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While the packaging industry continues to adopt and understand digital printing, developing a sales strategy for the technology cannot be overlooked.
A high level of print quality across the packaging spectrum is not an exception — it’s an expectation. In the 33rd annual Packaging Impressions Excellence Awards, a panel of five judges was tasked with singling out the best of the best.
As convergence continues to erode the silos that once stood in a highly-segmented industry, PRINTING United has emerged as the go-to event for printers of all kinds.
Cost, quality, and multiple other factors need to be considered when deciding between direct printed and preprinted corrugated production.
Offset printing may have a lengthy history, but that does not mean it lacks in innovation. Printers and converters rely on the latest in offset for high-end packaging.
To the owner of a packaging or a printing business, there will always be something subjective about the idea of its value. But practical methods of business valuation do exist, and it’s wise for owners to incorporate them into their business strategies.
When Hershey’s was on the hunt for a new packaging format for its iconic Special Dark Nuggets with Almonds, it turned to American Packaging Corp. to get the job done. The result was the winner of Best of Show in the 33rd annual Packaging Impressions Excellence Awards.
Demonstrating its impressive high-end flexographic printing capabilities, Anaheim, Calif.-based Labeltronix received second place in Best of Show in the 2019 Packaging Impressions Excellence Awards for the label it produced for Katya Vineyards' Annadoll Red Wine Blend.
With impeccable offset printing and a variety of embellishments, Diamond Packaging received third place in Best of Show in the 2019 Packaging Impressions Excellence Awards for its Anna Sui Fantasia Mermaid folding carton.
Much like digital printing before it, digital finishing and embellishment technologies are poised to shake up the way printers and converters think about their production.