Great Northern Corp., Appleton, WI, provided the developers of Dr. Miracle’s No-Lye Relaxer with a web offset process that allows for quality printing on paperboard: StrataGraph. The cartons, created with MeadWestvaco’s Kraftpak, a .022/63#, natural-brown, virgin-fiber paperboard, fit the company’s emphasis on natural goodness, while the graphics created an upscale image.

Great Northern Corp. uses a UV-based dry-trapping ink process. As each color of ink is applied, the paperboard moves through a fast-acting dryer.  The dried ink forms a polymer that sits on top of the paperboard acts and acts as a base for the application of the next layer of ink.