Diamond Packaging Wins Seven Awards in 2020 FSEA Competition

P&G's ARC Teeth Whitening Pen packaging won a Silver
Leaf Award in the 2020 FSEA packaging competition.

Diamond Packaging won seven awards in the 27th Annual FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition, the industry's premier showcase for foil stamping, embossing, and other specialty effects. Awards were announced last month during the 2020 FSEA Online Learning Experience.

The competition celebrates the quality, added value, shelf presence, security, and brand recognition that specialty finishing processes lend to the printed sheet. Entries are judged by a panel of industry experts on several criteria including design, execution, and level of difficulty.

Diamond won three awards, including a Gold Leaf Award, for its 2020 corporate calendar. The 2020 “Making Music” calendar pays tribute to an American icon – the electric guitar. The inspiration? A Gretsch G5422TG Electromatic® Hollow Body with Bigsby® vibrato tailpiece. The calendar features multi-color UV printing, cold foiling, UV gloss spot coating, multi-level embossing, debossing, and intricate die cutting.

Diamond also won awards for folding cartons it produced for Inter Parfums' Oscar de le Renta Bella Essence fragrance, P&G's ARC Teeth Whitening Pen, Crest Gum & Breath Purify Healthy White toothpaste, and GLEEM Professional Teeth Whitening Light Kit.

All of Diamond’s winning entries were designed utilizing recyclable paperboards and manufactured using 100% clean, renewable wind energy, in a Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) facility.

Read the FSEA press release.

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Diamond's CBD Packaging a Natural Fit for Truest Hemp

Truest Hemp CBD packaging features recyclable
paperboard, cold foil, and UV matte coating.

Truest Hemp products are physician formulated, laboratory tested, TCH-free, organic, non-GMO and made with only the highest quality 100% hemp extracts. TruestYou partnered with Diamond in creating packaging that captures the essence of the brand.

The unique structure incorporates a common outer carton partnered with one of two custom inserts that can be used with either the Vaporizer Kit or Liposomal Oil. The special die cut window on the front panel adds visual interest while allowing the consumer to see the product inside.

The folding cartons were converted utilizing Clearwater Candesce® SBS paperboard, cold foiled, and offset printed with four color process, PMS green, and opaque white inks, in-line with UV matte coating.

The striking graphic design incorporates soft gradients, bold colors, and an overall grain pattern that simulates natural-looking hemp paperboard.

Read the Truest Hemp case study.

For more information on CBD packaging visit getCBDpackaging.com.

For more information on cannabis packaging visit getCannabisPackaging.com.

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Diamond's Crest 3D Whitestrips Carton Selected as Packaging Impressions' Package of the Week

P&G's Crest 3D Whitestrips Professional White

carton was selected as "Package of the Week

The Crest 3D Whitestrips Professional White packaging has been selected as Packaging Impressions magazine's "Package of the Week".

The folding cartons were converted utilizing Clearwater Candesce® SBS paperboard, cold foiled, and offset printed with seven color inks, in-line with UV matte and UV gloss spot coating.

The unique trapezoidal structure beckons from the shelf and instantly differentiates itself from the competition. The die cut windows on each side panel allow the consumer to see the product inside.

Overprinting transparent inks over a custom “Pillars of Light” holographic cold foil creates shimmering, colorful metallic effects.

Embossed accents (logo, white strip) add dimension and provide an upscale appearance unique to personal care products.

Watch the video below.

Diamond Packaging Introduces its Music-Themed 2020 Corporate Calendar

Diamond Packaging's 2020 Calendar features cold foiling,
embossing, and debossing

Diamond Packaging today announced the debut of its 2020 corporate calendar, a popular promotional item given to customers and suppliers. The calendar showcases many of Diamond’s capabilities, including multi-color UV printing, cold foiling, UV gloss spot coating, multi-level embossing, debossing, and intricate die cutting.

The 2020 “Making Music” calendar, which was conceptualized, planned, and produced by the entire Diamond team, pays tribute to the electric guitar – an American icon. The inspiration was a Gretsch G5422TG Electromatic® Hollow Body guitar with Bigsby® vibrato tailpiece, gold hardware, pearl Hump Block inlays, and a walnut stain finish..

Read the press release.

Learn more about the 2020 Diamond Calendar production details.

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Diamond Packaging Wins Five Awards in Gold Ink Awards Competition

Splintek's Ultra-Comfort Dental Guard packaging
features cold foil and UV gloss spot coating.

Diamond Packaging won five awards in Printing Impressions magazine’s 32nd annual Gold Ink Awards competition, the industry's most prestigious print competition. Winners were chosen from nearly 600 entries submitted in 47 different categories. Entries were judged on print quality, technical difficulty, and overall visual effect.

Diamond won Bronze Awards in the “Folding Cartons” and "Calendars" categories, respectively, for Splintek’s SleepRight Ultra-Comfort Dental Guard packaging, and for Diamond's 2019 corporate calendar.

Diamond won Pewter Awards in the "Folding Cartons" category for Inter Parfums’ Anna Sui Fantasia Mermaid packaging, Parlux Fragrances' Tommy Bahama Island Life packaging, and Procter & Gamble’s Crest 3D Whitestrips Professional White packaging.

All of Diamond’s winning entries were designed utilizing recyclable paperboards and manufactured using 100% clean, renewable wind energy, in a Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) facility.

Read the Gold Ink Awards press release.

Contact Diamond to request free folding carton samples.

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DIamond's Packaging Selected as "Package of the Week"

Inter Parfums' Anna Sui Fantasia Mermaid folding carton
was selected as "Package of the Week"

Diamond's packaging has been selected as Packaging Impressions' "Package of the Week" (POW!).

This week's POW! episode features a spectacular folding carton produced by Diamond Packaging for Inter Parfums’ Anna Sui Fantasia Mermaid fragrance.

The package received three awards in the 2019 Packaging Impressions Excellence Awards competition, including third place in Best of Show voting, as well as first place in the Folding Cartons: Offset category and second place in the Sustainability: Folding Cartons category.

Watch the full video.

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Diamond Packaging Awarded Gold in 2019 EcoVadis Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Assessment

Diamond Packaging has been awarded an EcoVadis Gold
rating for the third consecutive year.

Diamond Packaging has been awarded a Gold rating for the third consecutive year, based on its most recent EcoVadis Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) assessment in April 2019. The company’s score classifies Diamond’s overall CSR performance as “Advanced” and places it in the top 1% of all companies evaluated by EcoVadis.

EcoVadis operates the first collaborative platform providing Supplier Sustainability Ratings for global supply chains. EcoVadis was founded with the belief that global businesses can make a huge positive impact on improving environmental and social practices globally, through their supply chains.

The EcoVadis methodology is at the core of its CSR analysis system, covering 21 criteria across four themes of Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement.

Diamond ranked highest in the Environment category, which comprises both operational factors (e.g., energy consumption, waste management) and product stewardship (e.g., product end-of-life, customer health and safety issues).

Diamond reported on its industry-leading greenbox sustainability initiative to research, design, and implement packaging solutions that are innovative and more sustainable. The core of the initiative – designs, materials, and methods – represents a comprehensive approach to packaging that minimizes environmental impact throughout the supply chain.

Read the EcoVadis press release.

Contact Diamond to request free folding carton samples.

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Diamond Packaging WIns Three Awards in 2018 Paperboard Packaging Competition

Laura Mercier Cosmetics' Exotique Face Illuminator
packaging won a PPC Excellence Award

Diamond Packaging won three awards in the 75th 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 2018 Fall Meeting and Leadership Conference in Atlanta, GA.

Diamond won awards for Laura Mercier Cosmetics' Exotique Face Illuminator packaging, Procter & Gamble's Crest 3D White Whitening Therapy packaging, and Tarte's Park Ave Princess Chisel Palette packaging.

All of Diamond’s winning entries were manufactured using 100% clean, renewable wind energy and produced in a Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) facility.

Read the PPC Awards press release.

Contact Diamond to request free folding carton samples.

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Diamond Packaging Wins Six Awards in 2018 Gold Ink Competition

Elizabeth Arden's Jennifer Aniston Chapter One packaging
won a Gold Ink award in the Folding Cartons category

Diamond Packaging won six awards in Printing Impressions magazine’s 31st annual Gold Ink Awards competition, the industry's most prestigious print competition. Winners were chosen from nearly 600 entries submitted in 49 different categories. Entries were judged on print quality, technical difficulty, and overall visual effect.

Diamond won awards in the “Folding Cartons” category for Elizabeth Arden's Jennifer Aniston Chapter One packaging, Laura Mercier Cosmetics' Exotique Face Illuminator packaging, Procter & Gamble's Crest 3D White Whitening Therapy packaging, Speck's Presidio Grip + Glitter packaging, and Tarte's Park Ave Princess Chisel Palette packaging.

Diamond also won an award in the "Calendars" category for its 2018 corporate calendar, a popular promotional item given to customers and suppliers.

All of Diamond’s winning entries were manufactured using 100% clean, renewable wind energy and produced in a Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) facility.

Read the Gold Ink Awards press release.

Contact Diamond to request free folding carton samples.

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Diamond Packaging Wins Environmental Innovation Award

Diamond Packaging won the inaugural Environmental
Innovation Award in the Large Business category

Diamond Packaging was selected as a recipient of the Seneca Park Zoo Society's Environmental Innovation Award in the Large Business category. Awards were announced during the inaugural Environmental Innovation Awards and Symposium on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

Diamond received the Large Business Award for Environmental Innovation for demonstrating original solutions to current environmental issues, with cross-functional sustainability practices throughout the company. Diamond showed evidence of lowering its environmental footprint and the footprint of their customers with practices that are replicable for other companies.

Today, Diamond's folding cartons are optimally designed utilizing FSC®-certified recyclable or recycled paperboards, and are manufactured using 100% clean, renewable wind energy, in a Zero Waste to Landfill(ZWL) facility.

Read the Environmental Innovation Awards press release.

Contact Diamond to request its 2018 Sustainability Report.

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Diamond Packaging Wins Three Awards for Sustainability in 2018 Excellence Awards Competition

P&G's Crest 3D White Whitening Therapy packaging
won First Place in the Sustainability category

Diamond Packaging won four awards, including all three in the “Sustainability – Folding Cartons” category, in the 32nd 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. Entries were judged on print quality, functionality, and secondary converting and finishing attributes.

Diamond won First Place in the “Sustainability – Folding Cartons” category for Procter & Gamble’s Crest 3D White Whitening Therapy packaging.

Diamond won Second Place in the “Sustainability – Folding Cartons” category for Elizabeth Arden's Jennifer Aniston Chapter One packaging.

Diamond won two awards, including Third Place in the “Sustainability – Folding Cartons” category and Third Place in the “Specialty – Technical Achievement” category, for its 2018 corporate calendar, a popular promotional item given to customers and suppliers.

All of Diamond’s winning entries were manufactured using 100% clean, renewable wind energy and produced in a Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) facility.

Read the Excellence Awards press release.

Contact Diamond to request free folding carton samples.

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Diamond Packaging Wins Five Awards in 25th Annual FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition

The Speck Presidio Grip + Glitter package features
glitter and soft touch specialty coatings.

Diamond Packaging today announced that it won five awards in the 25th 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 Franklin, TN.

The competition recognizes creativity and superior execution of designs that reflect positively on the industry as a whole. Entries are judged by a panel of industry experts on several criteria including design, execution, and level of difficulty.

Diamond won Silver Leaf and Bronze Leaf awards in the “Best Use of Foil and Embossing (Calendar)” and “Best Use of Cold Foil (Client or Self Promotion)” categories, respectively, for its 2018 corporate calendar, a popular promotional item given to customers and suppliers.

Diamond won a Silver Leaf award in the “Best Use of Specialty UV Coatings” category for Speck Product’s Presidio Grip + Glitter packaging.

Diamond won a Bronze Leaf award in the “Most Creative Use of Embossing” category for Laura Mercier’s Exotique Face Illuminator packaging.

Diamond won a Bronze Leaf award in the “Most Creative Use of Foil and Embossing (Folding Carton)” category for L'Oréal USA’s Maybelline Holiday Collection packaging.

Read the FSEA Awards press release for more details on each of the entries.

Contact Diamond to request folding carton samples.

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Diamond Packaging to Celebrate Earth Day 2018 at the Seneca Park Zoo

Diamond Packaging will celebrate Earth Day 2018 at the
Seneca Park Zoo on April 22, 2018

Diamond Packaging will celebrate Earth Day by partnering with the Seneca Park Zoo on Saturday, April 21, 2018, from 10 AM to 4 PM.

Diamond employees will help kids plant trees as part of the TICCIT (“Trees into Cartons, Cartons into Trees”) program, an educational outreach program for school-aged children held every year to honor Earth Day and highlight the renewability and sustainability of paper and paperboard packaging.

Children will be given a Colorado blue spruce sapling and soil, and instructed how to plant the sapling in a paperboard folding carton (which biodegrades over time) supplied by Diamond.

Diamond will also help children plant wildflower seeds (selected to work as habitat for native monarch butterflies) in a specially-designed, paperboard folding carton to coincide with the Seneca Park Zoo’s Butterfly Beltway conservation project. The goal of the project is to add more gardens, inspire others to plant gardens, and reach more people about the importance of butterfly conservation.

Read the Earth Day press release.

Learn more about Diamond's sustainability initiatives.

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Diamond Packaging 2018 Calendar Featured in Printing Impressions Video

Ashley Roberts, Senior Production Editor, NAPCO Media
Printing & Packaging Group, discusses Diamond's calendar.

Diamond Packaging's 2018 calendar is featured in a Printing Impressions video highlighting great examples of visual communication.

Ashley Roberts, Senior Production Editor, NAPCO Media Printing & Packaging Group, discussed Diamond's 2018 calendar, a high-quality, year-long piece of decor that is the result of a brilliant marketing strategy showcasing Diamond's production capabilities.
 
Diamond's three-month corporate calendar is a popular promotional item given to customers and suppliers. This year’s 2018 calendar was conceptualized, planned, and produced by the entire Diamond team, and designed by Renee Guercio, one of Diamond's talented design engineers. The octagonal lighthouse piece originates from a beautiful, hand-drawn watercolor.

The calendar features cold foiling, multi-color UV printing, UV gloss spot coating, soft touch, emboss, and reticulated specialty coatings, multi-level embossing, debossing, and intricate die cutting. It also showcases the type of decorative effects that can cost-effectively transform customers' brands.

Watch the Printing Impression video.

Contact Diamond to request a 2018 calendar or folding carton samples.

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How to Use the Recyclable Packaging Logo in Your Next Design

The Paperboard Packaging Recyclable logo can be used on
SBS and recycled paperboard packaging.

Does your brand want to show that purchasing your product is a more sustainable choice?

Communicating environmental benefits to consumers through on-product labeling may be the answer.

A 2016 report by Globescan & BBMG, “Five Human Aspirations and the Future of Brands”, details a fundamental shift in the marketplace towards authenticity, well-being, sustainability, and social purpose.

It reveals the Aspirational generation who combine "a love of style, social status, and sustainability values to shape new cultural norms and rewrite the rules of marketing."

Furthermore, nearly nine in ten (88%) say "I believe we need to consume less to preserve the environment for future generations."

Other studies suggest that consumers want brand owners to provide more environmental information on their packaging (Cone Green Gap Trend Tracker, 2012), or that recycling-related messaging influences purchases (Perception Research Services, 2011).

Brand owners can leverage these trends by including the free Paperboard Packaging Recyclable logo in their next package design.

Download the paperboard packaging recyclable logo flier.

Contact Diamond Packaging to learn more about how your brand can communicate environmental benefits to consumers through on-product labeling, including the recyclable logo.

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Diamond Wins Three Awards in 2016 North American Paperboard Packaging Competition

John Varvatos Artisan Blu folding cartons feature UV gloss
spot coating and multi-level embossing

Diamond Packaging won three (3) awards in the 73rd annual North American Paperboard Packaging Competition, the industry’s premier showcase for all that is new and outstanding in paperboard packaging design and technology.

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

All of Diamond’s winning entries were manufactured using 100% clean, renewable wind energy and produced in a Zero Manufacturing Waste to Landfill (ZMWL) facility. more

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Sustainable Packaging Hitting its Stride

L'Oreal USA's Biolage thérapies folding cartons utilized
Kraftpak high-yield, low density paperboard.

Dennis Bacchetta, Diamond's Director of Marketing and founding Green Team member, was recently interviewed for a Rochester Business Journal (RBJ) feature on sustainable packaging.

The article discusses how sustainable packaging is hitting its stride through breakthroughs in materials and technology.

Read the article.

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Diamond Packaging Wins Highest Honor in 2016 Premier Print Awards Competition

Diamond's 2016 Calendar won a Benny Award in the 67th
Annual Premier Print Awards Competition

Diamond Packaging won five awards, including a Benny Award, the competition’s highest honor, in the 2016 Premier Print Awards, the world’s most prestigious international print competition. Printing Industries of America (PIA) hosts the competition, which recognizes the creation and production of superior print communications. Entries were judged on color, registration, degree of difficulty, and the overall look and design that make an effective and graphically appealing piece.

Diamond won three awards, including a Benny Award in the “Foil Stamping and Embossing/Debossing” category, for its 2016 calendar, which marks the 25th anniversary of a long-standing company tradition. The grandfather clock theme, with its inner mechanisms perfectly balanced, represents the collaborative and precise nature of Diamond’s work.

Diamond won a Certificate of Merit in the “Specialty Inks or Coatings, Fragrances, or 'Invisible' Printing Inks” category for Elizabeth Arden’s 5th Avenue Only NYC folding carton.

Diamond also won a Certificate of Merit in the “Environmentally Sound” category for L’Oreal USA’s Matrix Oil Wonders folding carton.

All of Diamond’s winning entries were manufactured using 100% clean, renewable wind energy and produced in a Zero Manufacturing Waste to Landfill (ZMWL) facility. more

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Diamond Packaging Wins Three Awards in 29th Annual Excellence Awards Competition

Elizabeth Arden's Green Tea Cucumber folding carton

Diamond Packaging won three awards in the 29th 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 its 2015 corporate calendar, a long-standing company tradition and popular promotional item given to customers and suppliers. The stained leaded glass-themed calendar transforms the old world craftsmanship of a hand-drawn design by infusing it with modern finishing touches.

Diamond won Second Place in the “Sustainability – Folding Cartons” and “Folding Cartons – Offset” categories for Elizabeth Arden’s Green Tea Cucumber carton. more

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Diamond Packaging Wins Award for Taylor Swift Folding Carton

Taylor Swift Incredible Things folding carton

Printing Impressions magazine, producer of the annual Gold Ink Awards, announced that Diamond Packaging won recognition in the 28th annual Gold Ink Awards competition, the industry's most prestigious print competition. Winners were chosen from more than 1,000 entries submitted in 50 different categories. Entries were judged on print quality, technical difficulty, and overall visual effect.

Diamond won a Silver Award in the “Folding Cartons” category for Elizabeth Arden’s Taylor Swift Incredible Things carton.

The carton was converted utilizing Neenah Paper Royal Sundance Brilliant White Felt paperboard and offset printed with seven colors, in-line with UV matte coating. more

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