Dennis Bacchetta

Diamond Packaging was founded in 1911 as a supplier of folding carton packaging materials for the garment and bakery industries. The company has remained faithful to its roots in folding cartons and, today, manufactures paperboard and plastic packaging and provides contract packaging services for –Fortune 500 companies around the world.

The Global Packaging Alliance (GPA) held its annual meeting in the United States and Mexico during the week of January 19, 2009. With members convening from all over the world, the yearly event was a much-anticipated chance to discuss strategies and goals for the upcoming year.

Wal-Mart has clout—there’s no doubt about that. When Wal-Mart speaks, people listen—especially its suppliers. The company created a real buzz for RFID a few years ago, when it announced that it was mandating the use of this technology from its suppliers. Although this effort has faded from the limelight and has been largely redefined in scope, RFID technology received more attention during a two-year period than it would have gotten in a decade. RFID technology still has a ways to go in terms of reliability and cost, but Wal-Mart’s initiative probably did a lot to advance its development.

More than 20 years before “sustainability” became the buzz word it is today, Flower City Printing (FCP) was already rethinking the inks it was using in its pressroom. In 1985, Executive Vice President Bill Oliveri began replacing petroleum-based inks with vegetable-based inks, as well as eliminating alcohol in press fountain solutions. “Inks made from renewable resources were already in existence, but mainly used for newspaper production,” Oliveri reflects. “FCP was one of the first printers to experiment with vegetable-based inks for the offset sheetfed industry. Switching to vegetable-based inks [resulted in] a reduction in VOCs (volatile organic compounds), less ink [required] in the

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Diamond Packaging has launched a new green Web site to coincide with the introduction of its Diamond greenbox initiative, the company’s commitment to research, design, and implement packaging solutions that are innovative and sustainable. Diamond’s new green Web site is designed with companies and consumers in mind. It is meant to inform visitors about the company’s green initiative and provide a comprehensive and educational insight into the topic of sustainability and sustainable packaging. “Sustainability is a very broad and complex subject with implications that affect all aspects of the supply chain,” said Dennis Bacchetta, director of marketing. “Our goal is to bring some

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Diamond Packaging has launched a new green Web site to coincide with the introduction of its Diamond greenbox initiative, the company’s commitment to research, design, and implement packaging solutions that are innovative and sustainable. Diamond’s new green Web site is designed with companies and consumers in mind. It is meant to inform visitors about the company’s green initiative and provide a comprehensive and educational insight into the topic of sustainability and sustainable packaging. “Sustainability is a very broad and complex subject with implications that affect all aspects of the supply chain,” said Dennis Bacchetta, director of marketing. “Our goal is to bring some