DTC Packaging Resource Center
Eco Friendly Packaging Products and Ideas
Packaging for the Chicagoland area (and beyond)!
There is no shortage of suppliers of packaging for the Chicagoland area. But we pride ourselves on being top dog. While our office is about an hour southwest of Chicago, we do have a number of plants spread across the country, including the west coast and down...
Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Packaging Options
Over on our main website, salazarpackaging.com, we recently added a post—in honor of Earth Day—that covered the importance of redesign as it relates to making your packaging more eco-friendly and sustainable. Many of our customers and prospective customers come to...
Rigid-Wall Boxes For Retail and More
At Salazar Packaging, we are widely known for our long history and track-record of branded custom corrugated packaging. But as inquiries in alternative forms of packaging have increased over the years, we have prided ourselves on becoming a one-stop shop that can...
Padded Paper Mailer Envelopes 15% Off!!
A few months ago we launched our stock padded paper mailer envelope program, introducing 5 sizes available for immediate purchase and shipment in as low as 1 case quantities. These can be found right here on our stock webstore Globe Guard Products, with price...
Salazar Packaging Gallery-Now 100 Images!!
We take great pride in our work, as well as the work of our customers and the many unique products we get to create interesting and new packaging designs for. Not all projects are easy, but the best success stories are often the ones that involve the most...
Finn Wellness-Right-Sizing Packaging Approach
With one corrugated industry increase hitting at the end of 2020 already, and another rumored to take place sometime in the next 30-60 days, it has perhaps never been more important to take the right-sizing packaging approach to avoid overpackaging and reap the...
DTC Branded Packaging Trends for 2021
We love to post about the branded packaging trends we’re seeing, —both old and new, as a way of featuring some of our favorite colors, prints, patterns and structural designs. The new year is well underway, and we have already seen some amazing designs from a...
First-Time DTC Box Buyers
Ecommerce and DTC (direct to consumer) businesses are becoming increasingly necessary, and the recent boom in demand for these services have led many people to be first-time DTC box buyers. This is great news for people in our industry, but it also means we have an...
White on Kraft Printing Made Easy!
The truth is that many flexographic box printers have a hard time printing white ink on kraft (brown) board. Some will do it, but produce poor results with washed out whites lacking in pop, or something that ends up looking gray. Others will upcharge you, typically...
Welcome to the DTC Packaging Resource Center!
Whether you have been an avid reader of our blog since 2009, or are just finding us now, welcome to the new home for the DTC Packaging Resource Center at our renovated and improved webstore, Globe Guard Products! We have migrated our blog (formerly on Green...