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2008 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards 5 4 6 7 4 Seal it Again Ham Printpack, Atlanta, GA, is recognized with a gold award for packaging excellence for the Daniele Delizia Presidents Prosciutto package. The package utilizes Printpack’s Re-Seal It packaging system, combining proprietary label technology with high-performance barrier films. The system is said to provide an innovative, easy-toopen and reclosable label for meat and related thermoform packaging applications. 5 Chicken Little For its Hot N Handy Rotisserie Pouch, Robbie Mfg., Lenexa, KS, is honored with both a gold award for environmental and sustainability achievement and a silver award for packaging excellence. The pouch is a flexible all-in-one package that provides a built-in-handle for easy carrying, a resealable zipper, and a slim profile for saving leftovers. It is also microwavable and leak resistant. WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM As compared to rigid containers, the Hot N Handy pouch reportedly uses 92% less fossil fuels and produces 84% less CO2 emissions. It also offers a 66% reduction in solid waste. 6 Building Up Steam Pliant Corp., Schaumburg, IL, earns a gold award in technical innovation for its freezable/microwavable Pliant SteamQuick Packaging technology. The package allows frozen foods to be steam cooked in a microwave oven without having to remove the food from the bag. In the microwave, the package allows steam to build, cooking the food, and then safely venting near the end of the cook cycle. This innovation is said to give consumers a quick way to uniformly cook foods in an easy-to-handle package. 7 Feast in Flex-Box A gold award in printing achievement goes to Nordenia USA, Jackson, MO, for the Nestlé Purina Pet Care–Fancy Feast Gourmet Gold package. By moving to Nordenia’s FlexZiBox, Nestlé reportedly achieved an upgraded brand image. This side-gusseted bag offers convenient features such as resealable tape and protection from infestation and the environment. No secondary container is needed to keep food fresh. High-impact graphics and additional space allow for improved visual communication with the consumer. 8 Saving Space North State Flexibles, Greensboro, NC, earns a gold award in environmental and sustainability achievement for the Drop’n Go package, which uses non-volatile waterbased adhesives. A single 60-g package replaced the equivalent of 12 onegallon bottles. It uses about eight times less warehouse space, consumes eight times less landfill space, and uses less than 50% of the packaging needed for reduction sustainability. 8 APRIL 2008 | 41 http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM

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