Great Combinations

As Mackura points out, printers are getting really good at combination printing. This is, in part, born out by the big winners in packagePRINTING's Excellence Awards and the TLMI Awards competitions last year. In both of these competitions, combination-printed entries won top honors.

Spear's "Bacardi Big Apple" entry won first place in the Excellence Awards' Labels—Combination Process category and then won Best of Show when stacked up against the other first place winners. It was produced using rotary screen, flexo, and hot stamping to provide a distinctive no-label look for the Bacardi product.