Packaging Resource Center: Sample Packaging
Injection-Molded Tray
A supplier designed and produced an injection-molded tray to house 14 unit-dose tubes for Olay Regenerist’s 14-Day Skin Intervention product. The tray houses the tubes in a stadium-style configuration, and, once removed from the outer carton, can be displayed on a customer’s bathroom counter. To keep the tubes secure in the tray during transit, the supplier designed the tray’s wells with a special feature that allows a tube’s shoulders to lock into place. This solution also ensures that the tube’s graphics are always aligned and facing forward. The firm also produced the outer carton, which features a PET window to show off the configuration of the tubes in the tray.
Zorbit Resources,
New York City, www.zorbitresources.com
On-the-Go Fragrance
The Sof’Cell fragrance sampler was designed with a cord that can be used to string the vial to a phone, a handbag, a belt loop, or a keychain. The supplier says that this sampling format has the potential to build brand awareness because the vial remains on display outside of a customer’s cosmetic bag. The 1-ml vial is available with the company’s Minimist or Sofistics sprayers, as well as with its Sof’n’Touch applicator. The unit is designed for high-speed assembly and filling.
Rexam,
Suresnes, France, www.rexam.com
A Whiff of Fragrance
The Transcent sachet is designed to provide customers with a whiff of fragrance. The small sachet holds a sponge imbued with fragrance. When the package is squeezed, it releases a puff of fragranced air. The sachet can be affixed with charms or tags or can be attached to a cell phone or purse.
Socoplan, a div. of Ileos,
Nanterre, France, www.ileos.com
Direct Application
A firm has introduced a blister that can hold a premeasured unit dose of liquid, cream, lotion, or gel. Product flows through the package’s foam applicator, allowing customers to apply product directly from the package. A blister membrane keeps product contained in the package until the moment of use. A variety of applicators can be used, including sponges and nonwovens. Blister sizes include 0.25 and 1.5 ml.
Sonic Packaging Industries Inc.,
Westwood, NJ, www.sonicpackaging.com
Applicator Built In
A company has added an applicator to its foil-and-styrene line of single-use disposable products. The Snapplicator allows for “no-touch” dispensing of products such as cream, gel, lotion, or ointment. Fill volumes range from 0.5 to 5 ml. Unopened, the Snapplicator lies flat for ease of packaging.
Tapemark Co.,
West St. Paul, MN, www.tapemark.com
Small Lip Gloss Tube
A small plastic tube with a slanted applicator tip is ideal for promoting lip glosses. According to the company, it is unusual for a slanted applicator to be offered for such a small-sized tube (13 mm). The tube comes with a rounded overcap, and the tube sleeve can be produced using monolayer, dual-layer, and five-layer EVOH copolymer.
World Wide Packaging Inc.,
Florham Park, NJ, www.wwpinc.com
Open with One Hand
Designed for one-handed use, a firm’s single-dose Butterfly sachet is designed to fold in half to form a “V.” Once the sachet is folded, product dispenses out of an orifice at the bottom of the “V.” The sachet is available in four standard sizes ranging from 2 to 25 ml. Custom dimensions are also available. One of the package’s benefits is that it allows all of the product within to be evacuated. The sachet’s flat, semirigid quality is suited for applications such as magazine inserts. Sachets can also be supplied connected in strips.
Easypack Solutions Inc.,
Burlington, ON, Canada, www.butterflypack.com