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Flexibles

Sleeve labels boost new Disney line

Five popular Disney characters come to life in the new line of Sun Pals tanning lotions and sprays from No-Ad Suncare of Miami Gardens, FL. The 6-oz squeezable bottles, which retail for about $9.00, are decorated with 2-mil PETG heat-shrinkable film labels from Ameri-Seal (www.ameri-seal.com).

June 30, 2006

Beverage

Hair care packs turn heads

John Frieda Professional Hair Care Business launched in North America in February its Luminous Color Glaze at-home salon-glazing product in clear printed InSight™ packaging from AGI/Klearfold (www.agiklearfold.com), a business unit of MeadWestvaco.

June 30, 2006

Dairy

High-style ice cream cone packaging

This spring, Lucerne, Switzerland-based Emmi Schweiz AG launched a premium line of praline-topped ice creams in crispy almond wafer cones. Creative packaging, developed in conjunction with Huhtamaki (www.huhtamaki.com), was integral to the product introduction.

June 30, 2006

Flexibles

Kraft case is strong and good-looking

Kraft Foods needed high-impact secondary packaging to contain four 40-oz slugs of premium cracker products.

June 30, 2006

Beverage

Glass design rewarded

Bacardi’s Corzo Tequila bottle won the Overall Package Design award in the 2006 Clear Choice Award competition sponsored by the Glass Packaging Institute.

June 30, 2006

Beverage

Divining qualified health claims policy by reading the tea leaves

“To make a claim based on a single study that was contradicted by 25 other studies would probably be considered misleading.”

June 30, 2006

Contract Packaging

Packaging Summit Expo and Conference 2007 intensifies Contract Packaging objectives

Last May’s Packaging Summit 2006 (held May 16-18, 2006 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois) was a great success, bringing packaging’s leaders together in one venue specializing in contract packaging solutions, containers and materials innovations as well as an outstanding educational conference program.

June 30, 2006

Flexibles

Counterfeiting--assess the threat, then build a solution

Dave Sayers is marketing development supervisor for 3M Security Systems, a provider of security solutions and services that identify, authenticate, secure, and track materials and information by combining security and productivity. Sayers talks about the damage caused by counterfeiting and offers advice on how to fight back.

June 30, 2006

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Marketing and design: Breaking down the 'silos'

Panel of managers from leading CPG companies says great packages can occur more often if marketing and design work better together upfront.

June 30, 2006

Beverage

From 4-pack to fridge pack

Flexibility and rapid changeover are among the key benefits gained by Thiele’s decision to rely heavily on servo technology in its new packer.

June 30, 2006

Sustainable Packaging

Persistence Pays

We recognize Rudradev Dasgupta for our first unofficial “Edison Packaging Award” for his remarkable persistence. Dasgupta is packaging development manager for Emicos Intl., Dubai, UAE, which he describes as the largest cosmetics manufacturing company in the Middle East.

June 30, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Packaging Lessons Learned

Readers share experiences of inventiveness, resourcefulness, and persistence.

June 30, 2006