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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
We’ve dedicated many blog posts to the features of custom rigid mailers in terms of what makes them such a great custom packaging option from a cost, protection and branding/marketing standpoint. But we have perhaps not focused as much on what makes them an...
We have long awaited a cushioned paper mailer product that we could stand behind as both effective in function (protection during shipment) as well as eco-friendly. Due to the fact that most padded paper envelopes involve some sort of poly bubble material or foam...
About 3 months ago we wrote a blog post on unique and memorable custom-shaped die cut boxes. That post, which can be read here, we believe, was in many ways a trailblazer for countless more unique concepts in DTC packaging. When it comes to packaging, there is...
100% PCW paper content is difficult to find. Our stock online webstore Globe Guard® Products has long provided green, eco-friendly packaging options and solutions to a variety of consumers. Among our most popular offerings are the unpadded paper mailer envelopes....