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Allegro T® / Uncoated Tyvek® Package
Rollprint Packaging Products, Inc.
The Allegro T® peelable sealant used in the bottom web offers smooth, fiber-free opening from uncoated Tyvek® with the premium appearance of more costly coated products. When the package is peeled, the sealant layer splits cohesively, leaving behind a bright white residue which provides visual assurance of seal integrity. The AllegroT ® sealant is extremely forgiving, with a wide heat seal window. |
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Aseptic Gravity Flow Valve™ Package
International Dispensing Corporation
Aseptic Gravity Flow Valve™ is a patented technology that is opening new markets for flexible packaging by allowing aseptic, low acid products to be safely dispensed from a flexible bag or pouch. The valve acts as a shelf stable closure and an aseptic dispenser that prevents bacteria or oxygen from entering the flexible package. The valve is opening new markets for aseptic dairy beverages, sports drinks, non-preserved juices and ready-to-drink coffee beverages. |
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Baskin Robbins - Fruit Medley and Mint Chocolate Chip Hard Candy
Printpack Inc.
Using digital flexographic printing and employing a 130 line screen, these vivid packages were reverse printed on clear OPP and extrusion laminated to metallized OPP.
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Beechnut Rice Cereal for Babies On The Go Pouch
Amgraph Packaging, Inc.
This new stand up pouch with re-sealable zipper is the new look and feel in packaging for infant cereal. The structure of PET laminated to white film is easier to transport, user friendly, and less bulky. Six color electron beam lithographic printing was utilized in this new package design. |
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Bugler Cigarette Tobacco
Cadillac Products Packaging Company
This new package for fresh tobacco replaces a three part package that was difficult to use and lacked a reclosure feature. The new package utilizes a foil lamination that is hermetically sealed to lock in freshness . The EZ open and integral rolling flap reclosure offers easy access while maintaining the freshness of the product. |
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Butcher's Block Beef Patties Package with Reclosable Zipper
Bemis Polyethylene Packaging Division
This package replaces a corrugated box with a polyethylene bag inside. It is a printed polyethylene bag with a reclosable zipper which allows direct view of the product inside as well a secure closure every time the product is used. The package also contains a tamper-evident feature which eliminates any fears of contamination. |
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Correction Pen Pouch
Pactech
This unique pouch is found inside a correction pen that provides a reservoir for a solvent mixture that keeps the pen operational without shaking or squeezing. The pouch uses a Honeywell Capran Nylon sealant layer with a metallized polyester exterior for barrier. The fitment, designed by Pactech and molded by Empire Precision Plastics, is also Capran Nylon. Pactech developed the machinery to seal the pouches and automatically insert and seal the fitment to the pouch. |
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Costco 24 oz Beef Fajita Strips/32 oz Chicken Fajita Strips
American Packaging Corporation
Key Farms Beef & Chicken Strips
These designs were reverse printed using 8 colors on a state-of-the-art wide web flexographic press to achieve high definition and excellent graphics reproduction. Digital plating allowed achievement of juicy looking meats, warm wood tones, and detailed shadows. The unique peelable substrate enhanced easy opening technology creating a consumer friendly package. |
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Cryovac® Simple Steps
Cryovac Division, Sealed Air Corporation
The Cryovac Simple Steps package allows meat products to be cooked, shipped, displayed and sold all in the same package. The unique vacuum skin seal helps keep the product stationary, offers clear identification of the food item, and reduces leakers. The self-venting system allows the vacuum skin film to expand during reheating, and the EZ open tab to peel off the film eliminates the need for consumers to puncture or cut the film.
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Dispensador Na Pancha
Peruplast S.A.
This 7-color flexo printed laundry detergent dispenser has a clever triangular shaped perforated opening in front from which individually wrapped flexible pouches of laundry detergent can be obtained for individual purchase. Two hang holes at the top of the dispenser provide good presence in retail environments and laundromats. |
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Fairytale Brownies ® Individual Brownie Wrapper
Alcan Packaging
Alcan Packaging's ceramis® adds shelf life while maintaining clarity to see the delicious treat inside. Alcan Packaging worked with Eckart America ink system to offer the look of a metallized label without the limitations. The package provides a high quality and cleaner look, more information, and costs about 2/3 the price of a demetallized structure. And that makes for a very fairytale ending. |
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Frugos Pulpa de Manzana Pouch
Peruplast S.A.
This pouch, containing apple juice concentrate, is shelf stable and provides an easy opening and pouring feature. Less costly than a glass bottle and label, the PET pouch provides enhanced consumer appeal due to the vibrant graphics which are surface gravure printed using 8 colors. |
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Gerber Lil' Entrees
Pechiney Plastic Packaging
The retortable plastic tray combined with a high-barrier plastic, peelable, retortable lidstock pairs two baby/toddler foods in one container and can be microwaved for up to 30 seconds. The unique configuration offers consumers the ability to purchase, transport and prepare one container per meal rather than two separate containers of food. |
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Gooberlicious Dog Treats
NEX and Pechiney Plastic Packaging
The Gooberlicious Dog Treat package is composed of several layers of film including an M0086 Inflex sealant web from NEX. The Inflex grade has specific properties that combined can't be found using standard polyethylene films, such as increased stiffness, and improved seal strength, gloss and haze. The M0086 offers benefits to the converter and end user such as ability to downgauge and reduce costs, as well as a reduction in seal temperatures to speed up processing. |
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Got 2 B Spa Spouted Pouch
Specialty Films & Associates, Inc.
This stand up/spouted pouch for facial products represents significant packaging improvements to the rigid bottles used in the past. Incorporating exceptional graphics, high-shine metallized substrates, and consumer friendly dispensing and storage achieved greater shelf presence and brand recognition. The pouch has been well received at all levels, from the packer to the retailer to the consumer - translating into greater sales.
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Hershey's Portable Pudding Stick Pack
Curwood, Inc.
The Hershey's Portable Pudding Stick Pack is a very unique package due to it being the first portion controlled aseptic (non-refrigerated) stick pack on the market today. The combination of high barrier film along with reverse printing the substrate makes this an excellent example of consumer convenience. |
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Kappler's Chem-Tape ®
Cadillac Products Packaging Company
This proprietary, chemical resistant, multilayer film lamination is further converted into an adhesive tape product designed for use with high barrier chemically protective clothing for those handling and exposed to hazardous liquid chemical and warfare agents. In lab testing for Kappler, the lamination had normalized breakthrough times greater than 480 minutes on many aggressive chemicals. |
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Kauai Coffee Map Design Family
RJR Packaging
Using 6-color gravure reverse printing on this polyester foil laminate bag achieves intense saturated colors, intricate design detail and subtle pastel ghosting that evoke the warmth and feel of the island of Kauai. This package has been extremely successful in improving shelf impact and attracting consumer attention. |
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Kool-Aid® Jammers
Pliant Corporation and Alcan Packaging
A clear, high barrier EVOH film was developed for Kool-Aid® to reinforce the brand identity of Kool-Aid® juice drinks. The multi-layer film replaces the existing foil layer to allow visibility of the beverage colors while maintaining barrier properties for flavor and vitamin retention. The film also withstands the high temperatures required for filling the product.
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Lipton Chailatta Bag
American Packaging Corporation
This recent market introduction utilizes a flexible packaging specification that incorporates high end graphics. The package design allows for improved use of retail shelf space. The exterior film combined with the foil mid-ply gives the package a bright, glossy appearance. The rigidity of the package specification allows the packer to optimize package machineability and output. |
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Lipton Diet Iced Tea
American Packaging Corporation
This rotogravure reverse printed shrink film significantly enhances the label graphics via high clarity and a glossy appearance. The selected shrink film allows the label to follow the contour of the container making a more available label area to optimize consumer appeal.
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Lundberg Rice Chips
Progressive Packaging Ltd.
Combining digital thermally developed plates with new 10-color flexo printing allows for fast setup and superior graphics on this snack chip pouch. Employing a 120 line screen with 1% minimum dot makes the bag's graphics jump off the pouch, providing improved shelf appeal when compared to the previous carton. |
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Mead Johnson's Enfamil Slim Stick Packages
Curwood, Inc./Bemis Specialty Films
The slim stick package is a single-serve packet and is a line extension of Enfamil products offering a convenient alternative to bulk canister dispensing. By incorporating Curwood's Fancy Cut® opening technology, it allows the consumer easy access to the product without the need for a tear notch. |
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Melting Moments - GL-AE Film
Pliant Corporation
GL-AE ceramic deposition film was the clear choice for this innovative laminated cookie package. Selected for its foil like barrier properties, GL-AE provides the converter excellent machinability and offers the food packager a cost effective alternative to foil that can withstand microwave operation, retort applications and pass through metal detection. |
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Microwave Popcorn Lidding
American Packaging Corporation
This recently developed specialty lidding membrane is a thin multi-layer laminate, is hermetically sealed, provides moisture barrier and significantly increased product shelf life. This innovative packaging solution increases shelf appeal, improves consumer convenience and adds economic value to the complete package. |
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Nescafe Tradicion 2 gr Package
Peruplast S.A.
This 1.6 gram four seal sachet contains individual portions of freeze-dried coffee crystals for portability and consumer convenience. The pouches employ minimal material and are gravure printed using 8 colors to provide rich, warm, coffee-toned hues and inviting graphics.
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NutraSeal Film Package for LifePAK Dietary Supplement
Rollprint Packaging Products, Inc.
Replacing a previously used packaging material which provided an inadequate barrier and poor seals, the new packaging film, NutraSeal, is used to package nutritional supplements that are highly moisture sensitive. NutraSeal is an aluminum-oxide coated polyester film which is coextrusion-coated with a blended polyolefin sealant layer. The polyolefin blend results in heat seals so strong that they do not break, even when a person stands on them. |
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Nutriance Original
Alliant Company LLC
This standup pouch provides a new method of pre-applying a tamper-evident slider reclosable feature for easier filling and sealing of the package. A new 3 layer coextruded film was developed for the peel-seal feature which is revealed when the slider is opened, offering good security while supporting the high value image of the pet food. |
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Ore Ida® Roasted Reds Garlic and Rosemary
Pliant Corporation
This package utilizes a lamination and 8 color flexographic printing to provide outstanding shelf presence. Direct-to-plate digital processing was used for superior image quality without the high cost of rotogravure printing. Also featured on the package is an Inno-Lok® reclosable feature for consumer convenience. Together, these features compliment the market launch of this new, value enhanced specialty product. |
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Papel Higienico Suave Practimaletin
Peruplast S.A.
This flexible bag contains 12 rolls of toilet tissue and serves as a carrying case by employing a cutout handle at the top of the bag, which offers consumer convenience through easier handling and carrying. Printed 8-color flexo, the bright colors and inviting graphics offer shelf appeal.
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Pennzoil-Quaker State Shrink Sleeve
SleeveCo
Replacing a standard shaped oil bottle with a paper label, this new vibrant 7-color rotogravure shrink label fits around a race car shaped bottle for incomparable shelf presence and consumer appeal. Complex distortion factors had to be calculated when designing and printing the label in order to have it properly fit the irregularly shaped bottle. |
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Pictsweet Stand Up Vegetable Package
Pliant Corporation
This flat bottom, vertical form/fill/seal stand-up-pouch replaces the standard pillow pouch for frozen vegetables. Featuring high quality, surface printed graphics, an easy tear opening and a convenient carrying handle, this innovative package offers all the performance and shelf presence of a standup pouch without the cost of laminated materials. |
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Pretty Bird Premium Gourmet Bird Food Bag
Plassein International
To provide extended shelf life for Pretty Bird's brands, Plassein International developed an innovative barrier structure that combined a co-extruded poly blend and a lamination layer. The new poly bags were a switch from the paper bags Pretty Bird typically used in the past. This bag extended the effectiveness of a nitrogen flush with a high barrier PET, ensuring freshness for Pretty Bird's product. The bags features enhanced graphics using a flexographic process. The outer Polyester film allows for the application of a convenient zipper.
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Procter & Gamble Thermacare Horizontal Form Fill and Seal Package
Curwood, Inc./Bemis Specialty Films
This package is a solution for distribution and display of a new product line. The specification used by Curwood provides a unique balance of moisture and oxygen barrier requirements. It also has a sealant which offers a wide operating window in order for the package to be hermetically sealed while maintaining positive manufacturing efficiencies.
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Pump·Mate
PBM Plastics, Inc.
The Pump·Mate breast milk storage and feeding system makes Mom's life simpler and easier. The system utilizes durable bottle liners that can easily withstand the freezing and thawing process, allowing moms to pump, freeze and feed from the same liner. This eliminates the need for milk transfer from pump - to storage liner - to feeding bottle. |
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R-122™ High Performance Stretch Pallet Wrap
Pliant Corporation
At nearly half the thickness of conventional film for high speed pallet wrappers, R-122 provides lighter packaging and significantly higher roll yield. R-122 consistently outperforms other films, with increased integrity, less roll changes, and better throughput. It does not re-stretch or puncture, despite sudden load movement in transit. The end result is stretch pallet wrap with significantly reduced cost-in-use without sacrificing load containment. |
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Redken "So Long" Promotion Pouches
Specialty Films & Associates, Inc.
By utilizing two unique pouches for Redken's hair care products, SFA provided the dynamics for a successful promotion. The multi-pack pouch, combined with the free gift pouch were configured with special features to enhance their appeal, including a stand up gusset, resealable zipper closures, plastic snap-on grommets, high-resolution rotogravure printing, and multiple film substrates. Both pouches offer a variety of "reuse" options, such as travel kits. |
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Rosina Meatballs
NEX and Cello Pack Corporation
The new Rosina Meatball package employs a film combination, which utilizes NEX Controlled COF Technology Grade 5457S as the sealant. The 5457S is the foundation for a reduction in leakers, and increase in toughness and stability of COF. The COF stability was achieved with the use of a new technology employed by NEX in the Controlled COF Technology products. This new technology reduces COF variability in the polyethylene film itself and also ensures that the film is less prone to slip scalping and transfer after lamination. |
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Safeway Select Gourmet & Harvest Medley
American Packaging Corporation
These Flexographic reverse printed packages required superior color-to-color registration in order to present the customers high quality product image. Specially formulated high opacity ink and key-line elements were used. In addition, a pattern applied CLEARVISION® anti-fog coating allows the product window to remain clear of moisture during distribution. |
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Safeway Vegetable Potstickers
Nordenia U.S.A., Inc.
The reclosable standup pouch was reverse printed on a high-gloss polyester film using transparent, fade-resistant inks. Choosing the gravure process over flexo allowed the design to be printed using 6 colors instead of 8, which reduced prepress and cylinder costs. The photographic quality and overall graphic layout of the package provide the consumer with a clear understanding of what the product is. |
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Sainsbury Rice
CLP Industries LTD
Providing a new, convenient solution for ready-to-eat rice, this retort pouch requires no refrigeration, is microwaveable, and uses a high barrier clear laminate that extends the shelf life of the cooked rice up to 12 months. The 8-color gravure printing renders appetizing graphics and provides a strong shelf presence.
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Sara Lee ABP® Spareribs Pouch
Curwood, Inc.
The ABP® technology is a new technology for bone-in and high abuse meat cuts. It is a shrink bag made by off-set continuous lamination which allows for edge-to-edge coverage of the product with crystal clear protection. This package offers the best protection while maximizing package appeal. |
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Seattle's Best Coffee with Fres Close™
Fresco System USA, Inc.
This package represents the first commercial use of the patented Fres Close(TM) reclosure. Fres Close(TM) allows a side gusseted bag to be fully opened for easy product accessibility. The package can then be reclosed by simply pressing together the Fres Close(TM) profiles attached to the face and back of the bag. The package also utilizes a patented easy open sealant and one-way coffee degassing valve. |
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Sun Shine Ice Melting Compound
Plassein International
This new stand-alone heavy-duty reclosable sack features a built in handle and tamper evident opening. Ideal for industrial or consumer bulk solids such as melting salt, pet food or potting soil, the new package saves 33% in material costs over a corrugated container with a liner. The package design also incorporates anti-skid technology, which allows significantly more units to be safely loaded per pallet, cutting distribution costs. |
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TECOMATE Max-Attract 50/50 Seed Blend
North State Flexibles LLC
A specially designed, laminated PE/PE bag structure replaces an expensive and inferior multi-wall paper bag for this deer forage application. Advantages include glossier and higher fidelity graphics with buried print; a more durable package that does not wrinkle, crease, burst or tear easily; and a package that palletizes well. |
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Top Loading, Wicketed, Bottom Gusset Slider Bag for Grapes and Stone Fruits
Pliant Corporation
Combination top wicketed, bottom gusseted bags with a slider reclosable feature enhance productivity while offering consumer convenience. Originally designed for prepackaged grapes, bags can be packed and removed from their holder with a one handed motion, greatly improving productivity. Bags can be printed in up to 8 colors, providing growers a premium package without sacrificing productivity. |
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Triangle Coatings Grout Pouch
Specialty Films & Associates, Inc.
This spouted pouch for Triangle Coatings grout product was designed to enhance the consumer's view of the product's colors as well as to provide a convenient, innovative tool for the mixing and dispensing of product. By including the hermetically sealed spout, the need for troweling, remixing, and spatula application of the product was eliminated. This newly designed spouted pouch, composed of a soft, resilient multilayer laminate offers convenience and substantially improved performance. |
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Unipeel 434™ Frozen Food Film
Pliant Corporation
This multilayer coextrusion was developed specifically for bag-in-box packaging of frozen baked goods such as pancakes and waffles. Engineered for toughness in a harsh distribution environment, Unipeel 434 has reduced leaker rates by as much as 40% and saved up to 20% in material use through downgauging without sacrificing moisture barrier. The peelable sealant system allows for easy opening by consumers. |
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Welch's 24 Pack 11.5 oz Variety Pack Wrap
Bemis Polyethylene Packaging Division
The printed polyethylene wrap used for this product incorporates new 8-color process print which significantly enhances the shelf appeal and helps consumers make a quicker point-of-purchase decision. The coex film is very resilient with regards to scuffing issues which makes it the perfect solution for this large and heavy product. |
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Wrigley's Juicy Fruit® Chewing Gum Ink Jet Promotional Pack
Sonoco
This promotional pack features four color flexo-printed graphics on an OPP substrate. Text encourages consumers to purchase the gum and check a web site to determine if the ink jet printed number inside the pack is a winner. Food grade ink makes it safe. Inside printing is secure. Overall, this was cost efficient and easy to implement. |
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6HM™ High Integrity Shrink Film
Pliant Corporation
6HM shrink bundling film, designed for tray packing bottles and cans, offers excellent toughness and puncture resistance in a downgaugable film. Superior strength of the "bulls-eye" openings at each end of the case pack allows the film to stand up to repeated handling with a minimum of distortion. Material utilization can be reduced by 20-30% while maintaining package integrity required in the distribution of case packs.
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