Hammer Packaging of Rochester, NY was awarded the Best Workplace in the Americas 2006 designation for their exemplary human resources practices. The award is presented by the Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, which recognizes individuals and companies for outstanding accomplishments in the graphic communications industry. This is the fourth year that Hammer Packaging has earned the distinction.

Hammer also received a Silver Award for Management Excellence in the National Association for Printing Leadership 2006 Management Plus Awards Program.