We thought you might like to see some of the images that we have brought back from our trip to Frankfurt to see the Paper World trade show.  The top image shows a selection of wrapping papers suspended from the ceiling, which Simon thought looked really effective at the show. The bags we have shown are steps forward in the ‘green’ department with the paper bags being made from a vegetable bi-product, meaning they are 100% biodegradable. The Non-woven looking bags are actually corn starch bio-degradable bags that look almost exactly the same as the non-woven bags, but are much more environmentally friendly. The test tube photograph shows the transistion that takes the corn to polymer.

Here are a few shots of our new brochure in production. If you would like to receive a new brochure once they are finished, please email sales@progresspkg.co.uk

Here is a little sneak preview of some of the photography that we are featuring in our new Brochure. They were designed by Design Project and each image features every day materials used in the packaging world. Can you tell what they all are?

Just look at the view from our office windows… does it get more picture perfect than this? Looks like it might be a white christmas afterall. Everyone here at Progress would just like to wish all of our customers and blog readers a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a happy new year. We finish for Christmas on the 23rd December and are back in the office from January 4th. Hope you all have a lovely break from work and we look forward to working with you all again in 2010!

These boxes were designed by Saturday for Dominic Jones. It is a rigid box and lid which has been covered in pvc coated paper and branded with a gloss black foil block.

And the award for best receive christmas card goes to……. Winkreative! We’ve had quite a few cards through the post over the past few weeks, but this one really stood out, so we thought it was worthy of a post on our blog.

Here are two more luxurious menu covers we have recently finished. These were also designed by Frost and were covered in some very unique materials. The Chameleon menu cover was made using custom embossed chinese papers and then finished with a subtle gold foil blocked logo to the front cover. For the Al-Nabaa lounge menus, we used silk material to cover the board with and then they were screen-printed with a 1colour print and foil blocked silver.

This rigid shoulder box was produced for Home House and designed by William Joseph. It was covered in Pellaq Croco paper and had a silver foil block to the lid.

These rope handle paper bags were designed by Six Creative for William & Son in London. Made with custom dyed embossed paper, these bags were foil blocked to the outer in two different colours. This bag was the first item Progress ever branded with the royal warrant.