Corporate Image
Packaging is everything, particularly when it comes to design. So why put all your time, energy and eye for detail into a proposal or presentation only to completely underwhelm with a binder, folder or box that lets your work down? Corporate Image, the award-winning makers of high-quality, customized presentation products, brings you a host of possibilities that are as pleasing to the fingertips as they are to the eye thanks to their mastery of lamination.
Protective, Flexible – It’s Quite a Material!
Unlike protective liquid finishes such as aqueous coating, varnish or UV, film lamination actually reinforces paper, extending its life and improving the performance of printed pieces. Since it is a film, it stretches and flexes – something liquid coatings cannot do. And as it is made from inert nylon or polypropylene, it is also recyclable!
A Presentation as Unique as your Client
Every Corporate Image binder, folder or box is custom designed to fit a client’s specific needs. Based on the structural design, all production materials are carefully evaluated to meet the unique printing requirements, as well as the desired look and feel. This ensures that the final product is both beautiful and strong. Lamination is a big part of that. Let’s take a look at some examples of Corporate Image lamination in action!
The Beauty of Natural Matte Lamination
Tucker Advisory Group, one of the top financial marketing companies in the nation, came to Corporate Image when they wanted to create a stronger seminar kit for their training sessions. They designed a portfolio closure binder that combines 4-color printing with gorgeous spot gloss UV highlights. To make the spot UV really pop, Corporate Image laminated the binder with a smooth natural matte polypropylene film for extra contrast. The subtle, non-reflective appearance of the lamination combined with the spot gloss UV not only impressed, it won them a Graphic Design USA In House design award.
Make your Graphics Shine with Gloss Lamination
X-Rite Pantone, experts in blending the art and science of color in their own right, wanted to add richness to the artwork on their custom pocket folder. That’s why Corporate Image recommended a gloss nylon lamination – a clear, reflective film that enhances printing and intensifies color. And their pocket folders definitely grab attention with their brilliant color graphics!
Add Texture to your Gloss Lamination with a Linen Emboss
Gloss lamination creates a very smooth surface while natural matte lamination feels silkier to the touch. To introduce a tactile element to gloss lamination, Corporate Image offers an optional linen embossing. This is great when you want to minimize fingerprints, scratching and scuffing on your presentation materials. Plus the linen texture creates a unique surface and almost feels like a fabric covering. This is not only beautiful to the eye but also an interesting sensation for your fingertips!
Matte Soft Touch Lamination – Feel the Difference
The ultimate tactile experience for printed presentation products, however, is matte soft touch lamination. When Corporate Image first introduced this nylon film, it garnered instant attention. And it is exactly what Wall Protex, a leading provider of wall protection interiors (and their creative agency, Spire2 Communications) had in mind. The outstanding design of their sales tote and the tactile appeal of the soft touch lamination are a perfect match. While the uniquely shaped box holds their samples securely in place, the lamination protects their artwork.
Soft touch lamination is one of Corporate Image’s most popular lamination options as it is ideal for heavily used presentation materials. Building products manufacturers love to use it for their architectural folders and sample boxes as it creates a refined, elegant look. Financial companies surprise their customers with soft touch pocket folders while medical companies use it to differentiate their patient information kits.
Safeguarding your Design for Decades to Come
To show how the right choice of materials affects the durability of presentation products, Corporate Image had their flagship FlexHinge binders tested by an independent laboratory. They performed 250,000 openings without any signs of wear and tear. Translated into an everyday situation (most binders don’t live in a lab), this means the equivalent of opening a binder 20 times a day over 34 years – quite a life span in the world of paper-based presentation materials! No wonder they’ve won numerous design awards, including “Best Binder in North America” and “Best Binder in the World.”
Honestly, the only way to appreciate the possibilities of all the different lamination options is to get them in your hands pronto! Request your copy of Corporate Image’s lamination swatchbook right now! This great resource shows you the effect that lamination has on colors and allows you to feel the subtle tactile differences. Hurry, this offer is good only while supplies last. (North American inquiries only, please.)
Hello, We have a brand new company and are trying to come up with a prototype packaging. Csn you help?
I’m afraid we don’t create packaging ourselves, Nichola. That said, as part of our PRO membership, we do offer several tools you might find useful in doing so yourself, including access to the latest swatchbooks and paper mill promotions, instructive videos and text articles, and the ability to get answers to your print and paper question by email. You can find out more here: https://www.paperspecs.com/membership/#whypro Hope that helps.