26 October 2005

Item and Hydro celebrate European award double

The Item-Hydro team behind Hi! magazine, produced for the global oil, energy and aluminium company, is celebrating after securing a prestigious double.

For the second year running, Hi! (Hydro Inside) has fought off fierce competition from across Europe to be voted best multilanguage magazine in the FEIEA (Federation of European Industrial Editors Associations) awards.

The magazine is written, designed and produced by Item and Hydro’s in-house team, based in Oslo. Translated into nine languages, it goes to 36,000 employees worldwide.
The FEIEA judges felt that Hi! “dealt superbly with the demands of accommodating so many different languages, while maintaining an imaginative and visually appealing design”.

Tone Dahle, Hydro’s Head of Employee Communication, says: “Being named best European multilanguage magazine once was wonderful. To win such a significant accolade for the second year running is amazing and a real credit to the joint Hydro-Item team that produces each issue.

“It shows clearly that, as we've evolved the magazine over the last 12 months, we have maintained the highest standards of editorial and design excellence.”

Hi! has also received UK recognition since it was created in 2003, winning two classes at the Communicators in Business awards last year.

Alison Crossley, Item’s Managing Director, says: “We’re proud of all the multilanguage magazines we produce with our clients.

“The fact that Hi! has been recognised again by our European industry peers, who form the judging panel, is the icing on the cake for our entire team.”