Package Design

Closures

News

| March 31, 1995

Pouch bags President's Award

Winner of this year's President's Award in the Flexible Packaging Association's annual Top Packaging Awards competition is the Ortho Dursban® Lawn & Garden Insect Control stand-up pouch.

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The tear strip is pulled open (left) to expose the reclosable zipper. Also visible is thepressure-sensitive label that?s manuall

Feature Article

| March 31, 1995

Golden Stream adds 'zip' to its bags

To give consumers a sealed and reclosable bag, candy and snack maker Golden Stream adds new compact zipper applicator onto an existing form/fill/seal line. Savings vs preapplied bags and an option to run nonzipper webs keeps company as flexible as its packaging.

Feature Article

| March 31, 1995

Diverse forces shape today's creative packaging

The four primary goals of packaging-product protection, identification, dispensing and merchandising-won't change in the 21st century. But as we near that milestone, the market forces that more subtly affect packaging are evolving.

News

| March 31, 1995

PVC demand in packaging to grow 3%

A recent study by The Freedonia Group, Cleveland, OH, says demand for polyvinyl chloride packaging in North America will grow an average 3% annually to reach 1billion lb in 1998.

Materials Product Brief

| February 28, 1995

Glass bottle/twistoff closure

Clinton Packaging (St. Louis, MO) has introduced a 210-ml (7-oz) clear glass bottle with a 43-mm twistoff closure. Suitable for salad dressings, herbal vinegars, syrups and sauces.

Feature Article

| February 28, 1995

Flexibles promote 'enviropackaging'

Refill packs for Tide and Cheer laundry detergent garnered FPA's "Green Globe" award for 1994. Three other FPA winners were also big contributors to source reduction efforts.

Thanks to the rugged F-style gallon can, Coleman?s case

Feature Article

| February 28, 1995

Coleman saves with performance packaging

In shifting to performance-oriented corrugated packaging for hazardous materials, Coleman found it could save $63ꯠ by reducing specifications on containers of camping fuel.

Materials Product Brief

| February 28, 1995

P-s labels for containers

Continental Glass and Plastic (Chicago, IL) now offers p-s labels for its bottles, jars, closures, pouches and tubes. A variety of label stocks and adhesives are available, including in-mold.

Materials Product Brief

| February 28, 1995

Disk mailers

Sealed Air's (Saddle Brook, NJ) Jiffy(TM) disk mailer is a low-cost mailer with a premium appearance. Uses white liner board consisting of 100% recycled fibers with 80% post-consumer content.

Materials Product Brief

| February 28, 1995

Spout cap

The Hi Flo spout cap from Precision Packaging (Stockton, CA) has a larger inside opening than most similar closures, allowing better product flow.

Materials Product Brief

| February 28, 1995

Remote cap sealing system

Enercon's (Menomonee Falls, WI) Integral II remote cap sealing system gives operators system control independent of the main power supply. This allows placement of controls convenient to operators.

Materials Product Brief

| February 28, 1995

Round bottle

The Richey round bottle from Fenton, Weber & Jones (Tona-wanda, NY) is a 250-ml HDPE bottle designed for health and beauty applications. Fits various 24/ 410 dispensing closures and sprays and accepts most types of decoration.

Materials Product Brief

| February 28, 1995

Multi-panel booklet labels

Q-Seal(TM) multiple-panel booklet labels from Quality Assured Label (Minneapolis, MN) are p-s for applications that require added text to remain within the package.

News

| February 28, 1995

Smart package holds compliance solution

Incorporating an alarm clock into a prescription drug bottle seems like an idea whose time should have come long ago. It came last year, in the form of the MEMS® SmartCap(TM) from Aprex Corp., a Fremont, CA, company specializing in improved patient compliance.

News

| February 28, 1995

Less is more for moisturizer package

Paducah, KY-based Charles Kari took a minimalist approach for its line of over thirty skin-care products, sold in tanning salons nationwide. Simple graphics, provided by Bill Henderson & Associates (Nashville, TN), are gravure-printed in four colors plus gold-foil stamping onto pressure-sensitive polyethylene film, from an undisclosed supplier.

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