A digipak is a style of CD, DVD or BD packaging. It folds out like a book and contains things such as lyrics, images of the band or images of scenery. It is mostly used on special addition packaging, for example limited addition, and can be modified to fit a number of discs. This makes the digipak ideal for editions that are special and have multiple discs, for example a 'Greatest Hits' album. The design is trademarked to 'AGI' who originally created it. The weaknesses of a digipak is that the plastic trays that hold the disc are quite brittle and break easily. The 'softer' parts of the digipak are much more breakble, they can be torn easily, the binding can come loose and colours can fade in sunlight (they can be protected by UV coverings).
Breif History of Digipaks
IMPAC Group, Inc. originally owned the Digipak trademark. That company was acquired by MeadWestvaco (MWV) in 2000 and folded into its AGI Media division. Following this, the Digipak name and designs were licensed to manufacturers around the world. MWV sold AGI Media to Atlas Holdings in 2010. In 2012, Atlas purchased Shorewood Packaging from International Paper and merged the two companies to create AGI-Shorewood.
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