Potpourri
The lidding membrane that seals the Venus system's cartridge packs peels off easily in one piece. Gillette, Colgate-Palmolive Products Praised for Use of Films
The Films Business of ExxonMobil Chemical Co. (Macedon, NY) recently bestowed its Golden Mummy Awards for 2001 upon personal-care firms The Gillette Co. and Colgate-Palmolive Co., and film converters American Packaging Corp. and Grafo Regia. The 15th annual awards program recognized innovative uses of ExxonMobil oriented polypropylene films in finished flexible packages. The winners were honored September 10 at a ceremony held in conjunction with Pack Expo Las Vegas.
The Gillette Co. (Boston) and the firm's converter-partner American Packaging Corp. (Rochester, NY) won for a lidding membrane used in the packaging of Gillette's Venus Shaving System. American Packaging developed and patented the lidding membrane, which incorporates ExxonMobil's Hicor THD-2 high-density oriented polyethylene. The lidding membrane hermetically seals to the system's polypropylene cartridge packs, which contain replacement razor blades. As many as four cartridge packs can be stored in the system's outermost housing, which attaches to a shower wall for ease of use.
American Packaging used the Hicor film to laminate over the reverse-printed low-density polyethylene. The film protects the lubricating strips on the razor blades from humidity.
"By itself, the low-density polyethylene is not sufficiently moisture resistant," says J. Larry Webb, technical director for American Packaging Corp.'s extrusion laminating and coating division. The film acts as an extra barrier, Webb says.
Colgate-Palmolive's Vitamins bar soap comes in a paperboard package with a reverse-printed lamination overwrap. . Also Golden Mummy Award recipients, Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York City) and Grafo Regia (Monterrey, N.L., Mexico) produced a lamination that wraps over the stiff paperboard package for the Palmolive Vitamins bar soap. Made with ExxonMobil's Bicor 70 MLT oriented polypropylene film, the lamination has a matte texture and retains the appearance of paper. The finish is soft to communicate Colgate-Palmolive's message that Vitamins Soap will "provide vitamin-enriched, soft, smooth skin," says Hector Cabrera, sales associate for ExxonMobil.
The scuff-resistant lamination is reverse-printed with matte-looking graphics. The sheen of the metallized film shows on the nonprinted portion of the lamination. "The package uses the right combination of matte and metal laminating materials," says Cabrera.
Packaging that incorporates any of ExxonMobil Chemical's oriented polypropylene or oriented high-density polyethylene films is eligible for the Golden Mummy Awards. The competition is sponsored by the Americas division of ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Films Business. For more information, visit http://www.oppfilms.com.
—Jennifer Kwok
Prêt-à-Porter, Saint-Gobain Desjonquères Toast New Collection at Luxe Pack 2001
Avon's Vintage fragrance features Portfolio bottles and caps that were presented in Monaco at Luxe Pack (October 24–27) Guests at a cocktail party held October 25 at the Grimaldi Forum (Monaco) raised their glasses to celebrate the collaboration of Prêt-à-Porter Custom Standards (New York City) and Saint-Gobain Desjonquères (New York City). Prêt-à-Porter's president Marc Rosen, and Ramon Marti, managing director of Saint-Gobain Desjonquères, hosted the event, presenting Prêt-à-Porter's new line of stock packaging called Portfolio. The collection of fragrance bottles, treatment jars, caps, and colors is the result of combining Prêt-à-Porter's design and marketing expertise with Saint-Gobain Desjonquères's experience producing high-quality glass.
Mary Kay Names Arkay Supplier of the Year
Photo by Linda Lux photography Cosmetics and skin-care company Mary Kay Inc. (Dallas) has presented paperboard-folding-carton supplier Arkay Packaging (Hauppauge, NY) with its Supplier of the Year award for the second consecutive year. The award, which recognizes quality, product development, and customer service, is coveted within the beauty industry because Mary Kay's standards are particularly high, according to Arkay. Mary Kay gave Arkay a quality rating of 100%, an accuracy rating of 99.1%, and a score of 11 out of 12 points for customer service.
"We are honored to [have won] this prestigious award for the second year in a row," says Mitchell Kaneff, president and CEO of Arkay. Kaneff attributes his company's success to hard-working, focused employees who have garnered Mary Kay's recognition "as a key partner producing high-quality, award-winning products, as well as cutting-edge innovations." For more information on Arkay Packaging, visit http://www.arkay.com.
P&G Presents Bronze Pinnacle to Marietta
Sample-packaging supplier Marietta Corp. (Cortland, NY) has received the Bronze Pinnacle Award from consumer product manufacturer Procter & Gamble (P&G; Cincinnati). The recognition follows three consecutive years of Marietta having met P&G's quality requirements for contract packaging vendors. P&G created the Bronze Pinnacle Award in 1986 to recognize vendors who perform according to its standards.
World Wide Packaging Breaks New Ground
World Wide Packaging, a supplier of custom and stock molds for primary packaging of cosmetics and skin-care products, will move operations from its 2500-sq-ft facility in Livingston, NJ, to a new two-story, 10,000-sq-ft building in Florham Park, NJ, where the company will be headquartered. The move, which is scheduled to take place in March 2002, will include the hiring of additional support staff and the creation of a new internal package design center with a dedicated design engineer, says the firm. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http:// www.wwpinc.com.
World Wide Packaging's Robert Reinhardt, Barry Freda, Jeffrey Schneider, and Pamela Strickland break ground for the firm's new headquarters in Florham Park, NJ CPC Packaging Launches Editors' Choice Awards
CPC Packaging will celebrate the crème de la crème of beauty packages with its first Editors' Choice Awards, to be presented in the May/June 2002 issue. The editors' picks for the best finished packages launched in 2001 will be in four categories—cosmetic, personal care, mass fragrance, and limited fragrance.
Companies are invited to submit finished packages for the editors' consideration. To do so, send a press kit and a color photo or product sample by January 30, 2002, to editor Lori Bryan, CPC Packaging, 11444 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064.
FACES & PLACES
Gina Shaughnessy has been hired as marketing manager for Orlandi Inc. (Farmingdale, NY), a maker of scented products and packaging. Shaughnessy, who has more than 12 years experience, recently unveiled Orlandi's new logo, which is "modern, while [still] elegant," she says.
CORRECTION
The news brief titled "Mary Kay Certifies Arkay, DieterBakic" (September/October 2001, page 12), should have stated that Mary Kay Inc. named Arkay Packaging its Supplier of the Year.