Flexible packaging

FPA winners sparkle

From 89 entries, here are the top winners in the 2005 awards competition sponsored by the Flexible Packaging Assn.

February 28, 2005

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1441

Flexibles

Shaped 'tree' pouch grows sales in Costa Rica (sidebar)

Gold—Printing AchievementStand-up pouch packaging manufactured, laminated, and printed by CLP Industries Ltd. helped international candy company Cafe Britt cultivate increased holiday sales of its line of Chocolate Britt candies in Costa Rica.

February 28, 2005

Flexibles

Flexo-printed all-plastic pet food bags (sidebar)

Gold—Printing AchievementBulk 30-lb all-plastic bags for Lamb & Rice Medley dog food from Nature’s Variety, Lincoln, NE, are made of a three-layer extrusion lamination: 48-ga polyester/43-ga metallized polyester/sealant film layer.

February 28, 2005

Flexibles

Non-foil 18-oz retort pouch provides microwaveability (sidebar)

Gold—Packaging ExcellenceTo help position its 18-oz Homestyle Express Asian Style Selections as highly consumer convenient, The Wornick Co.

February 28, 2005

Flexibles

Seen Previously in Packaging World (sidebar)

Oxygen-scavenging package for DVDsGold—Technical Innovation(see packworld.com/go/c128)Buena Vista Home Entertainment Div.

February 28, 2005

Flow wrapping

Promises, Promises, What's In It for Me?

Emerging standards and improved data connectivity hold the promise of helping manufacturers tie their plant and business processes into one neat package.

February 28, 2005

Flexibles

FPA Silver Award winners

Winners of Silver Awards in the Flexible Packaging Assn.'s 2005 Achievement Awards...

February 28, 2005

Flexibles

FPA Silver Award winners

Winners of Silver Awards in the Flexible Packaging Assn.'s 2005 Achievement Awards...

February 28, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Linear slide brings benefits to bundler

As more and more customers seek quick-change capabilities with no downtime, Omega Design upgrades actuation in its shrink bundler.

February 28, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Clean-design valves ensure sanitation

Clean-design pneumatic valve terminals and actuators offer a high level of hygiene, as well as low maintenance.

February 28, 2005

Labels

Seagram's Coolers undergo a package modernization

New bottle, new label, and new carrier graphics—they’re all aimed at contemporizing the Seagram’s brand and boosting sales.

February 28, 2005

Labels

Liz Claiborne upgrades packaging at center

New random box-taping machines help boost output and slash labor costs for fashion maker’s Mt. Pocono center.

February 28, 2005

Flexibles

Making 'scents' of technology

NutriSystem markets plastic bottles with three closures, each of which emits an aroma designed to enhance the appeal of water for dieters.

February 28, 2005