Summa F Series Vantage wins Best Finishing Innovation at The Print Industry Awards 2026
Summa's F Series Vantage has won Best Finishing Innovation at The Print Industry Awards 2026, recognising its advances in flatbed cutting workflow, automation and operator usability.
Summa’s F Series Vantage has won Best Finishing Innovation at The Print Industry Awards 2026, recognising the latest development of the company’s flatbed cutting platform.
Summa said the award recognised the F Series Vantage for its workflow speed, automation and operator-friendliness. The machine was selected from a category specifically focused on innovation in print finishing processes and techniques.
The F Series Vantage was the technology recognised
This was not simply an award for Summa as a manufacturer. The recognition was specifically for the F Series Vantage, the latest generation of Summa’s flatbed cutting platform.
The Vantage range was developed around reducing the time surrounding the cut itself, including machine preparation, tool setup, material handling and movement between jobs.
That focus makes the award particularly relevant to businesses looking at productivity across the whole finishing process rather than cutting speed in isolation.
The award looks beyond headline speed
The Print Industry Awards describes Best Finishing Innovation as recognising developments that improve the look, functionality and production of finished print.
Its judging criteria includes technical innovation, quality of execution and the impact that the finishing solution brings to the finished product.
For digital cutting, that puts workflow and usability alongside the mechanical performance of the machine.
Automation is becoming part of the cutting decision
The F Series Vantage combines the cutting table with Summa’s wider approach to automated production.
GoProduce software manages material profiles and action sets, while barcode-driven workflows can reduce manual job selection and setup. Summa has also developed GoConnect and GoData to extend integration and production monitoring beyond the cutter itself.
The result is a platform designed around repeatable production rather than treating each cutting job as an isolated process.
Recognition adds to a significant product launch
For Summa, the award provides independent industry recognition soon after the introduction of the Vantage generation.
The F Series has long been established in flatbed cutting, but the Vantage development places greater emphasis on workflow, automation and making advanced cutting systems easier to operate consistently across shifts and operators.
Winning Best Finishing Innovation reflects how important those factors have become in modern print finishing.
Dennison supports the Summa range in the UK
Dennison is a Summa UK Sales and Service Partner, supporting customers with demonstration, installation, training and ongoing service across the Summa cutting range.
Source: Summa NV, Best Finishing Innovation, The Print Industry Awards 2026
