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Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp., is pleased to announce that we are enhancing our in-house print capabilities with the addition of an HP Indigo 3500 series printer to improve our product offering, price and production turn-times.

“A large proportion of the work we do includes the provision of CD packaging and DVD packaging as to provide retail-ready products for our clientele. Due to this, the ability to produce such packaging materials in-house makes a lot of sense.” explains Mike Arnold, the company’s General Manager. “The additional of this particular HP Indigo printer improves our ability to be self-sufficient with our print and packaging enhances our product lines and gives us better control over costs and managing tight turn-times that our clients require.”

The market for DVD Duplication and CD Duplication services is rapidly turning away from traditional plastic packaging products, and Precision Disc has been a leader in complimenting their disc products with eco-friendly CD packaging and DVD packaging alternatives that feature low-plastic, no-plastic and 100% recyclable solutions.

About Precision Disc:

Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. was founded in 2001 in Surrey, British Columbia Canada, and provides full service CD and DVD manufacturing, print and packaging services for clients in the United States and Canada. As the actual manufacturer of your product, Precision Disc’s mandate is to provide only the highest quality products and services, which includes a growing line of eco-friendly packaging solutions that features low-plastic, no-plastic and even biodegradable materials.

September has arrived, people are back from vacation, school is getting back in, and Precision Disc has a great new special offer for this month!

With this month’s special offer you have a choice of style CS1000 CD Digipak or style CS2000 DVD Digipak. Our package pricing includes all set-ups, assembly, pre-press and one round of .pdf proofs, barcode and shrinkwrap.

Minimum order is only 100 units for duplicated discs in Digipak, and minimum order is just 300 units for replicated discs in Digipak.

Visit our website for all the information and pricing and don’t hesitate to give us a shout if you have any questions!

(September already… does this mean summer is over???)

Due to the high demand for our July Special Offer, it has been HELD OVER for August!

Place your order in August to get a great deal on Discs in our eco-friendly CS100 style CD/DVD Sleeves.

For quantities of 300 or greater, pricing is based on top quality disc replication with full colour offset (CMYK) disc print. For quantities of up to 200 units, pricing is based on disc duplication with full colour inkjet disc print.

Our CS100 eco-friendly CD Sleeves are printed full colour on 15pt stock containing recycled content, and they are 100% recyclable.

Standard turn-time is 15 business days after all approvals – but no rush orders please! Our package pricing includes all set-ups, wrap and even a free barcode if you need one.

Contact us with any questions you may have. If you’re wanting this CS100 package you’ve got to order it in August because next month’s special product offer will definitely be a new product!

I had an interesting conversation with a client in Vancouver, B.C. this week. The topic got around to how the internet has revolutionized the buying habits of consumers, whether that be for business or personal use. My client felt that scope of the internet has actually made the idea of shopping ‘local’ redundant. “Why hunt around for a local source when I can easily find a product anywhere in the country or the continent, pay online, and get the goods delivered via courier to my door in Vancouver in a matter of days?”

Certainly an interesting point, but I think it’s a bit short-sited. We were discussing the packaging details for a DVD duplication project he will be sending to us shortly, so I decided to play the role of ‘devils advocate’… but not to the point of offending him, of course.

(A) Time zone: Our company is located in Surrey B.C., just a 30-40 minute drive from his office in Vancouver. Because we’re in the same time zone and work pretty much the same office hours, he can always reach me during the business day. The same can’t be said when dealing (for example) with a company in the East that is 3 hours ahead of us on the West Coast.

(B) Proximity: As mentioned, our office is a reasonably short drive from Vancouver so my client always has the opportunity to visit face-to-face, or even send a same-day courier at a minimum of expense. Closer proximity equates to smaller lag-times for shipping, so he gets his DVD duplication order much sooner, less expensively, and with a much smaller carbon footprint. After all, every extra kilometer of distance means extra transport cost, plus more fuel is consumed and additional pollutants are released in transporting the goods.

(C) Hidden Costs: We do get a fair number of Canadian clients who price shop in the United States and then want to haggle price with us. What they often fail to take into consideration is the currency exchange rate which, at the time of writing this, will add 10% to the cost of the U.S. goods, plus any applicable State tax, cross-border charges such as duty, customs brokerage, etc. The end result is that the “landed cost” of my client’s DVD duplication project to his Vancouver, B.C. doorstep is significantly higher than the original “sticker cost” of the goods. Not such a great bargain after all.

(D) Supporting The Local Economy: “Oh, you’re breaking my heart!” claimed my client when I brought up the notion of supporting the ‘local economy’. With a depressed global economy there’s certainly no more important time than now to shop locally. Spending money at home means keeping local businesses open, which keeps local people employed, which keeps the gears of the local economy lubricated. An ultra-simplistic analogy, but a reasonably fair one.

(E) Laws: Heaven forbid that something goes wrong with an order, to the extent that a manufacturer’s warranty is called upon or, even worse, some sort of legal action ensues. There are laws that protect consumers against fraud and other unpleasant situations, but the laws that protect you in your home Province, State or Country may not protect you when you’re doing business with a company from outside your ‘home court’ or jurisdiction.

In the end, I think I may have put a few dents in my client’s original convictions, but he assured me he wasn’t coming to my company for his DVD duplication work just because we were ‘local’. Instead, he said it’s because we do good work… and… he enjoys the conversations we have!

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Discs in Eco-Sleeves are always a favorite of our music industry clients and corporate clients alike, so July’s Special should be right on the mark!

Place your order in July to receive special pricing on CDs or DVDs packaged in our CS100 style Eco-Sleeves. Order as few as 100 units or as many as you require.

Quantities of less than 300 units are duplicated CDR or DVDR media with full colour inkjet disc print, and quantities of 300 or greater are top-quality replicated CD audio discs or DVD5 discs with your choice of either CMYK Offset print or up to 5 colour silkscreen print. All of the set-ups, film, pre-press, electronic proofs, assembly, barcode and shrinkwrap are inlcuded in the price!

If our July Special isn’t quite what you’re looking for we still have great pricing on other packaged products such as Digipak and a variety of other styles of eco-friendly CD Sleeves and CD Jackets which includes Short-run CD and DVD Eco-Packaging!

If you have any questions or comments about July’s Special or any of our products and services please  give us a shout!

Making a good first impression is always important, and it’s no different for your CD or DVD project. Long before your disc ever gets played it actually gets judged on the quality and design of the CD packaging or DVD packaging, so a professional image is very important.

If you need assistance with graphic design for your discs and CD packaging or DVD packaging, the professionals at Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. can help you.

Standard Design Services: In many instances, our clients already know what they want their disc and packaging graphics to look like, but they don’t have the ability of experience to create the design to commercial printing standards. Our answer is this: Send us your design idea, images, graphics, text and then we take it from there. Proofs are provided for your review so we can make sure you’re happy with the work that’s taking place.

Price List for “Standard Design Services [.PDF format]

Content Creation: Sometimes clients don’t have suitable imagery or copy for their discs and CD packaging or DVD packaging designs, but at Precision Disc we can help you with content creation and copy writing as well. Our standard rate is $60 per hour. Please contact us to discuss your specific needs.

Concept & Design Services: If you don’t know what you want your disc and CD packaging or DVD packaging graphics to look like, we can still help you. Our designers can consult with you and then the vision for the graphic design can be decided upon collaboratively with you. Our standard rate is $60 per hour.

Happy Graphic Design Clients:

It’s always nice to be complemented on a job well done. Here are a few recent comments from clients who came to us for graphic design assistance on their discs and CD packaging or DVD packaging:

“Wowee! You’re a damn genius! I love, love, love it!” – Troy K.

“Just a note to thank you very much for the great job you did on the discs and sleeves! I am more than pleased with all your work! Thanks again!” – Robert K.

“I really appreciate the great job you have done.” – Rick V.

“We are good to go – looks fantastic!” – Norine B.

“Everything looks good. It’s a go on all fronts…Great Job.” – Bill W.

Graphic Design Project Example:

Graphic Design Requirements: Concept and Design
CD Packaging: Standard CD Jewel Case
Disc Specs: Short-run CDR duplication with colour inkjet print
Paper Print Specs: 2 panel (4 page) insert + traycard, printed 4/4

For this project, the only design assets the client had were some low-resolution photographs of the band members, some biography text and thank-you notes and the request from the client was to have a simple yet eye-catching design. Looking for inspiration, our designer decided to pay homage to the band’s mascot (a blind dog named “Elmo” which is owned by one of the band-members) by incorporating dark sunglasses and paw-prints. The design was kept bright with an uncluttered look to parallel the upbeat style of music – classic black, white, red and grey colours to provide a cool and stylish look.

Client reaction to the design:”We think your artwork is FABULOUS. Better than we hoped for!”