Shorewood Packaging and Blueprint Media Ltd., a leading design firm in the UK, have teamed up to form Shorewood Blueprint a new Design and Development Center for Packaging. This latest creative center located in West London will provide Home Entertainment companies in Europe with the same suite of services and products available in North America. In addition, Shorewood Blueprint will operate as our exclusive Sales arm in Europe for Home Entertainment print and packaging products.

Shorewood Blueprint will provide a vibrant synergy of activity, ranging from structural and graphic packaging design, to electronic prepress and digital workflow, to personalized account management. Modeled after our Los Angeles and Carlstadt Design and Development Centers, Shorewood Blueprint will house a complete team of designers and art directors, as well as an account team of sales, sales support and customer service professionals all under one roof.

“The bottom line is that our customers in Europe will experience the same benefits of enhanced design collaboration, speed-to-market service, personalized account support and world-class manufacturing that our North American customers enjoy,” said Karen Mika, senior vice president, Home Entertainment business. The proximity to Shorewood’s manufacturing facilities in South Wales and Poland will enable us to deliver final product close to customer distribution points in Europe.

Shorewood Blueprint represents a unique and distinct point of differentiation in the industry. “We will be able to leverage the top-level design reputation of Blueprint Media with Shorewood’s history of innovation, cutting-edge design and world-class service and manufacturing,” said Colin Bennett, managing director of Shorewood’s European operation.