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  • Packaging Technology

    The Benefits of Outstanding Packaging Technology

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, March 26, 2015 We’re printing faster than ever on folding carton stock of up to 15 point C1S. Our latest packaging technology provides clients with clearly defined text, seamless gradations, and finely detailed images of up to 1,200 x 1,200 DPI reso… Read More

  • Find Us in Packaging Digest: Convenient Packaging Mockups

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, February 27, 2015 We’ve been busy during the last month, writing about digital printing for packaging prototypes. Read on for the transcript of our article in Packaging Digest Magazine “Stop Paying Too Much for Packaging Prototypes.” The demand fo… Read More
  • NFL Rush Zone

    Packaging for Licensed Branding

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, January 10, 2015 Imagine all the sports-related products encountered on a daily basis, from baseball caps to coffee mugs. The average consumer does not realize that these products are not created by each professional sports league, itself. Rather, outs… Read More

  • What’s Exciting Advertising Creatives?

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, December 6, 2014 Clients large and small are seeking ways to lower costs and improve efficiency. Now, Create It Packaging can lower the cost of packaging prototypes. Last month, our sales team shared this opportunity with creative teams at two different a… Read More

  • 3 Things You Won’t Find Here

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, November 3, 2014 1. Crooked Dielines Our professionally-created dielines are so dependable, in fact, that we are often requested to fix dielines originally created by other package designers. 2. Unreliable Structural Integrity Our work is rooted in pr… Read More

  • What To Expect From a Packaging Company

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, October 15, 2014 We understand that we’re not the only shop in town. Still, new and repeat customers continue to seek our services as a packaging design vendor. No matter what company you select for packaging mockups, structural design, digital proofin… Read More

  • Send Us Your Packaging Artwork

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, September 25, 2014 We want to save you time. That’s why our Submit Artwork page is now easier than ever. Here’s what you need to know to rapidly and conveniently submit your packaging artwork. 1. Free Stuff. Use one of the following FTP clients. They’r… Read More

  • Packaging Prototypes for Manufacturing

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, September 6, 2014 This summer, we shared a series of important packaging tips on LinkedIn from CEO Brian Lewis.  CEO Tip #5 (right) sparked further discussion about how we partner with clients throughout the manufacturing process to ensure our packagin… Read More

  • Marketing for Package Design: A Year In Review

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, August 11, 2014 I joined Create It Packaging as marketing consultant one year ago to help attract additional online and print exposure to its package design team in Arlington Heights, IL. My approach is to help growing businesses, such as Create It Packag… Read More

  • Our Secret Packaging Design Sauce

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, July 21, 2014 In April of 2014, readers learned that Create It is a trusted packaging partner to a smorgasbord of companies that varies both by industry and by size. One might ask how we meet the changing needs of our clients. One strength is that we remain l… Read More

  • Without Us, It’s Just a Fancy Printer

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, July 7, 2014 Without trusted and talented packaging designers at the controls, a packaging printer is no more than an expensive investment. When he founded Create It Packaging 18 years ago, CEO Brian Lewis made a point of understanding the latest tech… Read More

  • Understanding Packaging Partnerships

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, June 21, 2014 As a contract package design company, we pride ourselves in “doing it all,” and it’s reflected in our Services Portfolio. Our team’s ingenuity, as well as our agility as a smaller company, allow us to adapt to client requests and in… Read More

  • What Batman Can Teach Us About Packaging

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, June 6, 2014 2014 marks the 75th Anniversary of Batman. Glance at 75 years worth of iconic Batman suits here, and imagine the bat suit as retail product packaging for the Batman brand of DC Comics. Remember everything about the caped crusader, from the b… Read More

  • Crafty Packaging for American Brands

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, May 19, 2014 More and more Create It clients are interested in printing directly onto craft materials. The Budweiser team, for example, handed us a pre-existing litho-label package design for a six-pack and asked for our opinion.  These were our… Read More

  • More Than Packaging

    By Cris Lauer Aranda, May 5, 2014 No One Is An island Young professionals are told repeatedly that networking and skill are the keys to career advancement. Such is the story of Create It Packaging: Decades ago, our CEO Brian Lewis caught his break in the package design indus… Read More
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