By Cris Lauer Aranda, May 21, 2015
When we create prototypes at Create It Packaging, we consider the lifestyles of our customers. According to a Nielsen study, many millennials already live in the city or plan on moving there. Due to this urban trend, Create It Packaging and… Read More
By Cris Lauer Aranda, April 18, 2015
5 ways flexible packaging prototypes will elevate your product
At Create It Packaging, we are constantly looking for ways to enhance the client experience. Flexible packaging is experiencing rapid growth and leading trade publication… Read More
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 resolut… Read More
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 for packa… Read More
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
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
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
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 re… Read More
By Cris Lauer Aranda, March 17, 2014
There is a lot of competition in the retail product packaging industry. Startups emerge all the time in our industry, and package design professionals are always interconnected. Just look at how Create It Packaging began in Arlington Hei… Read More
By Cris Lauer Aranda, March 3, 2014
Close your eyes and imagine springtime: green grass, birds chirping. Before we know it, the Midwest and the snow belt will thaw, and the surrounding lawns and parks will return to their lush colors and smells. Those familiar with home lawn c… Read More
By Cris Lauer Aranda, January 17, 2014
We began in 1996 as a startup company in Arlington Heights, IL, and, as with many startups, Create It Packaging was founded with G.U.T.S.
G: Genuine Fascination
For our craft and the relationship between branded packaging and consumers.… Read More
By Cris Lauer Aranda, January 17, 2014
Many of us recall the Tylenol scare of 1982. What followed were sweeping reforms to over-the-counter pill packaging and blister pack manufacturing.
Below are a only a few items in a laundry list of variables accounted for during the many ev… Read More