EOPA 2023 winners revealed

The winners of the 22^nd European Office Products Awards (EOPA) were announced at a special presentation dinner on Monday, 13 March 2023.

The annual EOPA were once again presented during the OPI Partnership event which is being held from 12-14 March at the Hotel Okura in the Dutch city of Amsterdam. 

Partnership brings together the leading vendors, resellers and distributors in the European business supplies industry for strategic one-to-one meetings.

The EOPA winners were announced during an evening of fine food and drink and an industry toast by Viking Europe CEO Christa Furter. 

The EOPA 2023 winners are: 

• Business Product of the Year: ACCO Brands EMEA – Leitz Ergo Range 

• Wholesaler of the Year:  PBS Holding 

• Marketing Campaign of the Year: Pilot Corporation of Europe – So Easy 

Highly commended: Avery UK – Think Safe, Work Safe 

• Marketplace/Platform of the Year: Unite 

Highly commended: Amazon

• Initiative of the Year: Sylvamo Europe – 2022 Comics Rule!

Highly commended: Lyreco – Lyreco Goodness Supplier Support Programme  

• Sustainability Excellence – Vendor: Exacompta

Highly commended: The Cheeky Panda

• Sustainability Excellence – Reseller: Commercial
• Reseller of the Year: Böttcher 
• Vendor of the Year: tesa   
• Young Executive of the Year: James Day, Sales & Marketing Director, Durable UK  
• Business Leader of the Year: Kenneth Borup, CEO, Lomax 
• Industry Achievement: Dr Benedikt Erdmann, Group CEO, Soennecken

OPI would like to thank the following companies for generously sponsoring this year’s EOPA: Bi-silque, COLOP, Corwell, eBay, Greenspeed, Newell Brands, Showdown Displays and Viking.

Read a full review of this year’s EOPA in the April/May issue of OPI.  

Amsterdam, Netherlands