Karla Fichter

_ The Rochester Top 100, which annually recognizes the fastest-growing privately held companies in the nine-county region, is sponsored by the Rochester Business Alliance and KPMG. Here is an interview with packaging printer Diamond Packaging's co-owners, Karla Fichter and Kirsten Werner.What's driving the growth at Diamond?Our growth over the last three years has been driven primarily by demand for upscale personal care cosmetics and skin care, fragrance, hair care packaging and promotions.What's the process for landing new clients or additional work from existing clients? What's the sales pitch? What's the biggest competition other print providers? Changing

Rochester, NY—Diamond Packaging won its first ever Benny Award in the 62nd annual Premier Print Awards competition, the graphic arts industry’s largest and most prestigious worldwide printing competition. Printing Industries of America (PIA) hosts the Premier Print Awards, which recognizes the creation and production of superior print communications. The event promotes excellence in printing and rewards companies and individuals who produce the very best in print media. Of the more than 3,200 entries received, Diamond’s entries were chosen for exemplifying

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.

KENNESAW, Ga.—Diamond Packaging, a high-end printing and packaging company based in Rochester, N.Y., recently installed a state-of-the-art, UV-capable, 8-color Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 in a special double coating configuration, with initial flexo dispersion coater and three modular deliveries.

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Diamond Packaging was named a “Supplier of the Year” by the Procter and Gamble Company during P&G’s first-ever global Supplier Summit on Oct. 15, 2008. P&G hosted the event with its 350 top global suppliers to discuss their continued collaboration for a sustainable future and to honor top performing suppliers. “We are thrilled to have won this award,” said Karla Fichter, CEO of Diamond Packaging. “Our partnership with Procter & Gamble is especially rewarding because of our shared commitment to innovation and sustainability.” “Suppliers of the Year” achieved this award by consistently scoring the highest in broad-based quantitative and qualitative evaluations by

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Diamond Packaging recently announced its commitment to purchase clean, renewable wind energy for 100 percent of its electrical energy requirements through RG&E and wind energy marketer and developer Community Energy. The purchase illustrates the company’s continued commitment to the environment and the community. “We’re proud to be a leader in our industry and to do our part for the environment. Our customers recognize and value the commitment we’ve made to a safe and secure energy future. We hope others will follow our lead and make the choice as well,” said Karla Fichter, chief executive officer of Diamond Packaging. Diamond will purchase approximately 6,723,600