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Diamond Packaging Wins Two Awards in 2011 FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition

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Diamond Packaging won two awards in the 2011 FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition, the industry’s premier showcase for foil stamping, embossing, and other specialty effects. Awards were announced during the FSEA•IADD Joint Conference at the Monte Carlo Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.The competition, which is sponsored by the Foil & Specialty Effects Association (FSEA), recognizes [...]

Diamond Earns Highest Possible Score in P&G’s New Environmental Sustainability Scorecard Analysis Tool

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The Procter & Gamble Company today announced that its environmental sustainability scorecard analysis tool would be made freely available for use by any company. The Excel-based tool enables companies to measure and interpret key environmental sustainability metrics across their supply chains and identify progress as well as opportunities for improvement. By providing this tool for [...]

Report: Packaging Consumers Keen to Go Green

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In the most recent research conducted by Perception Research Services, shoppers demonstrate that they are interested in choosing environmentally-friendly packaging. Significantly more shoppers state they would like to choose environmentally friendly packaging compared to 2010 (36% vs 28%), with fully half still willing to pay more (despite the economy). This is especially true of younger [...]

From Biodegradable to Recyclable: Packaging Choices for Beauty Brands

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It’s a given that today’s consumers have grown to expect eco-friendly packaging to envelop their sustainably sourced beauty products. And, in an increasing amount of countries, it’s becoming a requirement. “Consumers in India, Japan and Taiwan have strict regulations and bans on plastics and other pollutants compared to other regions of the world due to [...]

Diamond Packaging Commits to Buy Renewable Energy Through 2017

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Diamond Packaging, The City of Austin, Texas, Southern Oregon University, the Bank of Georgetown (DC and MD), Stevens Pass, and Sandy Alexander are the first to sign the Renewable Energy Markets Association (REMA) “5 Year Renewable Energy Pledge.” The national program recognizes organizations that make a long-term commitment to voluntarily purchase renewable energy for at [...]

Video Clip from National Paperboard Competition Now Available

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A video clip of a PPC judge commenting on Diamond Packaging’s award-winning 2011 Centennial Calendar is now available at: http://www.diamondpackaging.com/multimedia/diamond-calendar-jim.wmv.Diamond earned five awards in the 68th Annual National Paperboard Packaging Competition, including Gold and Eco Excellence Awards for its calendar. This year’s centennial-themed calendar is the company’s most ambitious to date, featuring twelve layouts: one [...]

Diamond Packaging Wins Five Awards In National Paperboard Competition

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Diamond Packaging earned five awards in the 68th Annual National Paperboard Packaging Competition, the industry’s premier showcase for carton manufacturers involved in the concept, design, print, performance, and shelf appeal of paperboard packaging. Awards were announced at the PPC’s Fall Meeting & Leadership Conference at Disney World. The competition, sponsored by the Paperboard Packaging Council [...]

Diamond Introduces Green Chic™ Sustainable Packaging

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Diamond Packaging today announced its new Green Chic™ packaging, a significant advance in the field of sustainable packaging design. Upscale or luxury brands can now support environmental concerns without sacrificing identity.As a natural evolution of Diamond’s greenbox initiative, the company is applying its tradition of innovation to green packaging design. Diamond’s new Green Chic™ packaging [...]

Diamond Introduces Green Chic™ Packaging

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Diamond Packaging recently announced its new Green Chic™ packaging, a significant advance in the field of sustainable packaging design. Upscale or luxury brands can now support environmental concerns without sacrificing identity.As a natural evolution of Diamond’s greenbox initiative, the company is applying its tradition of innovation to green packaging design. Diamond’s new Green Chic™ packaging [...]

Designing for a Greener Future

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Since the inception of Earth Day in 1970, consumer interest in the environment has grown to include concerns about packaged goods. Join sustainability experts from Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, and Unilever as they provide up-to-date insights into how large packaged goods and food service companies are approaching package design and sustainability. Discussion points in this [...]

Diamond Wins P&G Corporate Supplier Excellence Award

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The Procter & Gamble Company recognized Diamond Packaging as one of its top performing external business partners during an awards ceremony last night at its Business Partner Recognition Dinner. The objective of the annual event is to recognize and celebrate those key contributors who have demonstrated partner excellence. This year about 80 supplier and agency [...]

New packaging recovery label system to debut in 2012

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Sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue has released a new report, “Labeling for Package Recovery,” and has announced details for a 2012 national pilot of the new Packaging Recovery Label System, a voluntary label developed by the organization’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) to communicate to consumers how to recycle a package after its use.Among the companies that have [...]

GreenBlue® Reports on Sustainability of Decorative Processes on Paperboard

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GreenBlue®, a non-profit organization developed to equip businesses with the science and resources to make products more sustainable, has recently released a suite of reports that provides technical guidance on how to design packaging to be compatible with common recovery methods. Separate reports have been developed for aluminum, steel, glass and paper packaging.Closing the Loop: [...]

Diamond Packaging Wins Three Awards in 2011 Gold Ink Awards Competition

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Diamond Packaging won three awards in the 2011 Gold Ink Awards competition, the industry’s most prestigious print competition.Competing against more than 1,000 entries from around the world, Diamond won recognition for packaging produced for Coty’s Beyoncé Heat and McGraw Silver fragrances, and for its own 2011 Centennial Calendar. Winning pieces were chosen based on print [...]

Diamond Case Study Featured in Brand Packaging Magazine

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A new case study on the recent launch of the Gillette Fusion® ProGlide™ shaving system will be featured in the August edition of Brand Packaging magazine. The article, titled “Innovative Designs, Sustainable Results”, details how Gillette and Diamond Packaging collaborated on using the latest materials and decorative techniques to create packaging that met cost objectives [...]

Diamond Packaging Wins Highest Honor For Its Centennial Calendar

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Diamond Packaging won its first ever Benny Award in the 62nd annual Premier Print Awards competition, the graphic arts industry’s largest and most prestigious worldwide printing competition. Printing Industries of America (PIA) hosts the Premier Print Awards, which recognizes the creation and production of superior print communications. The event promotes excellence in printing and rewards [...]

Diamond Packaging Wins Seven Awards In 2010 FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition

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Diamond Packaging won seven awards in the 2010 FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition, the industry’s premier showcase for foil stamping and embossing designs and techniques. Awards were announced last month at the IADD•FSEA Odyssey in Nashville, TN.The competition, which is sponsored by the Foil & Specialty Effects Association (FSEA), recognizes creativity and superior execution of [...]

Global Packaging Alliance Holds Annual Meeting in Hong Kong

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The Global Packaging Alliance (GPA) recently held its annual meeting in Hong Kong, providing an ideal forum for its members to review industry trends and the latest developments in packaging innovation and sustainability. The group also focused on ways to further support international brands in growth markets. GPA members opened the meeting by discussing packaging [...]

Diamond Packaging Marks 100th Anniversary with Purchase of Second Custom-Configured Speedmaster XL 105 UV Press

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Just in time for its 2011 centennial celebration, Diamond Packaging, a high-end printing and packaging company based in Rochester, N.Y., has installed its second state-of-the-art, 8-color Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 in a special double coating configuration with initial flexo dispersion coater, four modular deliveries, and full interdeck UV capability.The company, which acquired its first Speedmaster [...]

Paperboard Packaging to Benefit from Recyclable Logo

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The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) has introduced a recyclable logo to be used on paperboard packaging now that it is recycled in the majority of American communities.According to recent guidelines introduced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), something can only be advertised as recyclable if it can be done so easily by the majority of [...]