Brand Management - Design

PPC Calls For Folding Carton Entries
April 14, 2015

The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) is currently accepting submissions to its 72nd annual North American Paperboard Packaging Competition, a competition that recognizes masterful carton converting from concept and design, to printing, shipping, distributing, on-shelf appeal, and beyond.

Zip-Pak Rolls Out Resealable Pet Food Options
April 14, 2015

Zip-Pak, a provider of resealable packaging solutions, has introduced four resealable packaging options for pet foods that enhance consumers’ handling of pet food containers.

From Concept to Creation
March 1, 2015

The road from a packaging concept to a finished product can be a long one, with numerous twists and turns. Before a package can be completed, it goes through an extensive design process prior to being run on a press. And ensuring the desired package is what ends up coming off the press can entail extensive collaboration between designers, production staff and press operators.

Color-Logic Expands into Flexible Packaging
February 10, 2015

Metallic special effects from Color-Logic are now available for flexible packaging. The Color-Logic process, which has previously been available for offset packaging and flexographic printed labels, can now be applied to flexible films and shrink wrap materials, Director of Sales and Marketing Mark Geeves says.

Packaging Design Ideas to Bolster Your Brand
January 1, 2013

Making the decision to either slightly refresh your package or do a major overhaul depends on the health of your brand. We often see brands that have been declining over the years, yet are hesitant to implement a packaging redesign. Today's brands need to continually advance forward to remain relevant. If you think of your brand's packaging as the living, breathing way in which your product is brought to life, then continually evolving your package makes ROI sense.

Make Your Package Pop!
February 1, 2012

Kevin Cullen, president of Apex Die, offers tips on how to create visually captivating packages using UV (ultraviolet) coating, that are more likely to get picked up at the point-of-sale.

How to Refresh an Old Brand with New Packaging
August 6, 2010

When Nestlé Dreyers evaluated one of its venerable brands, Häagen-Dazs, it decided that it needed to make it more relevant for today’s younger consumer without damaging its high-quality, premium brand image.