Containers

Tube Council award winners

Following is a collection of 2002 Tube of the Year winners, sponsored by the Tube Council.

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Closures

Tube Council winner

The Ted Klein Tube of the Year in the 2002 Tubes of the Year Competition sponsored by The Tube Council is a 7-oz tube containing Rapture Golden Pearl Shower Cream. The product is marketed by Victoria’s Secret, a division of Intimate Brands, Inc., Columbus, OH.

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Containers

Achievements

Ampersand Label (Garden Grove, CA) is the winner of the 2002 Most Innovative Component of the Year award from the Tube Council.

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Converting equipment

Paper--with special converting--shows new versatility

The oldest packaging material is finding new opportunities by combining with other materials like barrier plastics and special inks.

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Containers

Distributor bags benefits

For many years, New Berlin, WI-based Anderson Seal received seals, clamps, tubing, and related items from their manufacturers, then distributed them, primarily to midwestern hydraulic, medical, and automotive original equipment manufacturers.

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Closures

Not all sweetener packs are created Equal

New container and closure let consumers use Equal’s no-calorie sweetener by the Spoonful.

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Cartoning

Top-loading cartoner

The TopLoader T 2060 is a new machine developed jointly by Uhlmann and its partner Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH.

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Containers

Netted desiccant bags

Pharmaceutical manufacturers and users of granular and powdered materials can now quickly and easily remove desiccants from bulk packaging with highly visible red netted desiccant bags from Süd-Chemie Performance Packaging.

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Containers

Bringing the big screen to aluminum cans

Dr Pepper and Rexam Beverage Can Americas are reproducing X-Men 2 movie action heroes on beverage cans to promote the upcoming movie release and boost brand awareness and sales of Dr Pepper, Diet Dr Pepper, and Red Fusion products.

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Containers

Euro-style solution to vial packaging

Bionostics’ first comprehensive production line adds efficiency and output to its operations and pays for itself in a year.

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Flexibles

Coffee roaster sees packaging as a key to growth

F. Gaviña & Sons has plans to bust out of its California backyard and take on the competition nationwide.See in-plant video

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Labels

New labeling, inspection gear at prize-winning water bottler

A switch to glue-applied roll-fed labeling and automatic fill-level inspection are the latest improvements at Mountain Valley Spring Co.

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Flexibles

NPE 2003: A passion for packaging

The latest advances in film extrusion, thermoforming, injection molding, and much more will be on display at the National Plastics Exposition June 23-27.

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