Consumer packaged goods: Page 110

Detergents/cleaners

Coming clean with

The goal was a distinctive label for a Tide detergent sub-brand. Multi-Color and Quick Pak succeeded because they innovated—and they backed up their claims.

March 31, 2006

Containers

Adhesive reduces co-packer's labor, stretch-wrap costs

Labor, a major controllable element of contract-packaging costs, can make or break a project. With compressed margins, contract packagers are seeking any opportunity to reduce operating costs.

March 31, 2006

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Cloud expanding services in wipes, towlettes with Multi-Pack purchase

Cloud Packaging Solutions’ recent purchase of Multi-Pack is broadening its contract packaging capabilities within the household cleaning-products industry.

March 31, 2006

Cartoning

New 200-degree F hot-melt with maintenance-free application equipment

National Adhesives, a National Starch & Chemical business recently unveiled Easy-Pac™, its complete packaging sealing solution that combines the first 200-degree F hot-melt adhesive with an integrated storage, filling, and application system.

March 31, 2006

Petfood/Pet Care

Container design delivers on retailer's needs

Target Stores wanted a package that stresses value but also with a softer visual profile. A rigid container for 9Lives cat food scores on both accounts in part by piggybacking a free incentive can of cat food onto the primary package, distributed by All-Pak.

March 31, 2006

Containers

Project pail takes pain out of painting

Winning Best of Show honors at the Institute of Packaging Professionals’ (IoPP) 2005 AmeriStar competition, Sherwin-Williams Co.’s Ready-to Roll PP paint container oozes with convenience features.

March 31, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Xbox plays to the environment at Sam's Club

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game system sold exclusively at Sam’s Club appears in a new kind of environmentally friendly packaging.

March 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The Packaging Summit Conference 2006

Where packaging’s leaders come together™

March 31, 2006

Consumer packaged goods

On-line color manager

GretagMacbeth (www.gretagmacbeth.com) and SpecialChem (www.specialchem.com) have joined together to offer on-line services in color management and color communication at matchmycolor.com.

March 31, 2006

Flexibles

Water debuts in shapely SUPs

Wasatch IceWater Co., Park City, UT, has introduced its natural artesian spring water in 16-oz (473-mL) stand-up flexible pouches supplied by Ampac Flexibles, unit of Ampac Packaging LLC.

March 31, 2006

Flexibles

Clarification

In March coverage of the FPA Awards Competition, four Silver Award winners were left out. Three were in the Technical Innovation category: Fisherman’s Friend Strong Mint, by converter Amcor Flexibles; Blue View Cook a Carrot, by converter Flex Pack USA; and Fromm Adult Gold Dog Food Quad Seal Pouch, by converter Polymer Packaging.

March 31, 2006

Flexibles

Boxed Ray Charles set recreates nostalgia

You will have Ray Charles on your mind with a new collector’s edition music set titled “Ray Charles Pure Genius” from Rhino Records, Los Angeles, CA.

March 31, 2006