Diamond Packaging won five awards
in the 28th annual packagePRINTING Excellence Awards, the industry's only
competition recognizing the highest level of printing quality and technical
achievement across the full range of packaging segments – tags and labels,
flexible packaging, folding cartons, and corrugated cartons. Winners were
chosen from hundreds of entries submitted in over 40 different categories.
Entries were judged on print quality, functionality, and secondary converting
and finishing attributes.
Diamond won First Place in the
“Sustainability – Folding Cartons” category for Elizabeth Arden's John Varvatos
Artisan Acqua carton. The packaging features tightly registered offset printing
with intricate embossing accents, creating a singular presentation that
resurrects the lost art of craftsmanship but with a modern edge.
The carton was converted
utilizing Clearwater Candesce® SBS paperboard and offset printed with four
color process, metallic copper, teal, and brown inks, inline with Liquid Metal™
silver specialty UV coating, UV matte, and UV gloss spot coating. All
paperboard components were manufactured using 100% wind energy.
Liquid Metal was applied on the
top closure, front, rear, and side panels (under the teal and metallic copper
inks), as an alternative to foil stamping. UV matte coating was applied over
the embossed ‘sand’ pattern, contributing to the natural aesthetic of the
Artisan Acqua carton. The UV gloss spot coating on the top panel and over the
bottle on the rear panel provides a striking contrast to the overall matte
finish surrounding it. The multi-level embossed pattern
is inspired by Mediterranean beaches and perfectly complements the flask-like
fragrance bottle, housed in handwoven rattan.
Diamond won Second Place in the
“Sustainability” and “Specialty Category: Technical Achievement” categories for
its 2014 calendar. The apple-themed calendar represents a natural evolution of
Diamond's greenbox initiative and is a fitting tribute to New York, one of the
nation’s largest apple producing states.
The vivid presentation features
inline green technologies (e.g., soft touch, specialty effects coatings), UV
gloss spot coating, foil stamping, multi-level embossing, debossing, and
intricate die cutting. The innovative structural design allows the calendar to
be hung with one lower panel or unfolded to reveal apple blossoms on the middle
panels.
The calendar was converted
utilizing Clearwater Candesce SBS paperboard and offset printed with four
color process inks, inline with an overall aqueous gloss coating, UV gloss spot
coating, specialty effects pigmented coating, and DiamondTouch soft touch
coating. Metal Magic provided all of the embossing dies.
Multi-level embossing and
debossing the header creates a dramatic sense of texture and depth, while UV gloss
spot coating (water droplets) and pearlized coating (leaves) provide contrast
to the finish surrounding it.
The middle backers feature
multi-level embossed apple blossoms enhanced with soft touch coating,
contributing to a unique visual and tactile presentation. The subtle concave
die cut pattern on each side conveys an apple core. The calendar is delivered in its
own recyclable shipper that faithfully simulates a wooden apple crate, right
down to the stencil typography.
Diamond won Third Place in the
“Folding Cartons – Offset” category for Five Star Fragrance Company’s Michael
Jordan Legend Gift Set.
The QuikSet carton was converted
utilizing metallized polyester film on FSC-certified SBS paperboard and offset
printed with transparent gold, dense black, and opaque white inks, in-line with
UV matte and UV high gloss coating. The multi-level, pebble-embossed basketball
on the lid reinforces the Michael Jordan brand. The QuikSet design provides an
attractive and economical alternative to rigid set-up boxes, featuring a
reinforced base and lid, direct application of graphics and stamping or
embossing, flat shipping and storage, and easy set-up. With crisp, clean lines
and outstanding strength, QuikSet™ is a perfect choice for gift sets or
promotional items.
Diamond won Honorable Mention in
the “Folding Cartons - Offset” category for Elizabeth Arden’s White Diamonds
Gift Set (Mother's Day 2014).
The QuikSet carton was converted
utilizing metallized polyester board and offset printed with transparent gold,
transparent purple, transparent lavender, dense black, and opaque white inks,
in-line with UV matte and UV high gloss coating. Exquisite dome-embossed round
and pear diamonds add beauty and reinforce the White Diamonds brand.
Diamond Contract Packaging (DCP)
provided fulfillment services, including adding pad stiffeners to the base and
lid, fully assembling the vacuum form trays, and polybagging the units. The
proximity of DCP, adjacent to its folding carton plant, helped minimize
shipping costs and reduce turnaround times.
