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Product Competition Award Winners

On shelves crowded with products screaming for attention, these metallized packages and labels stand out and conquer the competition!

Packaging: Nonfood: Technical

Hazen Paper Co.

Rose Among Thorns Insert

Rose Among Thorns Insert

Hazen also won a Technical Award in the Decorative Display Category for a magazine insert publicizing its custom holographic capabilities and sustainable practices. Hazen served as designer, substrate supplier, metallizer, and converter for the Rose Among Thorns insert. The 10-point, coated-two-side paper features a custom, transfer-metallized hologram overprinted in four-color process plus opaque white. A UV coating protects the front and back of the page. Transfer metallizing helps the relatively lightweight insert lay flat because it permits moisture gain and loss on both sides of the sheet.

Judges Comments

Describing the insert as “really effective,” the judges noted how transfer metallizing provides source reduction because it eliminates a metallized film layer. It also offers superior aesthetics and minimizes warping because it allows the paper to breathe. In addition, the holograms are so appealing “you want to touch the page and feel the cracks,” commented one judge.