DIGITAL PRINTING

Our digital offset presses offer the next generation of sustainable printing. With none of the film, plate and ink requirements of traditional presses, we can print your labels in a shorter amount of time and with less waste. We treat our digital presses with the same respect as our traditional offset presses and you will be impressed by the level of excellence we can offer.

Withdigital offset printing, you are not penalized for multiple varietals since there are no plates or inks to change. Through the use of six-color process technology, we can match almost any spot-color with no sacrifice in quality. The addition of a white ink station also lets us print on clear and metalized substrates.

With digital presses on all continents, we can now offer you the same foil, emboss, screen and die-cutting solutions that were previously only available on traditional offset and flexo presses.

SUPERIOR OFFSET TECHNOLOGY

Make your design outclass the competition with CCL's state-of-the-art offset presses

The world’s leading vintner’s choose CCL’s offset printing capabilities vintage after vintage. When every label needs to be consistent to the wine that it accompanies, your brands are sure to stand out.

To create a whisky is an art form in itself. To regularly come up with limited editions and special blends entwined with a story and the right packaging that tells it to the customers is the master class.

The whiskymakers at Compass Box have perfected this art. With support from long-term supplier CCL Label they demonstrate their creativity and skill on a regular basis. The recent launches Phenomenology and the mysterious No Name whisky are impressive evidence.

Whisky is a drink enjoyed with all senses. Therefore Phenomenology is a fitting name: it describes the philosophical study of experience and consciousness.

Compass Box No Name and Phenomenology in detailThe perception of a whisky can be different for each person – there is no right or wrong. Normally a description of taste can be found on the back labels but for Phenomenology Compass Box leaves us in the dark. Whoever is exploring the taste of the whisky is encouraged to find his/her own definition.

The surreal art of the front label was combined with a selection of embellishments for an extraordinary high-quality appearance. Matt varnish gives the decoration a soft look and lets the foil and high-build gloss elements stand out. The embossing gives dimension to the beautifully designed graphics.

Compass Box’ second new launch doesn’t even need a name to impress. The blackness of the decoration promises a mystic experience. The dark paper substrate is graced with symbols surrounding whisky making and witchcraft – emerging from the background only through the high-build varnish and its glossiness. In the middle of the front label golden foil and debossing inform us that this whisky has indeed no name.

According to the whiskymakers at Compass Box this creation speaks for itself. The smokiness and peaty taste give it an exceptional complexity and intensity. Being a blend from different malt whiskies it combines peaty and smoky flavours with a rich sweetness from French oak and a fine fruit character – the ingredients for a bewitching creation as promised by the label.

Toronto, December 3, 2014 – CCL Industries Inc. (“CCL”), a world leader in specialty label and packaging solutions for global corporations, small businesses and consumers, announced today that it has acquired Druckerei Nilles GmbH and its related subsidiaries (“Nilles”), a private company located in the heart of the German wine producing region on the River Mosel. In addition to its wine label business, Nilles enables European customers in many other end-use markets to purchase custom designed labels online using proprietary e-commerce software, more than 500 domain names and digital printing. Nilles’ 2014 sales are estimated to be approximately $15.7 million with an adjusted EBITDA of $2.7 million. The transaction enterprise valuation is $17.3 million in cash, assumed debt, pension liabilities and deferred equity compensation.

Geoffrey T. Martin, President & CEO of CCL Industries Inc., commented, “We are delighted to welcome the Nilles family to CCL. This acquisition complements our growing presence in an important global market; Germany is the eighth largest wine producing country in the world posting consistent growth over the last five years. The Nilles wine label business will trade as CCL Label from the beginning of 2015 and report into the Food & Beverage sector headed by Guenther Birkner, President. The e-commerce initiative will continue to be headed by James Nilles and become a new business unit of Avery Europe led by Mark Cooper, Vice President & Managing Director.” Mr. Martin continued, “The Nilles e-commerce platform complements the “WePrintâ„¢” initiative Avery recently launched in the United States on www.avery.com. This new service gives consumers and small businesses options to either print labels and cards from our cloud-based online design tool using preformatted Avery products on their own desk top printers, or to have them professionally produced and shipped directly from Avery. Nilles offers a similar online service to higher volume customers with more complex label requirements on a roll, in special sizes and materials. Ultimately we expect to make both of these new capabilities available on a global basis using either our Avery brand or one of the many domain names owned by Nilles such as www.label.co.uk and www.etikett.de. This expands the role of our Company, direct marketing quick response capability to all kinds of end-use label customers, taking advantage of our scale as the largest user of digital print engines for labels in the world combined with our proprietary online design software and e-commerce tools.”

CCL Industries now employs approximately 10,300 people and operates 98 production facilities in 28 countries on five continents with corporate offices in Toronto, Canada, and Framingham, Massachusetts. CCL Label is the world’s largest converter of pressure sensitive and extruded film materials for a wide range of decorative, instructional and functional applications for large global customers in the consumer packaging, healthcare, automotive and consumer durables markets. Extruded and laminated plastic tubes, folded instructional leaflets, precision printed and die cut metal components with LED displays and other complementary products and services are sold in parallel to specific end-use markets. Avery is the world’s largest supplier of labels, specialty converted media and software solutions to enable short run digital printing in businesses and homes alongside complementary office products sold through distributors and mass market retailers. CCL Container is a leading producer of impact extruded aluminum aerosol cans and bottles for consumer packaged goods customers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

DIGITAL PRINTING

Our digital offset presses offer the next generation of sustainable printing. With none of the film, plate and ink requirements of traditional presses, we can print your labels in a shorter amount of time and with less waste. We treat our digital presses with the same respect as our traditional offset presses and you will be impressed by the level of excellence we can offer.

With digital offset printing, you are not penalized for multiple varietals since there are no plates or inks to change. Through the use of six-color process technology, we can match almost any spot-color with no sacrifice in quality. The addition of a white ink station also lets us print on clear and metalized substrates.

With digital presses on all continents, we can now offer you the same foil, emboss, screen and die-cutting solutions that were previously only available on traditional offset and flexo presses.

SUPERIOR OFFSET TECHNOLOGY

Make your design outclass the competition with CCL's state-of-the-art offset presses

When every label needs to be consistent to the wine that it accompanies, your brands are sure to stand out.

Visit our website for more information: http://www.ccllabel.com/Home/Markets/Wine/tabid/2634/Default.aspx

Shrink Sleeves visualize the values of the contents of a bottle – class, power, freshness or innovation. Unconventional bottle shapes grab consumer attention, communicate the brand positioning and trigger additional purchase.

Shrink sleeves fit perfectly - no matter how unusual the container form is. They guarantee maximum shelf stand out and lend your product a certain brilliance that catches the eye. The sleeves are resistant during filling as well as versatile, fitting even the most difficult shapes. Perfect distortion is guaranteed, even with challenging designs. Graphic brilliance combined with outstanding embellishments complete these unique decorations.

Benefits of Shrink Sleeves:

• PREMIUM LOOK underlines product quality

• FLEXIBLE: decoration fits (nearly) all kinds of shapes and materials

• RESISTANT to scuffing, humidity and dirt

• PROTECTIVE: shield surface of product

• COMMENDABLE: no color migration

• PREVENTIVE: opaque foils (eg. 3FWhite) protect product from light

Are you interested in learning more? Visit our website www.ccllabel.com

There are brands everyone knows. And some have become so familiar that we recognise them immediately, no matter where in this world we encounter them.

There are brands everyone knows. And some have become so familiar that we recognise them immediately, no matter where in this world we encounter them. Whether it is through a certain colour combination, style of lettering, shape or even a simple melody – these brands are fixed in our memories, consciously or subconsciously. But what made them so prominent?

All these successful brands have one thing in common: a strong visual identity. For finished goods industries like the beverage business it becomes clear that packaging is an essential component of presenting this identity to the consumer.

Being the only medium apart from the product itself coming into direct contact with the consumer, the packaging plays a crucial role in carrying the brand identity out into the world.

To make sure their products are memorable and distinctive brand owners have to keep inspiring their consumers – developing the brand without alienating their loyal buyers.

CCL Label not only offers first class decorations – but also the knowledge and experience to help push brands forward. We actively support our customers with a passion for new technologies and innovations, as well as limitless printing capabilities.

Many long-term customers have successfully boosted their brand image with the help of CCL. Over the past years, quite a few brands have been through design changes that have always strived to create a more contemporary look. Ever since switching to PSL by CCL – one-way or WashOff – they not only modernised their brand identity, they also saw increases of sales! Clearly visual identity is a decisive factor for the success of a brand.

The trend for wine in cans keeps growing – and with it the importance of outstanding can decoration! Visual appearance and surface feel are essential for successfully drawing attention to a product.

Foley Family Wines have launched their Pinot Grigio and Rosé in handy 250ml cans. Their unique and fresh design makes them especially appealing to their main target group of young, social media-versed consumers that are open to the alternative packaging.

The canned Guenoc wines are decorated with shrink sleeves printed at CCL Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The contrast of matte and glossy not only makes them an eye-catcher but also a haptic experience!

Why Sleeves?

Foley Family Wines did not choose Shrink Sleeves solely for their design possibilities, but also for their advantages regarding production efficiency. Compared to direct printing, the sleeves were a much faster solution and more flexible regarding run size.

Thanks to the successful cooperation the sleeves were delivered and applied on time for the market launch.

Foley Family Wines believe this new product launch will grow into a successful line extension. The wine producer already is a valued customer of CCL Sonoma since 2014. The Californian CCL plant is supplying self-adhesive labels for the bottled wines in their portfolio.

For more information, please click here. 

This June Roust Group will launch a limited edition of Russian Standard vodka in the US and Canada.

The Mission

The famous vodka brand is very popular in North America. To regularly charm both regular and potential buyers, the US-American Roust unit keeps delivering beautiful limited editions to the market.

The upcoming launch is the second in a series of Fabergé inspired limited editions.

They not only spark the desire to collect the unique bottles but also help Roust achieve their core mission, which is “to continue delivering authentic products and experiences to [the] consumer base”, says Giulio Bertozzi, VP Marketing for Roust USA.

The Source of Inspiration

The inspiration behind this series of limited editions is the work of the Fabergé family – especially Peter Carl Fabergé – who is best known for the Imperial Easter Eggs made from precious metals and gemstones.

The luxurious appearance that has fascinated tsars will now cast its spell on everyone coming across one of these Russian Standard bottles.

Transferring Art to a Bottle

The full-body decoration allows the complex design to span the whole bottle, giving it a 360° high-quality appearance. The Shrink Sleeves were printed in rotogravure and finished with lacquer to visualise the brilliance of the metal and gems.

Roust authorised long-term supplier CCL to produce the Fabergé inspired sleeves. They were printed at CCL King’s Lynn in the UK.

After their spectacular “Love Wins” edition last year Diageo launched another limited range of sleeved bottles promoting love and equality.

A Winning Team

This time the message is a reminder – or even a call – to “Choose Love”. To help spread the message Smirnoff teamed-up with their partners at Design Bridge and CCL Label to create a promotion that will once again turn heads!

The Inspiration

The six different designs were created by brand design agency Design Bridge who took inspiration from illustrator Rob Bailey’s ‘Hey Man’. All of them show couples in love – regardless of gender and skin colour.

“We were delighted when Rob agreed to collaborate with us on this project, and we set about working on the design together. After deciding upon a series of 6 bottles – one in each colour of the Pride flag – we worked closely with Rob to create 6 new sets of embracing couples to adorn each of our Choose Love limited edition bottles”, the agency states on their blog.

To transfer the results of this creative process onto the bottles CCL Label King’s Lynn in the UK produced the full body sleeves using state-of-the-art gravure printing.

The vivid rainbow colours in combination with the matt lacquer give them not only an outstanding look but also a nice surface feel.

As an additional feature for interaction the sleeve design includes a snapchat code. After scanning it will unlock a dedicated filter.

To find out about last years edition click here.

The winemakers at José Maria da Fonseca had an exceptional idea for their Lancers wines. To bring summer onto the shelves they challenged the students of IADE – the most important design university in Portugal – to create a special design.

Over 150 students submitted their ideas and ultimately the fresh Pop Art design was declared as the winner. It convinced the winemakers because it best reflects the Lancers DNA. Additionally the design met the requirements regarding feasibility and adaptation to the market.

History & Modern Spirit

The cool and shiny silver of the sleeve underlines the freshness and makes the bottle a real eye-catcher. With the red and green Pop Art dots and cartoon elements it turns into a truly unique decoration – compelling from every angle.

Just as the wine itself the design combines history and modern spirit. First produced when World War II ended, Lancers became a hit in the US and is still today associated with joy, celebration and wellbeing.

Today Lancers is one of the bestselling Portuguese wines worldwide. The summer edition is available in the US, Mexico and China as well as most European countries.

CCL Labels Shrink Sleeves are a popular decoration solution for limited editions offering maximum space for design, promotions and messages for the consumer – one of many reasons José Maria da Fonseca chose CCL as their supplier.

Today Siam Winery is Thailand’s leading producer and distributor of wine and innovative lifestyle beverages.

Over 15 years ago when the winery was founded it was still uncommon to produce wine outside of the typical regions between 30th and 50th latitude. It didn’t take long before Siam Winery proved to the world that it is indeed possible to craft great wines in Thailand – at 13th latitude of the northern hemisphere!

In 2003 Siam Winery found the quality of the grapes was especially good in the Hua Hin area, which is why the flagship vineyard “Monsoon Valley Vineyard” is located there today.

Monsoon Valley Represents Thai Wine

Monsoon Valley is Siam Winery’s iconic range – it is served in restaurants all around the world. To effectively promote and differentiate their products on the market the decoration played an essential role.

All in all there are three ranges of wine – classic, premium and flagship. Together with CCL Label, Siam Winery created fitting decorations for each of them.

The labels of the premium wines for example feature a key character of Thai culture called “Naga”. The silhouette of the serpent-like creature is graced by golden hot foil making it stand out from the background. In combination with the carefully chosen colours and high-quality paper it makes a fitting premium decoration that perfectly underlines character and origin of the wines.

The self-adhesive labels are produced at CCL Label’s Bangkok plant. The local team understands the customer’s needs and works passionately to meet them time and again. Siam Winery and CCL Label can already look back on a successful business partnership of almost six years.

CCL Kontur’s subdivision for Shrink Sleeves in Podolsk has produced the decoration for a special New Year edition of Myagkov Vodka. The project is another example of the on-going successful cooperation of the BELUGA GROUP and CCL Kontur. Trendy design, innovative materials and latest technologies combined with excellent printing quality and fine Swarovski elements will surely attract additional attention to the product.

Almost like a second skin Shrink Sleeves from CCL offer 360° decoration ensuring perfect application to the exact shape and size of the bottle.

Intense white ink in combination with bright red and the metallic blue background of the promotional decoration make for a festive brilliance. To top it all off Swarovski elements were applied to the sleeves after printing with perfect accuracy. A type of decoration that is ideal for premium products, special events and limited editions! An especially designed filling level indication completes the promotional decoration.

The sleeve comes in combination with a self-adhesive two-ply neck label with matt and tactile varnishes. The two-ply construction is perfect for expanded content information. They contain recipes for delicious winter cocktails and an invitation to share more on social media.

If you like unwrapping presents you’ll love the latest limited edition of Absolut!

In time for the holidays The Absolut Company has launched a special edition of their signature vodka brand to offer consumers an extraordinary experience!

The limited edition is dressed from head to toe in elegant blue with a metallic effect, shimmering in the light. High lustre silver accents complete the outfit. But a beautiful outside is not all the 360° decoration has in store!

The highlight is a feature that is nearly invisible but has a huge impact: The sleeve is outfitted with a set of perforations, enabling the consumer to unwrap the bottle in a unique opening ritual. Underneath a special limited edition of the iconic Absolut bottle awaits.

“The interactive design of Absolut Uncover reflects the excitement that begins once you uncover the hidden possibilities of your night through something unexpected. This holiday season we would like to inspire you to shine with a bottle that can be the perfect gift to any party or celebration as it can be unwrapped like a present”, says Gaia Gilardini, Global Communications Director for Absolut.

The supplier of the sleeves, CCL Label, worked closely with Absolut and their design company to maximise the efficiency of the design printing. To guarantee easy application and perfect fit, CCL designed uniquely shaped perforations for each of the three bottle sizes. A special high-shrink PET film was used to allow for the covering of the cap.

The Absolut Uncover limited edition will feature approximately 2.8 million bottles, which are distributed worldwide.

Learn more about perforation here.

Superior decoration with variable designs at best quality and price made 
Pernod Ricard choose CCL Label as supplier for Café de Paris.

Pernod Ricard has decided to move their sparkling wine brand Café de Paris to PSL decoration. The newly outfitted bottles are available since September and will definitely attract attention!

The elegant oval label with its golden elements and fine matt background underlines the product quality. Japan has superior quality standards and being one of the main markets for Café de Paris, the demand for both product and packaging is high.

Moving from wet-glue paper labels to PSL offers dimension and lends a whole new aesthetic to the bottle. Thanks to the half transparent areas as well as matt and shiny contrasts decoration and container become a harmonious entity.

To manage a cost effective but impressing decoration Pernod Ricard chose CCL Label as supplier. With their ASD technology, combining conventional printing techniques with digital in the most flexible way, they offered the ideal solution for this packaging challenge.

In total there are 28 variants of labels to be printed for Café de Paris. There are nearly 30 variants for the 75 and 25 cl bottles – including different fruit images and languages. The variable elements are all printed in inkjet, the constant elements are realized with conventional techniques.

What makes ASD superior to an all-digital printing process is the combination of advantages from different techniques to create the most satisfying result: with digital printing alone the opacity of the white could not have been achieved. Only in combination of both – conventional and digital – could these variable designs be printed with high-end quality.

The labels were printed at CCL Castleford – one out of six locations worldwide with ASD capabilities.

With the world moving to shorter time cycles the need to use more sustainable ways of manufacturing, digital printing is the solution of the future.

PREMIUM HYBRID DIGITAL

Digital Printing from CCL has the power to create superior images, print variable data, make revisions on the fly and streamline the supply chain.

A key driver is the capacity to produce short print runs economically, as packaging buyers continue to search for ways to engage with customers using innovative methods. Printing on demand means less waste, ensuring that new packaging or graphic designs or changes in ingredients don’t result in redundant stock. Technological developments in inkjet and electrophotography mean that digital print is becoming increasingly accessible and cost-effective for all kinds of companies, big and small.

WHY DIGITAL PRINTING?

• Sustainability
  With the new press we expect to manage inventory and production plans on much shorter lead time, allowing automated “on demand” packaging production. To become more efficient in packaging purchases and to support sustainability trends.
  
• Additional Finishing Features available
  Transform your printing project into something special with a wide range of finishing options e.g. tactile effects, glow in the dark ink, scent varnish, perforation …
  
• Better Total Cost of Ownership
  The high cost of digital printing has been one of the major inhibitors for companies in choosing digital package printing for packaging applications. A significant aspect one fails to consider is savings on direct and indirect obsolete packaging inventory that accompanies digital processes.
  
• Customization
  – Automatic compilation of unique designs
  – Printing of variable data
  – Small editions and prototyping

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CCL launches recyclable aluminum wine bottles

Designed with CCL Containers BodyShapes technology, the 750 ml aluminum bottle is resealable with a threaded cap that can keep the wine fresh for longer than a traditional glass bottle. With higher

A Witch a Dragon & Me is not a group of fairy tale authors but a group of friends pursuing a dream. The four wanted to create their own premium spirits – and so they did.

To create something out of the ordinary they started from the traditional and combined it with their own ideas. The Muscatel Gin is the perfect example: While maintaining the traditional juniper taste, it is refined with muscatel wine and orange peel. It might seem an unusual choice at first, but the infusion makes the Muscatel Gin a creation with personality and regional connection, as it originates from one of the wine areas of Germany.

A Witch a Dragon & Me - Handcrafted Premium Spirits. Another A Witch a Dragon & Me-creation is a premium vodka “without hocus-pocus”. It was named after janitor Harald Schatz who was (and still is) a central figure, inspiration and constant help for the young company.

To find the fitting decoration reflecting the quality and identity A Witch a Dragon & Me turned to CCL Label. The printing plant in Trittenheim is specialized in wine and spirits labels and offers expertise on self-adhesive paper labels, premium substrates, embellishments and digital printing.

The labels for A Witch a Dragon & Me are made with strongly structured uncoated paper, which is often difficult to print on digitally. Nevertheless, thanks to CCL’s technical expertise and special adjustments the labels could be created both cost and time effectively.

Besides their carefully selected substrates the labels underline the premium quality of the products due to embellishments such as embossing and high-build gloss varnish. Additionally, variable data printing allows numeration indicating year, batch and bottle number to make each product more personal.