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Arrh! The Label Makers create mystique with Kraken label

Bradford based The Label Makers has created an eye catching label for one of the fastest growing rum brands, The Kraken Black Spiced Rum. The label wraps around two-thirds of a specially embossed black gloss bottle commissioned to launch the brand’s limited edition. The label was designed by NB Studio. With the rum brand taking its name from the ‘Kraken’, a mythical giant squid like sea monster in Scandinavian folklore, the iconic bottle is styled on a Victorian demijohn, inc

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a day ago
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Northern Monk’s ‘Heaven Chocolate Box’

Northern Monk is no stranger to premium beer packaging, having shown time and time again its recognition for the value of the unboxing experience. Over the years, it has commissioned many extraordinary packaging designs to accommodate products, all with the aim of creating remarkable brand experiences for customers. In November 2020, Northern Monk contacted Saxon Packaging for a luxury gift packaging solution for its new limited edition ‘Heaven Chocolate Box’ – a luxury gift

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New gift packaging design for El Rayo Tequila

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Jan 28
1 min

New gift packaging design for El Rayo Tequila

Saxon Packaging has been supporting El Rayo with its packaging since early 2019. The autumn of 2020 saw Jack Vereker, co-founder, El Rayo Tequila, requiring a new luxury gift packaging solution for premium tequila. Named the ‘T&T Gift Box’, this corrugated gift pack was designed to hold two 5cl bottles of the company’s flagship products (No 1 Plata and No 2 Reposado) and four cans of Indian tonic. Emma Bishop, internal sales co-ordinator, Saxon Packaging, and the in-house des

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Mondi to revolutionise shopping bag market with new kraft machine

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Jan 21
1 min

Mondi to revolutionise shopping bag market with new kraft machine

Mondi has started up its new speciality kraft papermachine at its Štětí mill in the Czech Republic. The €67 million investment in the machine makes it Europe’s first dedicated papermachine for speciality kraft paper grades made out of fresh and recycled fibre for retail and online shopping bags. The papermachine will produce up to 130,000 tonnes of speciality kraft paper per year, meaning Mondi will have one of the largest product portfolios for consumer shopping bags in Euro

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Please & Thank You launches with packaging designed by Sea

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Dec 16, 2020
2 min

Please & Thank You launches with packaging designed by Sea

Creative agency Sea has designed the packaging for start up cosmetics brand Please & Thank You, using luxury recyclable materials from Fedrigoni. Inspired by British nature and craftsmanship, the agency created a brand identity reflective of the nation’s quintessential politeness and quirky humour. Fedrigoni paper was selected for its full recyclability and premium quality, complementing the naturally eco friendly, vegan and cruelty free nature of the soaps. Bryan Edmondson,

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Dec 15, 2020
2 min

The Label Makers convey stylish look for start up rum brand

Impactful labels by The Label Makers have helped created a premium look for rum brand, Lost Years – a debut collection of four unique rum blends from independent rum house, Cane & Able. Sourced from leading Caribbean and Latin American distilleries, inspiration for the Lost Years brand has its roots in marine conservation, with an inspirational story centred on supporting one of the region’s most celebrated and endangered creatures, sea turtles. Backed by its partnership with

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Saica Pack and BibaDo create innovative e-commerce design

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Dec 15, 2020
2 min

Saica Pack and BibaDo create innovative e-commerce design

Saica Pack has joined forces with babywear brand BibaDo to design and create a visually captivating packaging solution for an innovative range of bibs. The bib, designed to be worn like a top, is the only product on the market which straps to a child’s highchair, covering the gap between them and their tray. In turn, it significantly reduces mess and parents can save up to 30 minutes a day when weaning young children. After being challenged by BibaDo to create something that

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Durham Box creates packaging for Edinburgh Beer

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Nov 14, 2020
2 min

Durham Box creates packaging for Edinburgh Beer

Durham Box’s new Nozomi single pass LED inkjet digital press is currently being put through its paces in the run down to Christmas, in producing short run campaigns and regional promotions. One such seasonal project passing through the corrugated manufacturer’s digital print facility has been consumer packaging and an unusual advent calendar for Edinburgh Beer. Established in the Scottish capital at the start of the pandemic, Edinburgh Beer is a collaboration project that sup

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New translucent barrier paper from Arjowiggins

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Nov 14, 2020
2 min

New translucent barrier paper from Arjowiggins

As part of its mission to help create a circular economy, Arjowiggins has launched Sylvicta – a new sustainable alternative to plastics in packaging. Sylvicta is a translucent, functional barrier paper that has been proven to preserve the quality of food and cosmetics just as well as conventional plastics – all the while ensuring limited impact on the environment. Testament to its sustainable properties, the paper is fully recyclable, compostable, marine degradable and made f

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Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and The Tempus Project

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Nov 6, 2020
2 min

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and The Tempus Project

Saxon Packaging has been working with Beavertown Brewery since the beginning of 2013 and has created a number of packaging solutions for the brewer’s range of beer. In November 2015, Saxon Packaging was asked by Beavertown to design a new bespoke gift pack for its premium bottled beer Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde. ‘The beer we produce is to the highest standard we could possibly achieve – we give it our all. We have always approached our branding and design the same way, attempting to

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Nov 6, 2020
2 min

New Astral Range from Foilco

Foilco prides itself on its forward thinking approach to foil solutions – taking pre-existing or developing issues within the print industry and creating unique products to help solve them. Glitter, a history long, micro-plastic problem, that has already had its fair share of media coverage, is now being used as a benchmark for the type of finishing ‘not’ to use in print. Foilco has developed the perfect glitter alternative, which it is calling the Astral Range – a hyper-real

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Oct 15, 2020
2 min

Product and packaging in harmony

Luxurious colour co-ordinated packaging from rigid box specialist Pollard Boxes is helping to establish brand image and identity for the latest advanced hair dryer from ghd. The Pollards box provides high impact packaging that maximises visual communication between ghd and its consumers to deliver a clear statement about the hair dryer in terms of both its technical performance and aesthetic appeal. The quality of the materials, the snug fitting lid and familiar ghd foil bloc

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Oct 5, 2020
1 min

Spread a little support

What with Covid and the stresses and strains of modern living we all need a little support system sometimes, and looking back at an idea from 2018 we think it might be time to rekindle this little gem... For a limited time in Terminal C of Philadelphia Airport during the 2018 holiday season travellers could pick up a Popeyes 'Emotional Support' Fried Chicken Box. This box contained a three-piece Chicken Tender combo meal and had great packaging too! The boxes were designed b

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Oct 3, 2020
1 min

Senso for all the senses

Senso is the latest perfume designed by CAIA Cosmetics, a female fronted and industry disruptive Swedish cosmetics company, set up by models Bianca Ingrosso & Vanessa Lindblad. Their new peach coloured Senso perfume box is wrapped with Munken Kristall 120gsm from Arctic Paper on the outside lid and tray, making it both beautiful and sustainable. The packaging is printed by Göteborgstryckeriet AB with white embossed foil stamping and debossing on the lid for a tactile and styl

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Oct 3, 2020
3 min

Pushing the possibilities

Over the last 18 months, Brentwood based label manufacturer Baker Labels has transitioned its pre-press studio department to use Hybrid’s software system, including the products Packz, Proofscope and Cloudflow. As early adopters of digital print in 2006, Bakers was one of the first companies in the UK to install HP Indigo print technology. Since then it has made continual investment in digital print capabilities, culminating in the current configuration of three HP Indigo WS6

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Oct 3, 2020
3 min

Balancing perfection and performance

Dantex Digital is offering short run perfection and high quality performance, as it announces its latest addition to the PicoJet range. Dantex Digital has recently announced the launch of PicoJet 254, a 10” (25 mm) print width UV digital label press. Offered as a five colour reel to reel UV system, the innovative PicoJet 254 can operate at a variety of speeds up to 75 metres per minute. The press is built for high volume printing capability offering production in excess of ei

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Sep 9, 2020
1 min

'Take it easy' with Grower and Favini

Grower Cosmetics, a eco-brand based out of St Petersburg in Russia, produces small batches of skin care products based on hemp oil and natural ingredients. They needed packaging that could convey the brands natural identity and be produced in short print runs. Their eco-friendly seven-sided cylinder box allows the customer to unbox and see all the products at once. This simple but stylish packaging design sticks to understated earth tones and suggest you 'start chilling'. The

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AccurioLabel 230 creates new opportunities for Direct Labels UK

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Aug 30, 2020
3 min

AccurioLabel 230 creates new opportunities for Direct Labels UK

Adding to its digital capabilities, Direct Labels UK in Nottingham has installed a Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 230 toner press to work alongside an established inkjet machine. The new press will ensure that the label specialist can offer the flexibility needed in the current climate and deliver any quantity of high quality labels in just a few days. In response to changing label buying trends, Direct Labels UK has continued to invest in more printing and finishing equipment.

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Aug 30, 2020
2 min

Denmaur enters the carton board arena

Denmaur Paper Media has announced the launch of its carton board division after an agreement reached with Townsend Board. Townsend Board has been selling into the carton board sector for several years, and now Clive and Michael Townsend join the Denmaur group with an established customer base and a remit to develop the sales whilst working closely with Denmaur’s Print and Media divisions. Their appointment will also come with the addition of three new stock lines for the grou

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The Label Makers sustainable solution reinforces Sunkissed eco friendly credentials

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Aug 19, 2020
2 min

The Label Makers sustainable solution reinforces Sunkissed eco friendly credentials

Bradford based label designers and printers, The Label Makers, teamed up with Rainbow Cosmetics to give its multi award winning self-tan brand, Sunkissed, an eco friendly makeover. Family run Rainbow Cosmetics was established in 1990 to wholesale top brand fragrances and cosmetics. More recently, the firm established a separate division that allowed it to focus on building its own brands, one of which is Sunkissed, a tanning brand made in the UK and sold in more than 40 count

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