Consumer packaged goods

UK paint container doubles as a roller tray

ICE Paints markets Gliddens Rollable paint in the United Kingdom in a container that also holds a roller tray. The package functions as a storage unit and also serves as an integral functional component of the product. The Quick-Roll co-polymer polypropylene container, from Superfos Packaging (www.superfos.com), enables consumers to paint directly from the 11” x 65⁄8” tray area, which is melted into the container, without mess or wasted paint.

April 4, 2007

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Detergents/cleaners

Cleanser whips up the essence of marshmallows

The central feature on Kao Corp.’s Bioré Marshmallow Whip facial cleanser, distributed in Japan, is a pump foam dispenser. This pump makes a whipped lather that cannot be achieved by using hands. To make a whipped lather, a mesh is installed in the pump and at the tip of the nozzle. Mesh inside the nozzle is designed more finely than for inside the pump. With a round bottle shape and screw cap, the package design resembles a marshmallow.

April 4, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Inventive pack marries form, function in household goods

Innovative package design gives Oxi Clean Toss-N-Go an entirely different look in household cleaning products. A thermoformed polyvinyl chloride clamshell inside a conical paperboard sleeve, all produced by Display Pack (www.displaypack.com), bring together critical function and eye-catching form. The package forms a liquid-tight seal, allowing it to double as the mold for the detergent ball inside the sleeve.

April 4, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Package doubles as razor's carrying case

Schick brings a new dimension to convenience in the shaving aisle for its Quattro for Women Go! brand. On-the-go women can take this four-bladed razor with metal handle anywhere, as it comes in an injection-molded clear, reusable travel case that is stylishly secured by a printed shrink-sleeve label and a header card. By making the package the carrying case, Schick eliminates the need to discard the polyvinyl chloride blister upon opening the package for the first time, a common ritual with other razors.

April 4, 2007

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging: A convenient truth

All too often it seems that packaging is portrayed as an environmental villain by the media.

April 4, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Mueller plant brimming with technology

From laser scanning of cheese blocks to multi-axis servo-controlled case and tray packers, this dairy plant makes automated packaging systems a top priority.

April 4, 2007

Containers

Martin's makes ink and coding concerns disappear

Thermal-transfer printers on baggers at Martin’s snacks improve legibility and accuracy, lower labor costs, and provide coding flexibility.

April 4, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Carbon footprints, carbon labeling--how warm should we be about these initiatives?

Scarcely a day goes by without a picture in the European news media showing a polar bear, victimized by the onslaught of global warming, clinging forlornly to a fast-melting ice floe. Joining the polar bears in media coverage are the chief executives of Europe’s major international retailers, who seem to be vying for the mantle of greatest green-ness. Consider:

April 3, 2007

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

High-visibility packaging demand climbing

U.S. demand for high-visibility packaging, including clamshell, blister and other types, is expected to increase 5.1% annually to $8.5 billion in 2010.

April 3, 2007

Conveying & accumulation

Bottle drying system produces for Britvic

A bottling line started up in fall 2006 at Britvic Soft Drinks at Chelmsford, United Kingdom, to handle the company’s Robinsons Fruit Shoot beverages is anchored by a space-efficient block filler for 200- and 300-mL PET bottles.

April 3, 2007

Flexibles

Salmon jerky pack serves Iraq and Afghanistan

Fledgling wild salmon product manufacturing company Alaska Spirit LLC, Kodiak, AK, with assistance from the University of Alaska Fisheries Industrial Technology Center pilot plant, has developed Kodiak SOLSTIX™ wild salmon jerky, vacuum-packed in multi-layer film. Designed as “pocket protein” for hikers, climbers, other sports enthusiasts, and vending machine sales, the product currently is being marketed to several small regional retail outlets. It’s packaged in 0.7-oz (2” x 6” package dimensions), three-count jerky stick packs. Average retail price is $1.99 per package.

April 3, 2007

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Proposed rules on gluten finish the thought on food allergens law

Under its proposed rule, FDA defines ‘gluten’ as proteins that occur naturally in a ‘prohibited grain’ and that may cause adverse health effects in those with celiac disease.”

April 3, 2007

Containers

Ecolab's bottle is better, faster by design

Modeling studies cut eight months out of the package development process for its ProForce cleaning solution bottle sold at Sam's Club.

April 3, 2007