VP Bank |
Traditional |
EDICO Financial Press |
Traditional |
Toppan Merrill Limited for |
Interactive |
“Fanda Reporting” LLC for |
Interactive |
Cre8 (Greater China) Limited & Coolgrey Design Workshop Limited for |
PDF Version Annual Reports |
muehlhausmoers corporate communications gmbh for |
PDF Version Specialized |
Mecayours Corporation for |
Online |
Cre8 (Greater China) Limited &Coolgrey Design Workshop |
Online |
HGB Hamburger Geschäftsberichte GmbH & Co. KG for |
Online |
Shiseido Company, Limited |
Best of Austria |
ÖAMTC |
Best of China |
Toppan Merrill Limited for |
Best of Germany |
muehlhausmoers corporate communications gmbh for |
Best of Hong Kong |
iONE Financial Press Limited for |
Best of Japan |
SHIAN INC. for |
Best of Malaysia |
MALAYAN BANKING BERHAD |
Best of Singapore |
Meta Fusion Pte Ltd for |
Best of |
by J design group / Design Team for |
Best of Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka Telecom PLC |
Best of Turkey |
FİNAR for |
Best of USA |
California Water Service Group |
Best of the Americas |
EMPRESAS CMPC |
Best of |
Studio Kernel d.o.o. for |
Best of |
VP Bank Ltd |
Best of International |
Insight Creative Limited for |
Preliminary and final judges represent top level investor relations executives, financial executives, writers, designers, and photographers from over 64 different agencies and corporations in Austria, Chile, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Judges ranked the annual reports with a score between one and one hundred. The top 30% scoring annual reports won Gold, Silver, Bronze and Honors Awards.
Criteria used to choose winners included Cover Design, Chairman’s Letter, Writing, Interior Design, Financial Presentation, and Overall, how well the spirit of the company is reflected in the annual report.
The ARC Awards, established by MerComm, Inc. in 1987, were created to honor overall excellence in annual reports, and to encourage noteworthy and vital writing, as well as imaginative and original design.
The ARC Awards is sponsored by MERCOMM, INC., the world’s only independent awards organization, founded with the mission to advance the standards of excellence in the fields of corporate communications. The MerComm Awards Programs are free from advertising, membership dues, or outside sponsorships. In keeping with its policies of openness and transparency, the judges’ names are published and the judging criteria are available to all. Further, entrants may review the judges’ evaluations; and are guaranteed fairness and impartiality. As such, the ARC Awards is considered the most highly respected and prestigious competition in the industry.