‘Tis the season for chocolate gift giving and, in this spirit, we want to highlight our customer Romolo Chocolates and tell you a bit about the origins of this family business. Tony Stefanelli, owner of Romolo Chocolates, is a visionary when it comes to brand, chocolates, and business. His grandfather came to this country from Italy and brought to the family a passion for confections. Tony studied under his grandfather, Romolo Stefanelli, for more than 43 years before opening Romolo Chocolates in their hometown of Erie, Pa. in 2004. Today, the must-stop destination for Erie natives and visito ..read more

Tap Packaging + Design, a Cleveland-based packaging manufacturer for the consumer products industry, is proud to announce it has been re-certified under the new ISO 9001:2015 certification for the design and manufacture of packaging products guidelines. Tap’s quality management system was evaluated by Smithers Quality Assessments, an ANAB IAF -accredited organization. The audit included a close examination of Tap’s quality objectives, risk management tools, management review process, corrective and preventative actions, documentation, design process, and manufacturing process. Smithers approve ..read more

Toward the end of each year, as the leaves start falling, we put our imaginary elf hats on and get together to brainstorm the perfect holiday gift. This yearly holiday tradition fills us with joy as we sample sweet treats, experiment with new materials, and give our creativity free reign. It all starts with the gift. Lucky for us, we have customers who are confectioners, tea, soap, and candle makers. It’s always difficult to choose only one outstanding company to highlight. This year we teamed up with our friends at Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate, a family run artisan chocolatier headquartered ..read more

Cleveland – October 30 – The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) awarded Tap Packaging + Design the Digital Application of the Year Award for its Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cinnamoji Box Set at the PPC’s 79th annual awards ceremony on October 26 in Austin, TX. Administered and hosted by the PPC and judged by a jury of packaging professionals, industry experts, and professors, the North American Paperboard Packaging Competition is the premier competition for carton manufacturers involved in the concept, design, print, performance, and shelf appeal of paperboard packaging. In the past, Tap Packaging ..read more

Cleveland, OH - Tap Packaging + Design is proud to announce their re-certification as a G7 Master Facility. G7 is a calibration and process control methodology certified by Idealliance and RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology). The acronym G7 stands for grayscale and 7 Colors (CMYK process colors + red, green, and blue overprints). The benefit of using a certified G7 Master Facility is assurance of color accurate reproduction from proof to press, from press run to press run and even between certified facilities. Buyers seek out G7 facilities across their supply chain to ensure color integri ..read more

The design on your packaging can make or break your product. A bad design could make a great product fail in the market, while a good design will speak for your brand before a customer even gets to the actual product. We have a few different trends you are bound to see in 2022. QR Codes: We have seen the growth of QR codes over the last couple of years. The possibilities with these codes are endless. The code could take the customer to the brand’s website, where they could learn more information about the product, or it could take the customer to their app and give them an exclusive and uniq ..read more

Do you need to step up your marketing game with personalized packaging? It’s true, we can’t personalize every package we sell but occasional targeted marketing campaigns can energize your customers and engage them in a brand-new way. Consumers get product suggestions in e-mails, on social media and while watching TV.  How do you, as a brand, cut through the noise? One way to have someone stop, look and contemplate for more than the usual split second is personalized packaging. Coca-Cola was one of the first companies to make use of personalization with their share a coke campaign. They p ..read more

Every year, for over 20 years, Pantone has selected a Color of the Year. This process involves a team of experts combing the globe for new color influences. These influences can range from entertainment to new technologies to lifestyles. After the past year we had, they certainly had quite a lot to draw from. So, what’s the 2022 Color of the Year? For the first time ever, Pantone created a brand new color to add to their wide variety of hues. This year’s Pantone Color of the Year: 2022 is PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri! A soft, elegant pastel purple. Purple is often associated with bravery, spiri ..read more

You know how important package design is when it comes to convincing a consumer to buy your product. In fact, you’ve probably had meetings upon meetings discussing the smallest of details. But, what if that carefully crafted package that gets your product off the shelf could do more than just get your product purchased? Specifically, we’re talking about the taste experience. What exactly is the taste experience? It’s the idea that your various senses all play a role in how you perceive the taste of whatever it is you’re eating. For example, let’s say you’re served a dish that’s just slopped o ..read more

Cleveland – Tap Packaging + Design recently took home the Excellence Award in Sustainability, Digital Application, and Innovation at the Paperboard Packaging Council’s (PPC) 78th Annual North American Paperboard Packaging Competition. The packaging designs recognized in PPC’s competition represent some of the best folding cartons and rigid boxes manufactured over the past year. The award was received for Tap’s work on The Art of Shaving – Four Elements Starter Kit. This gift box features a rigid set-up box with a printed, lined interior, a corrugated insert that holds products of varying size ..read more