Diamond Packaging Wins Seven Awards in 2021 FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - May 20, 2021 - PRLog -- Diamond Packaging today announced that it won seven awards in the 28th Annual FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition, the industry's premier showcase for foil stamping, embossing, and other specialty effects. The competition celebrates the quality, added value, shelf presence, and brand recognition that specialty finishing processes lend to the printed sheet. Entries were judged on criteria including design, execution, and level of difficulty.

Diamond won a Gold Leaf award for its Diamond Lockbox™ certified child-resistant (CR) packaging.

Diamond Lockbox™ folding cartons are an upscale, certified child-resistant (CR) packaging solution for medical or recreational marijuana products. Lockbox™ cartons combine beauty and strength for the ultimate in cannabis packaging design. The single- and dual-lock options feature finished edges and ample billboard space and can be decorated with a wide range of printing and finishing effects.

Diamond's team of design engineers and packaging experts developed Lockbox™ folding cartons for cannabis brands looking for a user friendly and compliant packaging option luxurious enough to rival that of high-end cosmetic brands.

Diamond Lockbox™ cartons were converted utilizing tear-resistant paperboard, and offset printed with three PMS color inks, in-line with UV matte coating, UV gloss spot coating, and DiamondTouch soft touch coating.

The overall DiamondTouch soft touch coating adds an appealing tactile quality that promotes consumer interaction. The UV gloss spot coating is tightly registered to the embossed accents and provides a striking contrast to the overall matte finish surrounding it.

Multi-level embossed accents, including the Lockbox™ marijuana leaf logo mark and intricate scroll detail (blue carton), add dimension and provide an upscale appearance unique to cannabis products. The debossed keyhole component of the Lockbox™ logo adds an additional tactile effect.

Diamond won two Silver Leaf awards for its 2021 corporate calendar, which pays tribute to Susan B. Anthony, a Rochesterian leading social reform, women's suffrage, and the abolitionist movement.

The calendars were converted utilizing Clearwater ReMagine™ paperboard made with 30% post-consumer recycled (PCR) fiber, cold foiled, and offset printed with four color process and two PMS inks, in-line with UV matte, UV satin, UV gloss spot coating, and soft touch coating.

Diamond also won awards for Inter Parfums' Dunhill Icon Absolute packaging, Parlux Fragrances' Gold Rush Man Paris Hilton and lluminare Intensa Vince Camuto packaging, and P&G's Head & Shoulders Royal Oils Instant Soothe Scalp Elixir packaging.

All of Diamond's winning entries were designed utilizing recyclable or recycled paperboards and manufactured using 100% clean, renewable wind energy in a Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) facility.

About Diamond Packaging

Founded in 1911, Diamond Packaging is a WBENC-certified woman-owned business specializing in developing innovative and sustainable packaging solutions.  For more information visit www.diamondpackaging.com.