Diamond Packaging
Burt Kem has extensive experience in the packaging industry, currently serving as a Cost Estimator and previously holding roles as Packaging Cost Estimator, Production Scheduler, and Pre-Press Engineer at Diamond Packaging since May 2005. In addition to industry work, Burt Kem contributes to education as an Adjunct Professor teaching Adobe Illustrator at both graduate and undergraduate levels in the Packaging Science Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology since November 2012. Prior to these roles, Burt Kem worked as a Pre-Press and Pre-Flight Engineer at Lazer Incorporated from May 1994 to May 2005. Burt Kem holds a Bachelor's degree in Print Management with a minor in Industrial Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology, earned between 1991 and 1994.
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Diamond Packaging
Diamond Packaging is a WBENC-certified, global industry leader specializing in developing innovative and sustainable packaging solutions. Utilizing state of-the-art technologies, Diamond designs and manufactures paperboard and plastic folding cartons, counter-top displays, blister cards, and promotional packaging. Diamond differentiates itself through award-winning creative designs, packaging innovation/technical expertise, its greenbox sustainability initiative, and the Global Packaging Alliance® (GPA). Diamond’s folding carton capabilities include innovative structural design, full inter-station UV sheet-fed offset printing, TruCOLOR™ extended color gamut (ECG) printing, UV and specialty coatings (e.g. emboss, glitter, pearl, texture, soft touch), Liquid Metal™ and MiraFoil® metallic UV coatings, Cast and Cure holographic effects, cold foiling, foil stamping, embossing, die cutting, taping, windowing, gluing, inserting, and NFC smart tagging. Diamond specializes in the personal care (cosmetics, hair care, skin care, fragrance, oral care, shaving), health care, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, consumer electronics, and cannabis (medical or recreational marijuana and hemp-derived CBD) industries. Diamond's client portfolio includes: Charlotte's Web, Kendo, L’Oreal, Otter Products, Procter & Gamble, Revlon, Shiseido, Tarte, and many other Fortune 500 companies. Today, Diamond’s packaging is designed utilizing recyclable or recycled paperboards (many FSC-certified), and manufactured using 100% clean, renewable wind energy, in a Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) and Carbon Neutral (Scope 1 and Scope 2) facility.