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Package designs shine among Mobius winners
The 28th-annual Mobius Awards were handed out late last year. The package design category highlighted some of the year's most exciting and successful packages.
April 30, 1999
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Closures
Glass decoration clearly wins
Jelly jars' decoration brings movie to life, wins award and even becomes a collector's item.
April 30, 1999
Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging
Source tags provide measured security improvements
Stanley Tools houses a security label in a patented PVC capsule that clips onto the back of its tape rule package.
April 30, 1999
Meat/Poultry/Seafood
Supplier news: Appointments, promotions
AlliedSignal Plastics (Morristown, NJ): Tim Fitzgerald, mgr., global and strategic accounts; Tom Salmon, business leader.
April 30, 1999
Sustainability
Beta testing will determine U.S. plastic beer bottle spec(s)
Some time after a computer software code is written, but before it is commercially launched, it undergoes a period of beta testing. During this period, select users try the program out, spot bugs in it, figure out function shortcuts, criticize the program's performance and let the developer know what they like and don't like about the software.
April 30, 1999
Containers
Fomo tracks many happy returns
A tracking system better controls Fomo Products' fleet of returnable containers holding foam insulation chemicals. That helps the company save up to $60ꯠ/yr.
April 30, 1999
Conveying & accumulation
Fire gives snack baker a clean slate
Fire claimed Pretzels, Inc.'s Indiana headquarters plant on Christmas Eve '97. By the following August, a new plant with a streamlined packaging room had risen from the ashes.
April 30, 1999
Sustainability
More than just a pretty package (sidebar)
Additional winners include:
April 30, 1999
Conveying & accumulation
Robotic tray loaders speed cookie loading
A state-of-the-art line at Voortman Cookies in Canada uses 10 vision-guided robots to simultaneously pack cookies into five trays at 1걄 cookies/min. Saves C$450ꯠ/yr in labor costs and provides 10-minute tool-less changeover.
April 30, 1999
Flexible packaging
Salons sample new pack
Regis salons give away an unusual sample pack printed with a $1-off coupon to entice customers to purchase regular-sized hair-care products.
April 30, 1999
Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)
Film's flexibility fits ice packs
Puncture-resistant film protects Forever Ice's 'reusable' ice to withstand repeated freezing and thawing. A custom tf/f/s machine improves efficiency.
April 30, 1999
Containers
Bottle serves up a choice of scents
A unique "bottle-in-bottle" design and extensive outer packaging make this perfume a unique choice in an industry where the senses can be easily overloaded.
April 30, 1999
Controls & Machine Components
Nordson Corporation: Hot melt drum system
The new model 5507 Drum Melter from Nordson Corp. (Duluth, GA) offers rapid set-up, delivery and replenishment of drum-loaded PUR hot melts. The automatic startup and temperature control systems permit high-volume, on-demand gluing and bonding operations while protecting thermal- and moisture-curing properties of the adhesive.
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