Diamond Packaging Recognized As One of North America’s Leading Printing Companies

Diamond Packaging recognized by Printing
Impressions as one of North America's
leading printing companies.

Diamond Packaging has been recognized as one of North America's leading printing companies following a recent survey compiled by Printing Impressions magazine. Diamond was ranked #100 based on sales in the most recent fiscal year.  

Printing Impressions, America's most influential and widely read publication for commercial printers, serves the $170 billion commercial printing industry. Now in its 31st year, the Printing Impressions 400 provides the industry's most comprehensive listing of the leading printing companies in the United States and Canada ranked by annual sales volume. more

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Diamond Wins 10 Awards in 71st Annual Paperboard Packaging Competition

Crest3D White Luxe Whitestrips® folding carton

Diamond Packaging won 10 awards in the 71st annual North American Paperboard Packaging Competition, the industry’s premier showcase for all that is new and outstanding in paperboard packaging design and technology. Awards were presented last month at the PPC Fall Meeting and Leadership Conference in Atlanta, GA.

The competition, sponsored by the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) and judged by a jury of packaging professionals, industry experts, and professors, is a celebration of the industry and its creative potential. It is also an affirmation of paperboard as the clear and intelligent choice for packaging in today’s eco-conscious world.

Diamond received recognition by winning four Gold Awards and six Excellence Awards. The total represents the highest number of awards Diamond has ever won in this competition. more

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What is Energy-from-Waste (EfW) ?

Energy-from-Waste (EfW) video

Zero manufacturing waste to landfill is defined by Diamond Packaging as 100% landfill waste diversion through a combination of recycling and energy recovery solutions. In Diamond’s case it accounts for all waste related to the manufacture of folding cartons, including paperboard, plastic, metal, industrial waste, and regulated waste, with the exception of construction and demolition (CD) waste.

To achieve zero manufacturing waste to landfill status, Diamond’s two manufacturing facilities reduced their overall waste streams and increased recycling rates to approximately 98 percent. All remaining waste is sent for fuels blending or to Covanta Energy for Energy-from-Waste (EfW), eliminating the need for landfill disposal.

What is Energy-from-Waste (EfW)?

This video, produced by the ASME Energy Forum and Covanta Energy, uses colorful drawings, diagrams and step-by-step explanations to explain the EfW process.

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Diamond Packaging Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill Status

Diamond Packaging Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill Status

Diamond Packaging today announced that it has achieved zero manufacturing waste to landfill status, an important milestone towards meeting its future goal of zero waste to landfill. The recovery and recycling program is a natural evolution of the company’s greenbox sustainability initiative and one which will provide long-term environmental and economic benefits.

Zero manufacturing waste to landfill is defined by Diamond Packaging as 100% landfill waste diversion through a combination of recycling and energy recovery solutions. In Diamond’s case it accounts for all waste related to the manufacture of folding cartons, including paperboard, plastic, metal, industrial waste, and regulated waste, with the exception of construction and demolition (CD) waste. more

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Diamond Wins Five Awards in 28th Annual Excellence Awards Competition

John Varvatos Artisan Acqua folding carton

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. more

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Diamond Packaging Wins Recognition in 27th Annual Gold Ink Awards Competition

White Diamonds Gift Set (Mother's Day 2014).

Printing Impressions magazine today announced that Diamond Packaging won recognition in the 27th annual Gold Ink Awards competition, the industry's most prestigious print competition. Winners were chosen from more than 1,400 entries submitted within nearly 50 categories. Entries were judged on print quality, technical difficulty and overall visual effect.

Diamond won a Pewter Award in the “Packaging, Rigid” category for Elizabeth Arden’s White Diamonds Gift Set (Mother's Day 2014).

White Diamonds epitomizes singular star quality — radiant, extraordinarily rare, and overwhelmingly beautiful. Elizabeth Arden turned to Diamond for packaging as captivating as the product. more

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Diamond Packaging Wins Benny Award in 2014 Premier Print Awards Competition

Diamond Packaging 2014 Calendar

Diamond Packaging today announced that it won two awards, including a Benny Award, the competition’s highest honor, in the 2014 Premier Print Awards, the graphic arts industry’s largest and most prestigious worldwide printing competition recognizing outstanding achievement in print production. Diamond won a Benny Award and a Certificate of Merit in the “Print/Graphic Arts Self-Promotion” and “Calendars” categories, respectively, for its 2014 apple-themed calendar.

Printing Industries of America (PIA) hosts the Premier Print Awards, which recognizes the creation and production of superior print communications. Now in its 65th year, the annual event promotes excellence in printing and rewards companies and individuals who produce the very best in print media.

Diamond’s three-month corporate calendar is a long-standing company tradition and popular promotional item given to customers and suppliers. The 2014 apple-themed calendar features a simple, yet striking design that 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. more

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Diamond Packaging Wins Three Awards in FSEA Competition

Michael Jordan Flight Sport Gift Set

Diamond Packaging won three awards in the 21st annual FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition, the industry's premier showcase for foil stamping, embossing, and other specialty effects. Awards were announced last month at the FSEA•IADD Joint Conference in Milwaukee, WI.

Diamond won Bronze Leaf awards for its 2014 corporate calendar, and for gift sets produced for Five Star Fragrance Company. more

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Diamond Packaging Named to EPA's Green Power Partnership Leadership Club

Diamond Packaging Named to EPA's
Green Power Partner Leadership Club

Diamond Packaging has again been named to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Green Power Partnership Leadership Club in 2014.

The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that encourages organizations to use green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use. The Partnership currently has more than 1,200 Partner organizations voluntarily using billions of kilowatt-hours of green power annually. Partners include a wide variety of leading organizations such as Fortune 500® companies, small and medium sized businesses, local, state, and federal governments, and colleges and universities.

The Green Power Leadership Club (GPLC) honors Partners that substantially exceed EPA’s minimum usage requirements for an organization-wide commitment. Since 2007 Diamond has purchased clean, renewable wind energy for 100% of its electrical energy requirements through wind energy marketer and developer Community Energy. The purchase illustrates the company’s continued commitment to the environment and the community. more

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Diamond Delivers a Legendary Performance

Michael Jordan Legend Gift Set

Package Design magazine's January/February issue highlights Diamond's printing and converting techniques used in the production of the Michael Jordan Legend Gift Set.

Five Star Fragrance recently teamed up with Diamond to deliver a legendary performance for its new Michael Jordan Legend Gift Set.

The carton was converted utilizing metallized polyester board and offset printed with transparent gold, dense black, and opaque white inks, in-line with UV matte and UV high gloss coating.

The UV matte spot coating on the lid and base provides a striking contrast to the high gloss gold accents (logos, ribbed pattern) surrounding it.

The multi-level embossed pebbled surface of the basketball (on the lid) reinforces the Michael Jordan brand. more

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Global Packaging Alliance Holds Annual Meeting in Dubai

Global Packaging Alliance® (GPA)
Holds Annual Meeting in Dubai

Which technologies can packaging manufacturers use to effectively help their customers fight product piracy? Members of the Global Packaging Alliance® (GPA) addressed this and other issues at their annual meeting held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the week of January 20. Representatives from the global consortium of independent, medium-sized packaging manufacturers convened from all over the world to discuss current packaging trends and technologies.

According to the latest customs report published by the European Commission, European Union (EU) customs officials confiscated nearly 40 million counterfeit products valued at nearly one billion euros ($1.3 billion) in 2012. This resulted in damages suffered by branded goods manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies in particular, some of whom are customers of GPA members. With this in mind, the GPA annual meeting addressed new security technologies and track & trace solutions for packaging production. more

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Partnerships, investments drive Diamond Packaging

Karla Fichter, chairman, CEO, and president
of Diamond Packaging

Karla Fichter was recently interviewed for a Democrat and Chronicle feature on Diamond Packaging.

Read the article that details Diamond's focus and Fichter's guidance in leading the 102-year-old company to Proctor & Gamble's External Business Partner of the Year award.

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