Often Imitated, Never Duplicated

Leibin adds that screen printing can produce especially brilliant designs using fluorescent and metallic colors, fade-resistant pastels, and opaque whites and blacks. “The process applies an extremely uniform coating of ink without ghosting or streaks.

Screen also is an effective way to achieve tactile effects like ergonomic grips, says Dejan Trajkovic, ­Gallus system design engineer. “We see this trend gaining popularity in blow mold packaging with sport drink PET bottles. Packaging such as aluminum canisters can only be applied with ergonomic grips during the labeling process,” he states.