Diamond Packaging Wins Three Premier Print Awards

Diamond’s calendar is a popular promotional item given to customers and suppliers. The three-panel calendar illustrates many of the company’s internal capabilities, including creative design, stochastic printing, printing and stamping on plastic, spot coating, foil stamping, and embossing. This year’s calendar was designed with a 1950’s retro theme that extends from the header, backer, and calendar pages to the Forte shipper. The header incorporates both paperboard and plastic substrates, which combine to present a three dimensional view of classic hot rods and carhops set against a drive-in eatery. Diecuts in the paperboard header allow the APET insert to be interlocked into the paperboard, creating a slight radius. The classic hot rods were embossed and spot coated, creating a unique visual effect and added dimension. Additionally, the Diamond logo and calendar year were hot foil stamped on one side and printed on the other, simulating a neon sign.