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    Bespoke paper provides the perfect colour match for ghd
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • Jan 19
    • 2 min

    Bespoke paper provides the perfect colour match for ghd

    A bespoke paper, sourced by luxury packaging specialist Pusterla Pollards, has enabled ghd to create presentation boxes that exactly match the colour of its seasonal limited edition ‘Warm Pewter’ hair dryer and styler. The Warm Pewter look is inspired by precious metals and jewel tones and ghd wanted presentation packs with the same colour to maximise on-shelf impact and create a point of differentiation for these special products. However, initial printing trials were not su
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    Stunning designs on Liberty and Farrow & Ball tins achieved with Acuity
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • Jan 19
    • 2 min

    Stunning designs on Liberty and Farrow & Ball tins achieved with Acuity

    Luxury homeware brand Liberty and paint manufacturer Farrow & Ball have collaborated to launch a range of limited edition tin designs, which were printed using Fujifilm’s Acuity B1 digital press. Each tin design, comprising multiple colours, had to exactly match Farrow & Ball’s brand colours, as well as the shades and complex designs of textile fabrics manufactured by Liberty. Tin specialist William Say & Co Ltd manufactures the 57 mm wide lever lid tins, which can hold 100 m
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    Pollard solution ensures sustainable luxury for premium brands
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • Dec 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Pollard solution ensures sustainable luxury for premium brands

    Pollard Boxes has created a range of exclusive limited edition gift boxes for luxury British skincare brand Elemis, which are being sold in the recently opened boutique in Harrods. An essential part of the brief was that the boxes delivered stand out presentation packaging for these premium luxury products while providing a sustainable pack format, being fully recyclable and containing no plastic, foam, or magnets. Each box and lid – designed by Sibling & Co, with structural
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    Sustainable packaging for Paula’s Choice
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • Sep 13, 2021
    • 3 min

    Sustainable packaging for Paula’s Choice

    Paula’s Choice has been disrupting the beauty industry for years, boasting smart, results driven formulas and transparency throughout the brand to ensure that customers are well informed about their choices. For the past few years, Paula’s Choice has been trading with Smurfit Kappa Benelux, with excellent results. In February 2021, the company partnered with third party logistics provider Walker’s Logistics, which helped it to navigate UK sales – both from the Paula’s Choice
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    Plastic to paper: the eco packaging revolution
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • Aug 27, 2021
    • 4 min

    Plastic to paper: the eco packaging revolution

    Smurfit Kappa Food Contact Packaging provides some advice... Consumers are becoming more sustainable: a YouGov survey concluded that a huge 69% of respondents thought that companies should be required by law to create environmentally friendly packaging – even if it meant them paying more for the goods. Meanwhile, the same survey found that 46% of people actually feel guilty about the amount of plastic they currently buy. And while on the whole the nation has focused on plasti
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    Product and packaging in perfect harmony
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • May 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    Product and packaging in perfect harmony

    Luxurious and stylish presentation boxes from Pollard Boxes are providing the perfect complement for a new range of premium candles and diffusers from renowned florist Timothy Dunn, helping to create a complete experience for the consumer. The Artist Collection from Timothy Dunn London comprises 11 luxury home fragrances that demonstrate synaesthesia, a neurological trait which joins or merges senses that are not normally connected. In this case the senses of scent and colour
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    Premier becomes stockist of CKB Carrier
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • May 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    Premier becomes stockist of CKB Carrier

    CKB Carrier is the latest addition to Premier Paper’s extensive portfolio of graphic and carton board products. Produced by Stora Enso at the Imatra mill in Finland using 100% pure virgin fibre from responsibly managed forests, CKB Carrier is a strong, robust and sturdy unbleached multi-layered kraft board most commonly used in the production of food packaging, drinks packaging, bottle holders and more. Dave Arnold, Premier’s sales director for graphical and packaging boards,
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    Renewed relationship with touch will be key to FMCG packaging
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • Apr 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    Renewed relationship with touch will be key to FMCG packaging

    Creation Reprographics has shared insight on the refreshed role of touch in packaging design, indicating where the biggest growth opportunities may lie for brand owners. The business, which partners with packaging printers and converters to deliver high quality reprographic services and outstanding shelf appeal, highlights the resurging power of ‘haptic marketing’ as the FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) sector begins to settle back to normality. Matt Francklow, managing dire
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    New digital self-adhesive range from Premier Paper
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • Dec 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    New digital self-adhesive range from Premier Paper

    Cutting sheets can cost printers time and money, whilst guillotined sheets can sometimes struggle to meet the tolerances of digital presses, leading to running issues and potentially further costs. E-Digital Self-Adhesive is the cost effective range of digitally printable label media – the latest addition to Premier Paper’s impressive portfolio of digital print media. E-Digital Self-Adhesive sheets are cut to SRA3 digital tolerances, saving you the time and money of cutting a
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    Labels born on a steel river
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • Oct 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    Labels born on a steel river

    The Label Makers has teamed up with Tees Valley based gin distillers, Steel River Drinks, to create an impactful, industrial looking label for a premium hand sanitiser gel product called Stainsby Gel. Made using gin ingredients and at 70% ABV spirit, the Public Health England compliant hand sanitiser was initially given away to charities and care homes amid shortages caused by Covid-19 coronavirus. The product is currently at retail and aimed at discerning consumers wanting a
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    Why blend in when you can stand out?
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • Oct 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    Why blend in when you can stand out?

    Berlinda Moman, Head of Marketing at the premium mixer company, The Artisan Drinks Co, needed to create a gift packaging solution in line with Artisan Drinks brand values & ethos; to reflect the premium quality of their products and to let the artwork on the bottle labels shine. She wanted a gift pack that was to be printed using the Lithographic printing process to provide the most premium HD photographic quality finishes and went to Saxon Packaging to create it. The gift pa
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    Senso for all the senses
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • 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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    Pushing the possibilities
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • 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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    Balancing perfection and performance
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • 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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    'Take it easy' with Grower and Favini
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • 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
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • 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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    Aroma Coffee shines with Invercote Metalprint Digital
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • Aug 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    Aroma Coffee shines with Invercote Metalprint Digital

    When coffee company Aroma Coffee Roastery wanted to create standout packaging for its range of lightly toasted granola, it took a shine to Invercote Metalprint Digital. The paperboard, available from Antalis, has a metallic sliver PET laminate to the print side, which provides an exceptionally good printing surface that requires no pre-print treatment. The product leant itself beautifully to the Aroma Coffee Roastery’s new packaging. Using HP Mosaic to create 500 unique desig
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    The Label Makers sustainable solution reinforces Sunkissed eco friendly credentials
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • 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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    ‘Out of this world’ packaging for Beavertown
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • Aug 19, 2020
    • 2 min

    ‘Out of this world’ packaging for Beavertown

    Since its launch in 2011, Beavertown Brewery has grown from strength to strength. What started as homebrew experimenting in owner and founder Logan Plant’s kitchen, soon matured into a 450,000 hectolitre brewery. The brewer’s relationship with Saxon Packaging started in 2013, when the packaging supplier produced Beavertown’s very first shipper case. Since then, the range of beer packaging solutions it has provided has grown substantially including various gift packs, fridge p
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    Labelstream 4000 series becomes first Fogra PSD certified digital press
    David.PackagingSolutions
    • Aug 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    Labelstream 4000 series becomes first Fogra PSD certified digital press

    Canon has announced that the LabelStream 4000 series is the first digital press to have been certified by the Fogra Research Institute for Media Technologies as meeting the specifications of its ProcessStandard Digital (PSD) Print Check. The certification confirms that the colour consistency, uniformity, detail sharpness and stability of print runs produced on the LabelStream 4000 comply with the requirements defined by Fogra PSD. Yuan Li, responsible for pre-press technology
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