Bakery/Snack

Gold award winners (sidebar)

Beverage CartonsElijah Craig Single Barrel Aged 18 YearsManufacturer: TPC Printing and PackagingCustomer: Heaven Hill DistilleriesBeverage CarriersMartini BellissimaManufacturer: Rock-Tenn Co.

April 30, 2005

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Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Moving an 'industrial' brand into home décor

Chapin achieves double-digit sales increase by restaging lawn and garden sprayers as gender-neutral and calling attention to product benefits that consumers care about.

April 30, 2005

Labels

How color is used (sidebar)

Besides container shape and a shrink label, Chapin International uses color to create a contemporary brand for its namesake line of lawn and garden sprayers.

April 30, 2005

Confection/Candy

Godiva's boxed artistry beckons

Godiva Chocolatier uses distinctive high-end packaging for both visual and tactile appeal.

April 30, 2005

Detergents/cleaners

Convenience strikes again at Dutch Boy

Hot on the heels of its revolutionary Twist & Pour plastic 1-gal and 1-qt paint containers, Sherwin-Williams Co. is now introducing another plastics-driven innovation in its Dutch Boy paint line: the Ready to Roll “project-sized” paint container.

April 30, 2005

Beverage

The wrap-up: Device 'homes' in on bar coding

This gizmo can help organize your CD, DVD, book, and game collections in the comfort of your own home.

April 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Smart Package: Powered inhalant

Touchspray, a high-efficiency inhalant technology, is the ‘Smart Package of the Month’ as selected by the experts at IDTechEx.

April 30, 2005

Flexibles

A 'cool' data-logging temperature sensor

An economical and compact new temperature-tracking device is being used by Cool Dog for frozen novelties.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Ross Labs' speaker extols RFID's benefits

Mike Wallace of Abbott Laboratories’ Ross Laboratories Division provides an updated look at RFID at HealthPack 2005, held in San Antonio in late March.

March 31, 2005

Household/Automotive

Kliklok-Woodman Intl. hires new director of operations

Kliklok-Woodman has hired Nigel Salter as director of operations of the company’s Bristol, United Kingdom, facility.

March 31, 2005

Consumer packaged goods

Oxygen absorbers for pharmaceutical packaging

Süd-Chemie offers its new PharmaKeep, a new line of oxygen absorbing canisters and packets designed to protect pharmaceutical and diagnostic products from the harmful effects of oxygen.

March 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Splenda ads not splendid

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is calling on the makers of Splenda to change the labeling and advertising of the increasingly popular artificial sweetener.

March 31, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

Cosmetics may have to show warnings

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now taking a hard look at whether common cosmetics and personal care products that contain untested chemicals need to display a warning label to consumers.

March 31, 2005