Diamond Certified As A Women-Owned Business

Diamond Packaging, a leading provider of packaging and contract packaging services, received national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women Presidents' Education Organization (WPEO), a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). WBENC is a resource for the more than 700 US companies and government agencies that rely on the WBENC certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs.

“Certification is important for expanding our company’s visibility among decision makers in corporate supplier diversity and procurement,” said Karla Fichter, chief executive officer of Diamond Packaging. “Our status will enable us to cultivate relationships with larger companies that place an emphasis on working with women-owned businesses.”

WBENC’s national standard of certification implemented by the Women Presidents' Education Organization is based on a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business and site inspection. The certification process is designed to confirm the business is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by a woman or women.

By including women-owned businesses among their vendors, corporations, and government agencies demonstrate their commitment to fostering diversity and the continued development of their supplier/vendor diversity programs. ›› more

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Diamond Packaging recently completed production of a new green promo kit. The kit is an extension of Diamond’s greenbox initiative, the company’s commitment to research, design, and implement packaging solutions that are innovative and sustainable.

The green promo kit is designed as a tool for brand managers and designers when developing their own eco-friendly packaging concepts.

It includes printed samples of several different paperboard options and their environmental attributes, all enclosed within a green-themed folder and shipper.

The samples were printed from virgin, recycled, and mixed sources paperboard. One sample is printed with an optional MiraFoil® coating which adds environmentally friendly metallic effects in-line. All materials were produced using 100% wind energy. ›› more

Digital Reproduction of Foil (Photoshop Tutorial)
by FSEA

There will come a time when you need to show how foil can enhance a design, but don’t want to go through the process of producing a die and then foil stamping the sample or mock-up.

You can avoid these steps, however, by reproducing a foil effect in Photoshop that may sell your design without the cost and time involved to produce an actual stamped sample:

1. Select the area that will have the foil effect. Create a new layer and title it “Foil”.

2. Select a gradient from the pre-set gradients list. The Copper pre-set is a good one to start out with. Choose either the Linear or the Reflected gradient effect and set the mode to Difference. ›› more

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