Soups/Condiments/Sauces/Spices/Dips/Dressings

Windowed package provides view, protection for glassware

Originating in Turkey, Carnis Ambalaj Sanayi A.S.’s Pasabahce tea set sleeve carton protects and partially displays three tea glasses and saucers. The block-and-brace design prevents the glasses and the saucers from touching, providing protection against breakage. Die-cut windows on the back and front panels enable shoppers to view the glassware as they make their purchase decision.

April 4, 2007

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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

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

Beverage

Apple-shaped juice container scores with structural design

A convenient, single-serve apple-shaped apple juice container created for S. Martinelli & Co. is a successful attempt at using liquid nitrogen to purge the container headspace and pressurize a hot-fill PET beverage container from Graham Packaging Co. (www.grahampackaging.com). As a result, the panel-less bottle needs neither vacuum panels nor supporting ribs. All product information is embossed on this no-label-look package, heightening shelf presence.

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

Controls & Machine Components

PAF 2007 provides unique view of automation trends

Leading packaged goods manufacturers will demonstrate how recent developments in packaging controls and information technologies can drive profitability.

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

Beverage

Homework and ingenuity produces light-up bottle

What started as a school project has resulted in the launch of a new product, TY KU, “the world’s only sake liqueur,” in a one-of-a-kind bottle that lights up.

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