Diamond Packaging Earns Four Awards in PPC Competition

Diamond Packaging earned four awards in the 64th Annual National Paperboard Packaging Competition, the industry’s premier showcase for all that is new and outstanding in paperboard packaging design and technology. Awards were announced at the Annual Spring Meeting & Strategies Conference, held March 6-8, 2007 in Nashville, TN.

The competition, which is sponsored by the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC), provides members with an opportunity to display their most impressive packaging designs and productions, and promote winning packages to customers. Entries are judged in 26 different categories against three criteria: folding carton impact, manufacturing and distribution impact, and retail consumer impact. Entries are also considered for technical achievement and innovation, craftsmanship and overall appearance.

Competing against hundreds of entries from around the country, Diamond Packaging received recognition by winning one Gold Award and three Excellence Awards.

Diamond won the first-ever Gold Award in Combination Materials, a new category that recognizes the trend towards combining paperboard with alternative materials such as plastic.

Diamond’s new Diamondessence™ combination packaging incorporates a wide variety of styles and materials that truly set products apart from their competition by revealing the beauty of what's inside. Packaging that inspires. Packaging that sells. ›› more

HBA Global Expo & Educational Conference scheduled for September 18-20, 2007 in NY

New independent life-cycle study refutes some claims made regarding sustainable packaging

Census Report 2007: Paperboard Industry is Getting Healthy

Brilliantwhite™ is a new, radical breakthrough in dental research and development, formulated to achieve improved oral health and an unprecedented degree of whiteness. Livingston-Short Hills Dental Associates, Inc, turned to Diamond Packaging to create a family of cartons that conveyed the product’s message of delivering a luminous, radiant smile.

The Brilliantwhite™ Professional Smile Tooth Whitening System was created by a noted cosmetic dentist and formulated by leading chemists with advanced ingredient technology. Diamond's task was to design packaging that captures the essence of the brand and attracts consumer and professional attention in marketplace.

Diamond delivered by utilizing structural and graphic techniques to create cartons that both functionally and stylistically surpasses any other similar products on the market.

The Step 1 (ActiGel™) and Step 2 (ActiWhite™) product cartons were designed with notch locks on the bottom closures due to weight considerations. ›› more

Designing With Foil - part 3
by FSEA

This segment is the third
in a three-part series that will discuss areas of production where the design of a piece directly impacts cost, quality, and the overall success of the job.

Foil Stamping Over Ink
If you are going to apply hot stamping foil over a printed area, there is one basic rule to remember – the printer must use wax free inks. Standard inks used by the printer often have a great deal of wax for protection and drying. When the heat of the foil die heats the printed sheet, the wax melts and makes it almost impossible to foil stamp. Also, make sure the printer does not use rubber-based inks, which virtually never dry on the sheet and will not allow foil to adhere to the sheet. Wax free inks are readily available to all printers.

Color selection of ink is another area to consider when designing a piece. ›› more

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