Sharp In-House Services Sharp is dedicated to maintaining the trust of our clients. That's why our customers have come to count on our staff for active participation in every phase of the packaging process. Our involvement begins with consultation during the package design and engineering stage and continues through pre-production and final implementation. Customers appreciate the technology and in-house services Sharp offers as part of our service. These services include: Award-Winning Package Design and Sample Development: Our design teams create package designs or enhance packaging to maximize the product presentation and protection. We use advanced CAD/CAM systems to enhance the designs and provide samples of the projected package design for your review and approval prior to production. Sharp Packaging Awards: 2000 HCPC Compliance Package of the Year First Runner Up - Sarafem™ Starter Kit 1999 HCPC Compliance Package of the Year - Evista® 1999 HCPC Compliance Package of the Year First Runner Up - Dynabac®/D5-Pak 1997 DCAT Gold Award for Overall Excellence - Buspar® 1997 DCAT Packaging Award of Excellence (Physician Samples) - Buspar® 1997 DCAT Packaging Award of Achievement (Compliance/Dosage) - Buspar® 1997 HCPC Compliance Package of the Year Second Runner Up - Serzone® Patient Starter Card 1996 HCPC Compliance Package of the Year First Runner Up - Helidac™ Therapy Kit Engineering and Tooling Services: Sharp engineers develop efficient, customized production lines to meet any product challenge. Our engineers fine-tune the packaging machinery to improve the quality of the packaging and enhance operating efficiencies for expedient delivery of finished goods. On-site tooling design and production provide precision forming, control over lead times and quality as well as the cost of tooling components. Advanced Printing Services: Our printing capabilities include six-color, computer-controlled offset printing with an aqueous coating station and flexographic printing of foil lidding stock. Secondary component production offers die cutting of films, cards, cartons and promotional pieces, as well as the assembly and gluing of cartons.