Diamond Packaging Wins Five Awards at FSEA Gold Leaf Competition

Diamond Packaging won five awards in the 22nd Annual FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition, the industry's premier showcase for foil stamping, embossing, and other specialty effects. Awards were announced at the FSEA/IADD Odyssey in Schaumburg, IL on May 14, 2015.

The competition, which is sponsored by the Foil & Specialty Effects Association (FSEA), recognizes creativity and superior execution of designs that reflect positively on the industry as a whole. Entries are judged on several criteria including design, execution, and level of difficulty. Winning an award is a mark of excellence in the packaging field and recognition of superior achievement.

Diamond won a Gold Leaf award in the “Creative Use of Foil/Embossing on a Folding Carton” category for Elizabeth Arden's White Diamonds Gift Set (Mother's Day 2015). The QuikSet carton was converted utilizing metallized polyester board and offset printed with transparent gold, transparent purple, dense black, and opaque white inks, in-line with UV high gloss coating. Exquisite dome-embossed round and pear diamonds and blind-embossed flower petals add beauty and reinforce the White Diamonds brand.

Diamond also won a Gold Leaf award in the “Calendar” category for its three-month corporate calendar, a long-standing company tradition and popular promotional item given to customers and suppliers. The 2015 stained leaded glass-themed calendar transforms the old world craftsmanship of a hand-drawn design by infusing it with modern finishing touches.

The calendar was converted utilizing Clearwater Candesce SBS paperboard and offset printed with four color process inks and three spot colors, DiamondTouch soft touch coating, aqueous coating, and UV gloss spot coating. The tightly-registered, foil embossed lead outline lends authenticity to the piece and showcases the type of decorative effect that can elevate customers’ brands. Metal Magic provided all of the foil stamping and embossing dies.

Diamond won a Silver Leaf award in the “Best Use of Embossing” category for Five Star Fragrance Company’s Vicky Tiel Paris 21 Bonaparte Gift Set. The new gift set packaging imparts a sense of luxury and reflects the essence of the famed Paris-based American couturier.

Diamond won another Silver Leaf award in the “Difficult Application of Foil/Embossing on a Folding Carton” category for the L'Oreal Paris RevitaLift Miracle Blur folding carton.

Diamond won a Bronze Leaf award in the “Cold Foil (Sheet or Rotary) on Packaging” category for the L'Oreal Paris Age Perfect Glow Renewal folding carton.

Source: Diamond Packaging.