IoPP Recognizes Excellence in Packaging

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Published: December 15th, 2001

 

Tuscarora/ISC's Vac-Intact helps keep products at the right temperature.
Recognizing packages for innovation, performance, environmental impact, and other achievements, the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) has announced the winners of this year's AmeriStar Awards packaging competition. Judges based their selections on these criteria, as well as on product protection, economics, and marketing, and chose the products that best exemplified their respective categories.

One product that demonstrated an innovative use of packaging components was Allergan Inc.'s (Irvine, CA) Rocket Bottle, this year's winner of the Best of Show award. This cartonless package for the eye-care market includes a flip-top closure with a living hinge and a full-body shrink-sleeve label.

"We added the flip-top closure to reduce the number of packaging components," says Rodney Terwilliger, senior engineer. "We also added a snap-on cup at the bottom to hold patient information and promotional items, including coupons and free samples." The company also won a Best of Category award for the Rocket Bottle in Health and Beauty Aids.

Other companies that dazzled judges with creative packaging solutions include the following:

Johnson & Johnson (Skillman, NJ) won an AmeriStar award in the Health and Beauty Aids category for its Bedtime Lotion package, an innovative new platform for future premium baby packaging for lotion or bath products.

Tuscarora Inc., ISC Group (Phoenix), received the Best of Industrial/Commercial Award for its Vac-Intact vacuum integrity indicator designed for use in a thermal shipping container application. The Vac-Intact button provides a quick visual reading of the vacuum level for the end-user, ensuring protection for temperature-sensitive products.

The Freight Glove from Freight Glove LLC protects products during flight.
Freight Glove LLC (Little Neck, NY) has introduced the Freight Glove, a recipient of this year's AmeriStar Industrial/Commercial Award, to help products survive the adverse conditions associated with air-freight transportation. Designed to replace plastic wrap, the Freight Glove is a recyclable air-freight package made of DuPont's Tyvek Supra that protects freight from water damage and theft. "We saw a need in the industry for a wrapping that would protect better than traditional plastic wrapping," says Jeff Garfinkle, director, business development. "And it can be reused up to 20 times." The freight to be shipped is placed onto the base piece of a Freight Glove and then covered with the second piece of the glove. Finally, the glove is zipped shut and secured with a tamper-evident lock.

Ivex Technical Packaging (Wheaton, IL) developed the Orthopedic Implant Skinpackage, which won a Best of Category award in Medical Devices, in an effort to address cost savings. This package consists of a skin-packed sterile inner blister component in a double-blister orthopedic implant package. According to Ivex, it reduces packaging cost and time by up to 50 percent over conventional double-blister packaging and reduces inventory dollars and volume.

Dentsply International Inc. (Milford, DE) won an AmeriStar award in the Medical Device category for the ergonomic design and attractive styling of its Easy-Twist Dental Composite Syringe.

Promega Corp. (Madison, WI) was also an AmeriStar winner in the Medical Device category for its Wizard Nucleic Acid Purification System, a modular packaging system of components that is rapidly adaptable to new products and configurations. The system was developed with extensive customer input.

Abbott Laboratories' (Waukegan, IL) MEMS Cap was Best in the Pharmaceutical and Drug category. To improve patient compliance with drug regimens, the cap consists of an electronic monitor with an LCD that records each time the container is opened or closed.

The winners are scheduled to receive their awards at a luncheon on December 7 at Northern Illinois University (Naperville, IL). For more information, visit http://www.iopp.org.

CLARIFICATION

On page 59 of the October 2001 feature, "Folding Cartons: Not Just for Stacking," reference was made to the August 2001 recall of Perrigo's children's liquid pain reliever. In referring to that event, the author neither made nor intended any suggestion of fault on the part of any manufacturers or suppliers involved. The editors regret any phrasing that may have led some readers to think otherwise.

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