Polytainers: Process Printing - Plastic container design, molding & printing

Polytainers - industry-leading printing capability helps customers achieve their marketing and sales objectives

Process Printing

Polytainers' award-winning pre-press team has developed a thorough understanding of the unique parameters for printing on plastic. Printing on plastic containers is a unique process that requires a combination of technology, innovation and experience to achieve the highest quality results. This experience is the key to achieving a photo-realistic level of detail in process printing on plastic. Our pre-press team averages more than 10 years of experience at Polytainers - the best guarantee that we can make in producing beautiful results!

A strawberry should look like a strawberry

Polytainers' pre-press team is adept at preparing graphics that range from line drawings to more complex, photo-real images that require "process printing". We are dedicated to providing the most attractive products on the market. And that means making photographic images look as real and sharp as possible.

We offer printing in up to 8 colors on both cups and lids. We strive to take our customers' ideas and designs and modify them in order to obtain the best results on plastic. Our in-house print specialists are experienced at reproducing a variety of designs that best fit your brand. Our services include:

Creative designs
Laser proofs
Production of container mock-ups
Color separations
Production negatives
Production printing plates
In-house ink blending and color matching

A proprietary printing process - best in North America!

We achieve optimal results by employing the Poly-Tone^TM process, our proprietary technology for process printing on plastic containers and lids. It produces results that set Polytainers apart from our competition.

In order to manage the more complex processes of many new print jobs, we have implemented many technological developments including:

Computerized ink-fountain control
Corona treatment
Enhanced UV curing systems
Color Spectrophotometry
Densitometry
Improved plate materials
Water-cooled color heads

We stand by the best printing quality on rigid thinwall plastic containers in North America.