Alghazaleen Tea
Flex America, Inc.

A new design has been created wherein the package is made from five different webs where the front and back, and the two side gussets are registered. Due to this reason, the product stands out on the shelf, and even though it is a flexible pouch, it gives the impression of a carton. It is provided with a slider zipper for multiuse, easy opening and ensures product freshness. A diaphragm has been provided on the top for seal integrity. This format can be adjusted for a variety of products, including rice, snack foods, high count biscuits, tea and coffee.

Judged in Packaging Excellence.

American Smokeless Snus
Gibraltar Packaging Group

The American Smokeless Snus — Discreet and ProSnus packages provide a new alternative for this industry. The use of metallized film and the press to close zipper promote a strong visual appeal while providing the consumer with a fresh product every time it is used. The lightweight packaging provides the convenience that today’s consumer is striving to achieve. These attributes work together to provide a flexible packaging solution that meets the customers and end users needs.

Judged in Packaging Excellence.

AntiFreeze Vaccine Backpack
Coldpack

Vaccine efficacy and shelf life can be greatly impacted by temperature fluctuations, extremes in both heat and cold will have a negative impact. Designated as an approved vaccine transportation system by the World Health Organization, the Coldpack AntiFreeze Vaccine Backpack solves this challenge through its award winning patented technology, which offers superior thermal and air cushion protection. The Coldpack AntiFreeze Vaccine Backpack facilitates the safe, secure, stable, and successful transport of priority medical vaccines.

Judged in Packaging Excellence.

Bear Naked® NativeTM Granola Stand-up Pouch
Exopack, LLC

The Bear Naked® Native™ Granola Stand-up Pouch is printed in full register with a matte lacquer to give the package a “natural” look and provide product differentiation on the shelf. By reverse printing the graphics and then surface printing the lacquer all in one pass, the need for an additional layer of material is eliminated and clear visibility of the packaged product through a window is produced. The package has the appearance of a paper-based package, while providing the necessary barrier characteristics of a
poly-based package.

Judged in Printing Achievement.

Bella Rosa Specialty Imported Cheese Selection
Cryovac Food Packaging Division, Sealed Air Corporation

This unique package combines the traditional benefits of Cryovac’s vacuum skin packaging with Arthur Schuman Incorporated’s strength as a world class specialty cheese provider. The result is a cheese board package that enables club stores to provide novice and experienced cheese consumers with a premium selection of cheeses that can be served at any occasion with very little prep required. The package not only looks attractive, but preserves the product and enables vertical presentation in the retail store.

Judged in Packaging Excellence.

Bemis® Advance Pak Rack Header Bag
Bemis Polytheylene Packaging Division

The modified Bemis® Advance Pak Rack Header Bag offers easy open, tamper evident perforation. This structure offers the desired eye catching shelf appeal of high quality 8 color reverse process printed graphics, which allows the ink to become trapped between layers of film protecting the brand image from scuffing.The excellent clarity and high gloss are desirable for a “point of purchase” package. In addition, this film structure offers stiffness and convenient easy-open, tamperevident perforation.

Judged in Techincal Inovation and Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.

Bemis® Advance Pak Printed Roll Stock with Inno-Lok® Zipper
Bemis Polytheylene Packaging Division

The Bemis® Advance Pak Printed Roll Stock with Inno-Lok® Zipper provides package stiffness while reducing costs by eliminating PET. This stiffer film results in eye-catching shelf appeal and protects the brand image from scuffing. With the easy reclosable feature, the product can remain in the package so there is no loss of brand recognition. Cost savings and environmental compliances are also realized through reduced shipping as more product can be shipped in fewer trucks resulting in less fuel burned, producing fewer greenhouse gases. The Bemis® Advance Pak Printed Roll Stock with Inno-Lok® Zipper a valueadded printed roll stock for vertical, form, fill and seal applications.

Judged in Technical Innovation and Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.          

Bemis® Advance Pak Slide-Rite® Bag
Bemis Polytheylene Packaging Division

The Bemis® Advance Pak Slide-Rite® Bag is a valueadded fill-thru-the-gusset printed fineweld bag with a reclosable slider feature designed for automated fill and seal wicketed bagging applications. The Bag provides package stiffness while reducing costs by eliminating PET. This stiffer film results in eye-catching shelf appeal and protects the brand image from scuffing. With the easy reclosable feature, the product can remain in the package so there is no loss of brand recognition. Cost savings and environmental compliances are also realized through reduced shipping as more product can be shipped in fewer trucks resulting in less fuel burned, producing fewer greenhouse gases.

Judged in Technical Innovation and Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.          

Bemis® Magic Film
Bemis Polytheylene Packaging Division

Bemis® Magic Film is a shrink film that eliminates possibilities of the exterior film sticking to the interior packages and is used as a corrugate replacement/reduction for products shipped in cardboard cartons. Consequently, there are less trucks, less fuel burned, and much fewer greenhouse gases. It is a strong film that can be printed for supported and unsupported finished packages. Any product packed in a corrugated box or chip board container that would require a protective wrapper is a candidate for Bemis® Magic Film. From paper products to bird seed, electronics to small appliances, the possibilities are endless.

Judged in Technical Innovation and Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.    

Bertolli Oven Baked Meals- Chicken Parmigiana & Penne & Stuffed Shells in Scampi Sauce
American Packaging Corporation

American Packaging utilized their experience with DuPont FAST plates to achieve crisp graphics with increased image sharpness, brighter colors, higher densities, smoother vignette and cleaner text. The artwork design and superior printing allow the package to capture the consumer’s attention at the point of purchase.

Judged in Printing Achievement.

Bertolli Oven Baked Meals- Meat Lasagna Rustica & Four Cheese Ravioli
American Packaging Corporation

Our customer’s main marketing objective was to put a package in the freezer section that allowed consumers to perceive the quality of the product even before they had a chance to try it. American Packaging surpassed this objective with meticulous detail, life-like graphics and a glossy appearance.

Judged in Printing Achievement.

Body Glove Water Filtration System
Seal-It, Inc., a Division of Printpack Inc.

The Body Glove Water filter shrink label enhances the brand identity of the product, while giving it a distinctive and dramatic look. As a package, it is unique and stands out from other retail water filters. The shrink label allows the consumer to understand what the filter will do for them and the environment while providing an area that allows them to write in when the filter was installed and the date to be changed. By using labels made from PLA shrink film, the company has demonstrated its commitment to sustainable packaging.

• Earthfirst® is a registered trademark of Plastic Suppliers.
  
  
• Ingeo™ is a trademark of NatureWorks LLC.
  
  
• The EcoPLA design is a registered trademark of NatureWorks LLC.
  
  
• Body Glove is a registered trademark of Body Glove International, LLC.

Judged in Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.    

Brawny® Towel
Printpack Inc.

Georgia-Pacific improved the product and packaging graphics for its premium towel brand, Brawny®. Exceptional printing helps create a new image that signals to shoppers that these towels are completely updated and are more relevant to today’s consumer.

Judged in Printing Achievement.

Bumble Bee Prime Filet Atlantic Salmon
Seal-It, Inc., a Division of Printpack Inc.

The Bumble Bee shrink label enhances the brand identity of the product, while giving it a distinctive and dramatic look that is more environmentally friendly than traditional petroleum based shrink labels. As a multi-pack, it also provides value to the consumer. The shrink label allows the consumer to see what they are purchasing including all the nutrition facts that may be important to them. By using labels made from PLA, the company demonstrates its commitment to sustainable
packaging.

• Earthfirst® is a registered trademark of Plastic Suppliers.
  
  
• Ingeo™ is a trademark of NatureWorks LLC.
  
  
• The EcoPLA design is a registered trademark of NatureWorks LLC.

Judged in Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.    

Café Altomayo
Peruplast S.A.

This family of packages features high quality and colorful rotogravure graphics, an improvement over traditional coffee artwork. In addition, the colorful approach uses a discrete combination of matte areas with glossy windows, creating a unique and appealing effect. This display of high quality graphics and textures demonstrates the potential of flexible packaging to deliver advantageous and sensible cost-benefit solutions against more expensive rigid packaging alternatives.

Judged in Printing Achievement.

Catty Fish Mix Dry Cat Food
Coating Excellence International

The Catty Fish Mix Dry Cat Food package utilizes a reverse printed OPP laminated to a sealant web. Two vendors, Sun Chemical and Henkel adhesives worked together to design the components to make the lamination of water based ink and solventless adhesive possible. This coupled with the customers desire for a “roto like” print quality directed the business to Coating Excellence International. The product is both environmentally friendly and extremely attractive to the consumer.

Judged in Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.    

Cedar Fresh- Scoopable Cat Litter
Flex Pack USA, Inc.

Flex Pack USA introduces a unique alternative to resealable handle pouches. Utilizing an angled zipper, the consumer is able to dispense the product at a controlled rate. The angled zipper also allows the rigid plastic handle to remain intact and attached to the package to allow easier lifting and maneuvering. Benefits include greater customer satisfaction after initial purchase, few returns, less damaged packages, and brand revitalization with a new, better solution.

Judged in Packaging Excellence and Technical Innovation.

Cheertainer
CDF Corporation

Cheertainer is an environmentally-friendly, innovative, alternative to traditional packaging. The Cheertainer’s flexible packaging gives the end-user the best of both worlds; the flexibility of a bag-in-box, as well as the benefits of a rigid container. Its unique design provides an eco-smart choice for the customer without sacrificing the quality and reliability demanded throughout the marketplace. Reduced plastic consumption minimizes packaging requirements while maximizing transportation and storage efficiency. Its diverse application means Cheertainer can be used across multiple industries.

Judged in Packaging Excellence, Technical Innovation and Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.          

Cryovac® Multi-Seal™ Package
Sealed Air Corporation, Cryovac Food Packaging

The Cryovac® Multi-seal™ package is an easy-open and reclosable deli package that works consistently time after time. This unique thermoform package makes a reclosable option available without adding the extra equipment costs of using a zipper or tub. Plus, recent research shows that consumers like this easy open reclosable package that keeps deli meat fresh.

Judged in Technical Innovation.

Curwood Eco-Tite® Shrink Bags
Curwood, Inc.

Chlorine-free Eco-Tite® shrink bags for meats and cheeses have the potential to keep millions of pounds of plastic out of the landfill annually. The groundbreaking bags use 25% to 33% less material than traditional shrink bags while achieving improved productivity, protection and aesthetics. The bags run at lower temperatures and seal better through wrinkles and folds. An abuse-resistant outer layer and superior barrier keep foods fresh. Excellent clarity and shrink deliver an outstanding retail presentation.

Judged in Packaging Excellence and Technical Innovation.

Dale and Thomas Costco Two Pack
Printpack Inc.

Dale and Thomas expands their gourmet popcorn niche into club stores with their new Costco Two Pack. This newly designed sack allows them to package two of the full sized Popcorn, Indiana kettlecorn packages into a convenient, carry sack with handles. Side gussets provide visibility to the primary packaging, while the stand up format provides more billboard space for the enticing graphics and reduces tertiary packaging for display purposes.

Judged in Packaging Excellence.

Dial Liquid Soap Refill Stand Up Pouch
Printpack Inc.

The Dial Liquid Soap Refill Stand Up Pouch supports sustainability in multiple ways. The easy pour spout allows for no wasted product, and the refill size will fill up to two bottles of standard 221 ml Dial bottles. Because flexible packaging generates 90 percent less waste than rigid, the refill pouch saves more than 500,000 bottles per year from going to landfill. Additionally, energy is saved during the manufacturing process and fuel for transportation is saved due to a significantly lighter weight package. The pouch is a winner for manufacturer and consumer alike.

Judged in Packaging Excellence and Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.

Diamond Crystal® Jiffy Melt® with Moisture Resistant Air Evacuation Valve
Exopack, LLC

The Diamond Crystal® Jiffy Melt® bag incorporates a patent pending air-evacuation valve, which allows for the escape of entrapped air. This provides ease with filling, bag stacking and palletizing the large format bags. The valve system eliminates the need for perforations and reduces the possibility of direct water contact compromising the contents of the package. The addition of high-end graphics and UV resistant film, inks and coatings give the package enhanced shelfappeal and allow for outdoor storage.

Judged in Packaging Excellence and Technical Innovation.

Dole Squish'ems
CDF Corporation

The spouted pouch format gives the consumer a new high quality vibrant choice which has been dominated by rigid packaging in North America. With the added features of a fitment for dispensing and a reclosable cap (patented anti-choke), the 8-color rotogravure printing gives the customer a new way to represent the product.

Judged in Packaging Excellence, Printing Achievement, Technical Innovation and Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.       

EZ Peel®/Reseal Tray/Lid System
Curwood, Inc., A Bemis Company

The EZ Peel®/Reseal Tray/Lid system makes peel/reseal packaging significantly more commercially viable for a wide range of products. A proprietary sealant layer ensures compatibility between the forming and non-forming film, delivering hermeticity while creating excellent peel initiation for easy opening. The non-form film has exceptional layflat and re-tack properties for secure reclosure. Both forming and non-forming film offer sparkling clarity. The system offers excellent source reduction and material cost savings compared to tub/lid/pouch or tray/lid/lidding film systems.

Judged in Packaging Excellence and Technical Innovation.

First Café Coffee
Flex America, Inc.

High quality graphics have been obtained in 4 colors with a unique abstract design in matte finish by rotogravure process using special environmental friendly Toluene/MEK free alcohol based inks with a protective overcoat. A specially engraved cylinder has been used for optimum protective lacquer coating with a special matte effect. The high quality graphics make the pack stand out on the store shelf and invite the consumer to pick it up.

Judged in Printing Acievement.

Flipz, 6.5 oz. Double-Dipped Peanut Butter & Chocolate Covered Pretzels
American Packaging Corporation

The use of flexographic digital plates resulted in achieving the high quality design/package our customer desired. American Packaging Corporation utilized a combination of DuPont FAST digital plates and high-strength inks to achieve a package that jumps off the retail shelf. The glossy appearance and superior reproduction of the candy images achieve the customer’s goal of marketing its product in a package that is visually appealing and functional to capture unplanned consumer purchases.

Judged in Printing Acievement.

Ghirardelli 100% Cacao Baking Chips
American Packaging Corporation

This rotogravure print met the customer’s marketing objectives of having a more aesthetically appealing package that separates it from the competition. The crisp graphics increase the impact by creating added appeal to the consumer and projecting a high quality product image.

Judged in Printing Acievement.

Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Baking Chips
American Packaging Corporation

American Packaging provided Ghirardelli increased image sharpness, deeper colors, higher densities and clean text with rotogravure printing. The artwork design and superior printing allow the package to capture the consumer’s attention at the point of purchase.

Judged in Printing Acievement.

Hannah Montana Sippah
American Packaging Corporation

This rotogravure printed package exceeded our customers marketing objectives by providing an aesthetically appealing packaging that separates it from the competition and increased its market share. The meticulous detail, sharpness of colors and glossy appearance accurately reflect the customer’s goal for its high end branded product.

Judged in Printing Acievement.

Healthful Life® from Purina® Cat Chow® (16oz.)
Printpack Inc.

The Healthful Life® from Purina® Cat Chow® package utilizes important advantages of flexible packaging. By changing the package from a lay-down paper multi-wall structure to a stand-up pouch consisting of a lamination of polyester and polyethylene, real packaging improvements were achieved. The new package provides much higher quality graphics, a larger display area, reduced occurrence of infestation and damage, and extended shelf life due to the addition of a re-sealable closure.

Judged in Packaging Excellence and Printing Achievement.

Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers- Southwestern Style Chicken
American Packaging Corporation

American Packaging Corporation’s new Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers membrane is a major achievement in lidding technology. This new product launch had many unique requirements such as superior graphics, metal detection, and a die-cut membrane to be placed in a pre-set cavity, embossing for improved pick-n-place and heat sealing. American Packaging was able to meet these objectives along with others with the Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers membrane.

Judged in Printing Achievement and Technical Innovation.

Hershey, 36.62 oz. Monster Mix 2 Assortment
American Packaging Corporation

This reverse printed design/package utilizes DuPont FAST digital flexographic plates to significantly improve graphics reproduction. This technology provides increased image sharpness, brighter colors, higher ink densities, a smoother vignette and cleaner text. The enhanced graphics combined with superior design reproduction increased retail shelf presence to capture consumers’ attention at the point of purchase.

Judged in Printing Acievement.

Honest Earth Baby Reds
American Packaging Corporation

This rotogravure all film package was a perfect way to illustrate the purity of the product. Honest Earth wanted simple yet high definition graphics to deliver its message of no preservatives. Fine details are reflective in the mashed potatoes, bowl and Honest Earth logo. American Packaging met this objective through sharp imagery and smooth vignettes.

Judged in Printing Acievement.

Hostess Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cakes
Robbie Manufacturing, Inc.

This multipack package combines enhanced graphics with superior design reproduction of the actual product. What makes this package so unique is the use of two different screens on the same plate to give the true look and texture of the food product. This was coupled with the difficulty of reverse printing on polyolefin shrink films, chosen for its high clarity and true shrink benefits.

Judged in Printing Acievement.

Hot Fill Stand-Up Pouch
Ampac Flexibles, A Division of Ampac Packaging LLC

Ampac Hot Fill Stand-up Pouches drive consumer appeal and incremental sales over traditional jars or cans for sauces. The vibrant flexible packaging format offers real, sustainable benefits to consumer product manufacturers through reduced shipping, storing and handling costs. The Alymer Gourmet Pasta Sauce line demonstrates how a manufacturer can use flexible packaging to differentiate their product from the competition and previous product lines, and also bring sustainable, cost saving packaging options into their production process.

Judged in Packaging Excellence.

Hot N Handy Bio-Pouch- Flexible Package
Robbie Manufacturing, Inc.

Hot N Handy Bio-Pouch is a flexible package designed for consumers, giving them value-added features like increased freshness and a resealable adhesive. The Bio-Pouch, made from renewable wood-pulp, is environmentally friendly and will degrade “back to nature.”

Bio-Pouch is the best sustainable solution for freshprepared sandwiches in the market. Compared to rigid polystyrene containers, the Bio-Pouch uses 92 percent less crude oil, reduces CO2 emissions by 56 percent and reduces packaging material waste, by weight, 75 percent.

Judged in Packaging Excellence and Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.

Improved Moisture Barrier Film for Dry Food Packaging
Pliant Corporation™

Utilizing a new generation of HDPE moisture barrier resins with modified processing conditions, the cost of packaging many dry foods will be reduced without reduction in shelf life or package durability. Less energy is consumed throughout the system and/or packaging line speed can be increased, while no changes in packaging equipment are required. Additionally, there will be less waste taken to landfill should the film be utilized in an area where recycling is not available.

Judged in Technical Innovation and Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.

KAYTEE Forti-Diet ProHealth, Bird Food
Graphic Packaging International, Inc.

This package incorporates advanced technologies in flexo printing to provide high quality graphics, which allows our customers to differentiate their products. The 7-color extended gamut uses 7-color process printing to rival the quality of traditional gravure rinting. The 7-color process also increases converter productivity by drastically reducing changeover time between jobs. Only the print cylinder needs to be changed. All of the colors stay the same so wash up and color change is eliminated. The print process also opens up new graphics with fine details that were traditionally out of bounds for the flexo print method.

Judged in Printing Acievement.

Key Foods Steamable Package using Pliant SteamQuick® Matrix™
Pliant Corporation™

Key Foods Steamable package utilizing Pliant’s SteamQuick® Matrix™ freezable/microwaveable package technology allows frozen foods to be steam cooked in a microwave directly in the purchased package. The Matrix™ family of products provides a value option to food processors allowing more products to enter this fast growing market. This innovative technology gives consumers both a quick and easy way to have tasty and uniformly cooked foods — ready for mealtime in a safe and easy-to-handle package.

Judged in Technical Innovation.

Kraft Foods ‘Cote d’Or Truffé’ – Amcor Block Bottom Bag
Amcor Flexibles

Kraft Foods ‘Côte d’Or Truffé’ — Amcor Block
Bottom Bag is an outstanding product that features both matte and gloss effects as well as hot foil stamping, embossing and a window. The combination of all these elements makes the Block Bottom Bag an ideal packaging solution for differentiated presentation of premium confectionery. The package has a strong onshelf presence and retains its premium effect through consumption due to its scratch resistant feature.

Judged in Printing Achievement.

Larry's Beans
Cadillac Products Packaging Company

Cadillac Products Packaging Company has partnered with Larry’s Beans to develop this very unique biodegradable flexible coffee bean package. This side gusseted four seam pouch printed by the flexographic process in eight colors and a matte surface lacquer is designed to stand up for proper display in a retail environment. The combination of product protection and functionality, coupled with biodegradability and ease of use, makes this package truly innovative and a first for our industry.

Judged in Packaging Excellence, Technical Innovation and Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.

Lays Potato Chips
Flex America, Inc.

This package is an iconic pack developed for Fritolay. For the first time, with a horizontal laser scoring at the top, the consumer can open the pouch from one end to the other, in one straight line, in one stroke. The chips inside the pouch have been provided with a sauce which can be then opened, spread on the chips and one can enjoy the chips straight from the pouch which serves like a container. This is an improvement from the old pack due to its laser scoring for easy pening. One can enjoy the chips and sauce straight from the pouch, which serves as a container.

Judged in Packaging Excellence.

Lewis Bakeries Clear/White Bakery Bag using FreshView™ Technology
Pliant Corporation™

An innovative coextruded film technology was used to upgrade bakery product packages for Lewis Bakeries. The FreshView™ package offers eye-catching graphics with excellent opacity plus a clear see though panel to show the product. The converting process and packaging process were not impacted by this new package design.

Judged in Technical Innovation.

Lindt & Sprüngli ’Valentine Roses’ - Amcor Block Bottom Bag
Amcor Flexibles

The very complex design of Lindt & Sprüngli’s
Valentine’s Roses bags required high quality printing. The combination of half tones in various gradients, the hot foil stamping and embossing perfectly convey the premium image and high quality of the product. The heart-shaped window reveals the single wrapped product within the Block Bottom Bag. The final print result and the various finishing elements clearly enhance the pack and provide strong on-shelf presence.

Judged in Printing Acievement.

Marks & Spencer British Raspberry Coulis and Mango & Passion Fruit Coulis Pouch
CLP Packaging Solutions, Inc.

Beautiful, functional and efficient, the Marks & Spencer Coulis Pouch delivers eye-catching graphics, a striking silhouette, a spout fitment for convenience and artful dispensing of the product, and a two-year shelf life. Reverse-printed gravure graphics even utilize the aluminum ply as a metallic highlight for added impact. The pouch combines the best in flexible packaging technology, including high-efficiency retortable laminate, shaped pouch technology and fitments to create a beautifully functional, upscale, environmentally friendly package.

Judged in Packaging Excellence.

Mars Galaxy 'Mistletoe Kisses' – Amcor ZigZag
Amcor Flexibles

Usually, chocolate bars are opened at the pack end, but by using Amcor ZigZag the pack can be opened anywhere along the wrapper. This presents a major benefit for consumers who want to share the product or save part of it for later consumption. The zigzag edge along the seal differentiates the pack on the shelf and the package responds to consumer demands for eating-on-the-go and sharing.

Judged in Packaging Excellence and Technical Inovation.

Masafi Gourmet Potato Chips
Flex America Inc.

This potato chip pack is a total revolution in printing technology. High quality graphics have been obtained in 8 colors with a unique abstract design in matte finish by rotogravure process using special environmental friendly Toluene/MEK free alcohol based inks with a protective overcoat. A specially engraved cylinder has been used for optimum protective lacquer coating with a special matte effect, which has been achieved due to a high technology matte finish film, and not the colors. The high quality graphics make the pack stand out on the store shelf and invite the consumer to pick it up.

Judged in Printing Achievement.

Mission Original Tortilla Strips White Corn
Genpak LP

Genpak has opened a new window on the world of flexible packaging with our exclusive die-cut window rollstock. Without sacrificing any of the qualities that made the original pre-made bag such a success, the new packaging format has added substantial value for the manufacturer while decreasing their overall cost per package. The development of the die-cut window rollstock has substantially advanced the possibilities for improvement in the flexible packaging field. This is indeed a win-win for the world of flexible packaging!

Judged in Packaging Excellence and Technical Innovation.

Moxie Energy Drink
Alcan Packaging

The previous Moxie Energy Drink label was a white opaque label utilizing 4-line colors. The design was very plain and not consumer appealing. The new label consists of a very “high energy” look appealing to the younger consumer. The graphics complement the contents of the bottle which is an energy drink. The black swirled screen background with the sparkley substrate gives the label flash and shelf awareness.

Judged in Technical Innovation.

Nestle, 29oz. Easter Mix Ups Assorted Candy
American Packaging Corporation

The use of flexographic digital plates resulted in achieving the high quality package Nestlé USA desired. American Packaging Corporation utilized a combination of DuPont FAST digital plates and high-strength inks to achieve a package that jumps off the retail shelf.

Judged in Printing Achievement.

Ore Ida Steam n’ Mash
Alcan Packaging

Heinz North America created a new approach to steamin- bag cooking and wanted a flexible packaging solution. The Ore Ida Steam n’ Mash package combines a high performance sealant and self-venting technology for a solution that goes directly from freezer to microwave and cooks the product without any additional consumer steps. This package meets the demands of frozen food distribution, holds up to the extended cook-cycle and safely vents excess steam to provide perfectly steamed potatoes right out of the microwave.

Judged in Packaging Excellence.

Oscar Mayer “Sneak-a-Peek” Snack Pouch
Curwood, Inc.

The “Sneak-a-Peek” stand-up pouch creates a window of opportunity for Oscar Mayer’s miniature snack franks. Technologies applied in independent zones meet opposing-objectives: a clear window on the bottom gusset lets consumers view the franks; a window in the removable header showcases the reclosable slider; strip-metallized barrier film on the front and back panels protects product color and freshness; and EZ Peel® technology provides scissors-free opening, while maintaining a hermetic seal.

Judged in Packaging Excellence and Technical Innovation.

Osurance™ Zone Coated Lids
Oliver Medical

Osurance™ lids eliminate the risk of product
contamination. Manufacturing takes place using an automated adhesive coating and die cutting process that is located in a certified ISO 14644-1 Class 8 clean room. The process applies adhesive only where it is needed in a controlled area along the package flange. Adhesive exposure to the medical device is eliminated. Porosity of the base substrate is maximized resulting in more efficient ethylene oxide gas sterilization cycles.

Judged in Packaging Excellence and Technical Innovation.

Pampers Sensitive Swaddlers
Pliant Corporation™

Pampers Sensitive Swaddlers package is highly creative and innovative, communicating a consumer solution for babies of a natural, hypoallergenic, healthy product. The ground-breaking soft, matte, clean appearance is created using a combination of matte inks, standard inks, and matte varnish applied in an innovative order during printing. Consumers are genuinely attracted to this eyecatching package due to its “soft as a baby” appearance.

Judged in Packaging Excellence and Printing Achievement.

Panetón San Jorge
Peruplast S. A.

This package is an improvement in many ways over existing packaging (PP bag + cardboard box) for Christmas fruitcakes. While maintaining convenience characteristics such as handles and recloseability, it features an enhanced barrier and shelf life, a 78% reduction in packaging weight, and better manufacturing, warehousing and transport efficiencies.

Substitution of a more complex packaging system demonstrates the potential of flexible packaging to enter any niche and replace older ways of packaging with efficiency, cost-effectiveness and convenience.

Judged in Packaging Excellence.

Pet Food Woven PP Bag
Flex America, Inc.

This is a packaging marvel wherein a large pack using Woven PP has been developed for the packaging of items like staples, pet foods, fertilizers, cement, etc. A reclosable slider zipper has been provided for multi-use convenience for the consumer. A pilfer-proof diaphragm has also been provided for protection of the product. This is a stand-alone pack with high quality graphics providing tremendous aesthetic appeal. This pack will stand out on the store shelf inviting the consumer to pick it up. The aesthetics have been achieved by 8-color rotogravure printing. This pack is recyclable as it has PP in all the layers.

Judged in Packaging Excellence.

Purina® Busy Bone® Mini (6.5oz.)
Printpack Inc.

Purina® Busy Bone® Mini’s are recognized by their unique shape and meaty heart-shaped middle. The mostly clear front panel includes engaging graphics but also allows the customer to see the signature product. An eye-catching, colorful swirl design is used as the background of the package as well as to set off the product. This new printing solution allows the once boring stand-up pouch to step up to the next level of shelf impact and retail appeal.

Judged in Printing Achievement.

Red Leaf Water 500 ml
Alcan Packaging

This is an eye catching package that will grab the attention of consumers. It projects the quality of a premium drinking water.

Judged in Printing Achievement and Technical Innovation.

Retort Stand-Up Pouch
Ampac Flexibles, A Division of Ampac Packaging LLC

Ampac Retort Stand-up Pouches drive consumer interest and incremental sales over traditional cans or frozen food packaging for ready-to-serve, quick meals. Flexible packaging offers real, sustainable benefits to consumer product manufacturers through reduced shipping, storing and handling costs. The Rozoni Bistro line demonstrates how a manufacturer can use flexible packaging options to both differentiate their product from the competition and also bring sustainable, cost-saving packaging options into their production processes.

Judged in Packaging Excellence.

Revolution Food Wrap
Pliant Corporation™

Revolution® Food Wrap is a significant advancement in the mature category of hand and machine food-in-tray wrapping. Revolution® enables significant material and shipping reduction. This is accomplished while improving characteristics related to FDA regulations. As additional benefits, end users realize lower energy usage for sealing, experience less scrap from re-wrapping and package aesthetics (clarity & gloss) are significantly improved.

Judged in Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.

Sara Lee Soft & Smooth Whole Grain White Bread
Printpack Inc.

This Sara Lee bag has enhanced shelf appeal due to an outstanding graphic design supported by an innovative Printpack film that incorporates a clear window to view the product, and white area to provide excellent graphic opacity and brilliance. Additionally, the innovative method of applying the gaming code within the layers of ink solve many technical issues experienced by typical ink jet coding. Overall, the Printpack Clear Choice film allows the bag to display an excellent example of eye-catching flexographic printing and an easy to identify gaming opportunity, while the clear area of the bag allows the consumer a glimpse into the high quality product inside.

Judged in Technical Innovation.

ShakerPAK™
Ampac Flexibles, A Division of Ampac Packaging LLC

ShakerPAK™ is unique in that the bottom of the bag has been replaced with an inside perforated layer for dispensing. There are different configurations and sizes of perforations depending on the size and consistency of the products. Below the perforation is a press-toclose zipper for recloseability. The package includes a laser score tear strip for tamper evidence and product protection. The consumer needs only to open the package via the easy tear strip on the bottom of the package, pull open the zipper, position the package over the desired area with the easy-carry handle, and then shake that package to dispense the product. This allows the consumer to control where and how much product is dispensed without actually coming into contact with the product. The reclose feature protects the product from moisture for future use/applications.

Judged in Technical Innovation.

Shamrock Farms Rockin' Refuel
Osio International, Inc.

Based on research indicating that low-fat and fat-free chocolate milks are an equivalent or better choice than sports drinks for replenishing the body after exercise, Shamrock Farms created Rockin’ Refuel, a first-of-itskind protein-fortified low-fat chocolate milk, to enter the sports recovery beverage category. Osio International provided 8-color rotogravure-printed shrink sleeves that incorporated screens of black over silver to create a metallic appearance, resulting in eye-catching yet cost effective packaging for Shamrock’s entry into this competitive category.

Judged in Printing Achievement.

Simply Out! Puppy Pads
Pliant Corporation™

The Simply Out! Puppy Pads package jumps off the shelf as the consumer scans the aisle. The package uses a unique film construction, Touch of Silk™, to bring consumers innovative pet care packaging with an embossing pattern that balances enhanced silk like tactile properties with excellent print quality and seal strength. Both advanced technology resins and unique embossing are used to provide a silk-like tactile experience.

Judged in Packaging Excellence, Printing Achievement and Technical Innovation.

Softsoap® Hand Soap Refill Pouch
Alcan Packaging

The Softsoap® Hand Soap Refill Pouch is a fitmented stand-up pouch that represents environmental benefits in the areas of reduced emissions, waste and energy consumption. The manufacturing process uses half the non-renewable energy and reduces carbon dioxide emissions by half, compared to similar sized PET bottles. The materials used to produce the pouch result in weight reduction of over 50 percent. This, along with the collapsible nature of the pouch, result in less material to landfill.

Judged in Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.

Southern Selects Asparagus Package
Cryovac Food Packaging Division, Sealed Air Corporation

The Southern Selects Asparagus Package is a great example of how flexible packaging adds value for retailers and consumers by preserving and enabling the effective cooking of a product. This package improves the way fresh asparagus is sold in retail stores and the way it is prepped and cooked by the consumer. The clean asparagus is vacuum skinned, which improves shelf life more than traditional packaging methods, and enables consumers to quickly steam the asparagus in the microwave. This package also provides consumers with a more energy efficient alternative to boiling water.

Judged in Packaging Excellence.

Stand Up Pouch Branli Cruji Nola
Printpack Inc.

Branli’s Cruji Nola stand up pouch from Verde Valle has an attractive graphic design that captures consumer attention at retail while communicating the brand identity of the product. It combines matte finishing of the PET printing layer with a metallic background that enhances its high quality graphics over the complete area of the package. Also incorporated is a convenient reclosable feature to maintain freshness of the product.

Judged in Packaging Excellece and Printing Achievement.

T.G.I. Friday’s Complete Skillet Meals
Alcan Packaging

Heinz North America wanted their package to stand out amid a crowded freezer case. The T.G.I. Friday’s Skillet Meals utilize a doyne-style stand-up pouch that is poised for maximum shelf appeal. Each package showcases a full size skillet containing the sizzling featured product in a frying pan, heated with a realistic open flame. The T.G.I. Friday’s logo is front and center for immediate brand recognition and all are captured on an intense red background.

Judged in Printing Achievement.

Triad Solvent-Free Overwrap
Rollprint Packaging Products, Inc.

Triad Solvent-Free Overwrap is a new high-barrier overwrap that has been developed using a proprietary metallocene-based sealant and a unique bonding approach. Triad has been engineered to provide exceptionally strong hermetic weld seals for high-speed, chemically-sensitive pharmaceutical applications at a cost-competitive price.

Judged in Packaging Excellence, Technical Innovation and Sustainability & Environmental Achievement.

Trident Sea Foods - Southwest Style Tilapia Fillets
Nordenia U.S.A.

Trident achieved an upgraded brand image by moving to Nordenia’s gravure printing and choosing matte film as a substrate to accentuate the look of the package.

Judged in Printing Achievement.

Turtles 4
American Packaging Corporation

American Packaging provided mouth watering graphics and a high gloss combination to create a package that easily stands out amongst the competition and motivates the consumer to make an unplanned purchase.

Judged in Printing Achievement.

Tyson de Mexico, Stand Up Pouch for Linea Gourmet
Printpack Inc.

The new Tyson’s Linea Gourmet stand up pouch has a unique graphic design that attracts attention while communicating the premium brand identity of the product. High quality graphics enhanced with metallic gold details that cover the package along with a convenient zip-to-close feature create an appealing package that grabs the consumers’ attention on the shelf.

Judged in Packaging Excellence and Printing Achievement.

Valley Fertiizer Bag With Post-Industrial Content Polyethylene
Exopack, LLC

The Valley Fertilizer bag with post-industrial content polyethylene is an R-Pac style valve bag which utilizes two independent plies of film with an inner ply of 60% post-industrial recycled content polyethylene. This solution represents the replacement of 30% of the virgin resin requirement for the entire package.

Judged in Sustainability and Environmental Achievement.

Winn Dixie Soy Chocolate Milk,  64 oz.
Prime Graphics, Inc.

The challenge was to eliminate two undesirable effects common in high shrink labeling applications. The customer’s main concerns were the “flowering” of the label material around the neck of the container and inconsistent shrink or “frowns” along the bottom of the container. The elimination of the label deformities improved the packaging line performance, with less rejections, waste, and increased line-speeds. The item transitioned from gravure to flexographic printing while maintaining high quality graphics, reducing costs and increased speed to market.

Judged in Technical Innovation.

Zeda Dark Angel Revealingly Dark Bronzing Intensifier
CL&D Graphics

For that brief moment a consumer scans a shelf, the packaging designer can only hope application of mere ink to substrate will effectively interpret their design, enticing the consumer to select their product. With the use of proprietary CL&D techniques of vacuum spot metallization applied to high shrink polymers conforming to shape, Zeda Tanning has created dramatic impact for Dark Angel Revealingly Dark Bronzing Intensifier. Design merged with technology created a package that commands an exotic yet premium allure as intended by Zeda Tanning Products.

Judged in Printing Achievement.