The rise of gender-neutral branding and what it means for packaging design. What is Gender-neutral branding? An article on the packagingstrategies.com website reports on the rise of gender-neutral branding and packaging. Gender-neutral branding is branding that is “unisex” and not specifically aimed or identifiable as targeting either gender. Brands are steering away from gender-specific branding […]
As the sustainability movement gathers even more momentum, we see more global brands converting from plastic to cartonboard packaging. In these examples, we see two packaging items that heretofore users may have believed would not function properly if they were created out of cartonboard Coca Cola’s Change Multipack Shrink Wrap to Cartonboard As part of […]
Take our multiple-choice quiz and find out how much you know! The 15 questions are on different aspects of packaging, printing and related topics. Answers are in a link shown at the bottom of the page. Q1. What is a keyline? a) a line of keys on the side of the printing press to adjust […]
Answers Q1 What is a keyline? b) layout guide that your designer uses to format the artwork to ensure the structure of the carton is correct Q2 What do the letters CYMK stand for in the printing industry? a) Cyan Yellow Magenta Black Q3. What is a die – forme used for? a) to cut […]
Irish Print Awards Apprentice Winner We are delighted to announce that our print apprentice, Thomas Durran won the Apprentice of the Year Award at the recent Irish Print Awards in December 2017. We would like to congratulate Thomas on this fantastic win.
As a little light relief for Christmas, we have scoured the Internet to find some packaging-related jokes! Here are a few that we found written by Susan Sherbett How do bedding and linen companies like to package their products? They like SHEETS of paper What type of packaging does the baking industry […]
Active Food Labelling App New Food Magazine has featured an article on a new food labelling app, called FollowThisfood. This app allows you to scan a food label and find out exactly where the food has come from. It should be noted that the original article was written by Martin Coates, CEO of Agrantec, which […]
If you are giving wine as a gift to your customers this Christmas, we offer off-the-shelf wine boxes in various designs. Contact the Dollard Packaging sales team for more information Tel 01 847 0044
Guide available to Download Enterprise Ireland have produced a Guide for exporters to the UK post Brexit in a 36 page downloadable guide. The aim of the Guide is to give expert guidance on what businesses should be thinking about in the short and long term to protect themselves against the possible negative effects of […]
Various Local Enterprise Offices are running workshops on the topic of “Avoiding Product Recall”. Below we have an excerpt from the Local Enterprise Office information, giving the dates, times and locations of the workshops. You find out more here
