Reusable/Returnable

PPC Gold award winners

Following is a list of the Gold Award winners from the PPC annual competition.

April 30, 2004

Confection/Candy: Page 28

Reusable/Returnable

PPC Gold award winners

Following is a list of companies that won Gold Awards at the annual PPC competition.

April 30, 2004

Closures

A holiday twist

Nestlé Canada offered Smarties Holiday Twist canisters with three moveable rings that allowed kids to move the colorful label graphics into multiple combinations.

March 31, 2004

Reusable/Returnable

Package-powered candy

Melate Confections, San Diego, CA, offers a sweet wake-up call for consumers: Chargers chocolate-covered coffee confections, packaged in an original tin replica of a size D battery.

March 31, 2004

Flexibles

Kroger's sweet results

The block-bottom fabricated bags used for Cincinnati, OH-based The Kroger Co.’s "Private Selection" Chocolate Squares present ample space for product branding and information, while the upright stance offers high visibility for consumers.

February 29, 2004

Closures

A twist on holiday design

Nestlé Canada offered Smarties Holiday Twist canisters that had three moveable rings that allowed kids to move the colorful label graphics into multiple combinations.

February 29, 2004

Contract packaging

Rx packaging: The view from Italy

Join Packaging World's Technical Editor Rick Lingle in a recap of an early March tour of pharmaceutical companies in Italy’s "Packaging Valley."

February 29, 2004

Flexible packaging

FPA's 'highest achievement' winners

Winners of the Flexible Packaging Assn.’s 2004 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards demonstrate the impact of technology on the form and function of flexible packaging.

February 29, 2004

Labels

Award-winning milk design

Compass Design’s package designs for Kemps’ flavored milk recently won a Gold award from the 10th Annual Beverage Packaging Global Design Awards, a worldwide design competition for beverage packaging and branding.

February 29, 2004

Flexible packaging

Flexible winners strike gold

Winners of the Flexible Packaging Assn.’s 2004 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards demonstrate the impact of technology on the form and function of flexible packaging.

February 29, 2004

Labels

Award-winning milk design

Compass Design's package designs for Kemps' flavored milk recently won a Gold award from the 10th Annual Beverage Packaging Global Design Awards, a worldwide design competition for beverage packaging and branding.

January 31, 2004

Secondary Packaging

Unfinished business

As I began to gear up for 2004, I realized that my office was littered with a whole raft of news and feature story applications that, for a variety of reasons, were not published.

January 31, 2004

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Packagers embrace renewable resources

Cornstarch, polylactic acid, and limestone are among the renewable resources used by Cadbury Schweppes for thermoformed candy trays, Biorigin for fresh pasta containers, and Wild Oats for a variety of deli containers.

January 31, 2004