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Good Morning Packaging: Keeping pace with packaging around the world, Issue# 04, Vol. 5, 2010

25 January 2010

By tampo-printing a layer of silver ink to the top of the cap using a special ink containing metallic pigments, RPC beauté was able to create a plate backing in a silver mirror-like finish, visible through the clear DuPont™ Surlyn® resin, without any visible glue or fixation mode. In addition, because the fragrance caps are heavy and require a long cycle time, RPC beauté met production capacity specified by Lancôme by implementing a proprietary technique that reduces the cycle time of massive parts made of Surlyn®, which subsequently reduces by the same proportion the number of molds and machines involved.

Viskase Corporation Nojax® AL™ is an antibacterial casing capable of transferring a lethality intervention to the surface of hot dogs and processed ready-to-eat meat and poultry. The Nojax® casings provide a treatment that is effective protection against inadvertent Listeria contamination during subsequent peeling, collating and packaging processes of hotdogs and sausages. This innovative technology provides the industry with a new and important intervention strategy in its effort to control the risks of pathogen contamination in ready-to-eat meats.

The Kraft® Foods grated parmesan cheese restaurant style shaker bottle and closure consists of a PET bottle with domed PP base cap closure that has numerous product dispensing holes and a clear plastic PP overcap. The package, designed to mimic the appearance and experience of using an Italian restaurant grated cheese shaker, provides consumers that little flavor of Italy in the home. As you hold the shaker in your hand you are transported for that moment and can feel the warmth and comfort as the cheese sprinkles from the bottle. The overcap provides bottle closure for refrigerated storage.

Pechiney Plastic Packaging developed an enhanced moisture barrier, single-use package in a tear-open flexible pouch. The package materials include PET, extrusion lamination PE, foil, extrusion PE and a revolutionary new desiccating sealant film that substantially extends product shelf life and inhibits moisture damage to medical devices package moisture barrier. This innovative pouch with desiccating capabilities incorporated into the sealant film is the first on the market for this type of medical device.

The realization of the decoration is done via thermo transfer technology. The advantages are: Perfect, photorealistic print quality in brilliant colors; no edges tangible; blank brushed aluminum of the can looks like foil blocking; small lot sizes can be produced in an economical way; quick design change and reduced scrap rate; lightfast, rubbing, scratch resistant; passes cello tape and water-bath tests; special touchable effects through over varnishing.

Tubex GmbH • Germany

Phone: +49 7471 990-212 • Fax: +49 7471 990-512

E-mail: sselke@tubex.de

Website - www.tubex.de