Most music CD’s come in a plastic jewel case. Jewel cases are made out of high impact polystyrene and are injected moulded. They have a clear lid and this also holds the booklet or card which doubles as the front cover. The back cover and spines are card. Dimensions: 142x10x125 Weight :12.1KG
The next most popular CD case is called a Digipak. The digipak CD holders are also injection moulded. However the digipak’s are also made from good quality card. CD albums tend to have an eye-catching front cover with either a picture of the Artist(s) or unusual artwork, or both. It will have the Artist’s name and the album title. Sometimes it has smaller pictures of the artist(s) performing on stage. Unless special artwork, normally the covers are printed in full colour. The back covers tend to have good artwork or photos, the album tracks, general and legal information as well as barcodes, logos and other packaging symbols. The most common CD case is a single fold, but box sets or digipaks can come with 3, 4, 5, 6 or 8 folds. When a case folds it needs a locking system. Sometimes they have envelope style closures , but most of them slip inside a whole envelope sleeve or box. Some cases that open out have ‘V’ mechanisms that offer up the CD to the user. Others, might not open like a book, but fold out in different directions.
	The standard DVD cases are also injection moulded and made from polypropylene (PP). Dimensions: 135x14x190 Weight: 7.3kg
	Box Set outer packaging can be printed in full colour and can be supplied with matt or gloss laminates. They are made from a 500 micron folding boxboard with a white back. The boxes have an open front to allow the DVD box spine artwork to be visible and to allow the easy removal of individual discs. The rear of the box is enclosed. The boxes are supplied flat packed for easy construction without any gluing required.

Automated CD Packaging Machine: