Folding carton provider Arkay Packaging has achieved G7 Master Qualification, awarded by IDEAlliance, a not-for-profit industry group dedicated to guiding print production best practices, specifications and standards worldwide. Arkay is one of only a small group of print service providers who have successfully completed training, examination, and qualification process of their print production methods, validating their capabilities to the highest level of global industry standards and specifications.

G7 is Idealliance’s industry-leading set of best practices for achieving gray balance, and is the driving force for attaining visual similarity throughout all print processes. The application of this method enables printers to reproduce an equivalent visual appearance across every printing type and substrate.

Founded 94 years ago, Arkay says it turned to the IDEAlliance G7 Master Program to gain greater proficiency and better serve its customers’ objectives for brand color quality and control while assuring consistency and quality in proofing, brand color management, and print processes.