Greener Package Awards – Enter Now

Entries are now being accepted for the 2011 Greener Package Awards, the industry’s only independent annual competition honoring the most innovative and environmentally significant approaches to packaging sustainability. Since the second edition of the competition last year, Greener Package and its Advisory Board of Experts have revamped the award’s entry requirements to more fully reflect […]

Why Focus on Packaging Design?

Don’t judge a book by its cover. We’ve all heard this expression, but still, we all do it. Literally, if a book has a beautiful cover with an eye-catching image, chances are you will pick it up and flip through it. The same is true of consumer goods, whether a box of cereal, a cleaning […]

How to Tap the Power of Packaging

What makes shoppers pick one product over another when they’re staring at shelves full of choices in a store? Assuming they don’t have exclusive loyalty to one brand or that one doesn’t have a big price advantage, the packaging often plays a huge role. As you know if you sell a product, it’s not always […]

Sustainable packaging ‘immune’ to economic downturn

The global market for sustainable packaging is forecast to reach $142.42 billion by 2015, relates a new report, “Sustainable (Green) Packaging: A Global Strategic Business Report,” from Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Increased awareness of environmental hazards related to disposal and recycling of packaging wastes, government initiatives to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, and stringent regulations are […]

Online Sales Tax Collection is Coming

“States are under pressure to raise their revenues, and with e-commerce sales rising, they are seeing these revenues go out of state,” Fiorentino said. “I don’t see the states ignoring it for a long time. Sales tax has become an issue for everyone, and in the near future we’ll all be collecting.” According to a […]

AAF-Mosaic Vendor Fair 2010- 9/28 NYC

Mosaic Vendor Fair – New York City 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., September 28, 2010 New York Athletic Club, 180 Central Park South New York, NY 10019-1562 The Mosaic Vendor Fair is a one-day event designed to provide diverse and women-owned vendors with the opportunity to connect with advertising agencies, advertisers and media companies and […]

ADAM Software & EskoArtwork forge a strategic partnership for the packaging sector

ADAM Software announced details of a new strategic partnership with EskoArtwork. The alliance promises to bring new levels of efficiency and control to the processes involved in producing packaging materials. By coupling ADAM’s technology leadership in digital asset management (DAM) and marketing technologies with EskoArtwork’s proven leadership in technologies and services for the packaging sector, […]

GRAPH EXPO VIRTUAL PREVIEW-REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Attendee registration for the free online virtual preview of GRAPH EXPO 2010 is now open. As its name implies, “GRAPH EXPO 2010: A Virtual Preview” offers graphic communications professionals an exciting sneak peek at all that the GRAPH EXPO show in October will have to offer. The Virtual Preview is scheduled for August 19, 2010. […]

PIA Color Management Conference, December 5-7th 2010

Make plans now to attend the 12th annual Color Management Conference. This is the conference for beginners and experts alike bringing together the who’s who of the color management industry. For years, the Printing Industries of America’s Color Management Conference has provided attendees the best advice on how to select the right technology and learn best […]

Expanding the Definition of Print from m-Bossed

For those outside of the printing industry, the definition of printing is limited to books, newspapers, and magazines. Perhaps that is why many outside of this 200 billion dollar industry perceive it as a dying breed at the hands of the digital executioner. Few realize the impact of print in our daily lives, so let’s […]

Packaging experts discuss advances in digital and offset printing for this niche market.

Global sales of packaging-related print from digital print-on-demand and wide format presses reached $1.95 billion in 2009 and are expected to climb to $4.05 billion by 2014, according to InfoTrends research. The study reports two major causes for this increase: advances in the productivity, image quality and total ownership cost of digital color printing, and […]