June 10, 2014 | New York City

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THOMAS L SCHNEIDER, PRESIDENT, WORLD PACKAGING ORGANISATION

On behalf of the World Packaging Organisation, I wish to

congratulate all AmeriStar winners ............................................................................

You are now eligible to enter the WorldStar Competition and be in with a chance

to gain the recognition you deserve and show your customers that you are

“the cream” of global packaging design and technology.

WHY ENTER WORLDSTAR

• Win the ultimate packaging award – the WorldStar Award

• Gain worldwide recognition

• Show your customers you are the best

• Prestige

• Use the winners logo on your own promotional material

• Receive the award at a world class awards presentations

• Complimentary trophy and certificate

• Motivate your employees

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO

Enter online at www.worldstar.org

Open for entry 1 July 2014 – 10 October 2014

ENQUIRIES

Rachel Brooks, WorldStar Administrator

e rachel.brooks@iom3.org • t +44 (0) 1476 513885

The WorldStar Awards are organised by the World Packaging Organisation, their vision is “Better Quality of Life Through Better Packaging for More People”. The WorldStar Competition continues to form a very important role in creating a platform for the best packaging creations to receive recognition and enhance companies marketing endeavours.

www.worldpackaging.org

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Welcome

Welcome to the 2014 AmeriStar and Visionary Awards Reception!

This inaugural event honors those packaging professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the

packaging community, recognizing their foresight and innovative spirit.

IoPP’s AmeriStar Awards Competition commemorates the best packages of the year. The Visionary Awards from

UBM Canon’s Packaging Group—represented by Packaging Digest and Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging

News—pays tribute to the people of packaging who show vision and leadership in advancing their company’s

goals of packaging innovation, differentiation, savings and growth.

IoPP and UBM Canon bring these two powerhouse awards programs together in a ceremony to celebrate the

trailblazers in the packaging industry.

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2014 Categories and Judges2014 AmeriStar

CategoriesBeverages, Alcoholic

Beverages, Non Alcoholic

Cosmetics

Drug & Pharmaceutical

Electronics

Food, Refrigerated

Food, Shelf Stable

Health & Beauty Aids

Household Products

Industrial / Commercial

Medical Device

Other

Promotional / Display

2014 AmeriStar JudgesDanny Beard Packaging Specialists

Wilken Benjamin II Valspar Corporation

Daniel Block Safeway Inc.

Stuart Cantor Unilever

Arthur Castronovo Smiths Medical

Han Chang The Clorox Company

Dan Devine Glanbia Performance Nutrition

Andrew Draybuck West Pharmaceutical Services

Sharon Eucce Utah Paperbox

Courtney Fenner Hanes Brands, Inc.

Suzanne Fenton TricorBraun

Judy Fischer Sargento Foods Inc.

Richard Fung MYS Environmental Protection & Technology Co.

Anthony Garaguso Johnson & Johnson

Elena Heath TE Connectivity

Rick Kobylinski The Schwan Food Company

Matthew Kusmierz Jack Black LLC

Molly Lynn Russell Stover Candies, Inc

Nevenka Markovic Reckitt Benckiser

Robert Meisner University of Wisconsin Stout

Lisa Pierce UBM Canon / Packaging Digest

Kenneth Schlack The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

Chelsea Shortlidge PCI

Becky Stapleton Newell Rubbermaid

Michael Tune Merck Consumer Care

Les Wallace Ste Michelle Wine Estates

Peter Zeiss Transparent Container

2014 Visionary Awards Categories

Packaging Development & Design

Packaging Production & Operations

2014 Visionary Awards Judges

Scott Biondich Coca-Cola North America

Oliver Campbell Dell

Jane Chase The Schwan Food Co.

Jim Freund Hollister

Jim Hanna Starbucks Coffee Co.

Mark Johnson KIK Custom Products

David Luttenberger Mintel

Pete Macauley Abbott Laboratories

Eva Peters Pepperidge Farm

George Salg Perrigo Nutritionals

Nicole Tom Hartz Mountain

Mark Watts Campbell Soup

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Beverages, Alcoholic

ZIPZ Single Serve Wine Glass ZIPZ Inc & Selig Group

The ZIPZ package is an easy to open wine glass made from PET resin allowing single serve consumption of wine in venues that prohibit the use of glass packaging. The wine glass shaped package has immediate recognition by consumers. The zippered outer shrink sleeve allows easy access to the wine glass, thus the name ‘ZIPZ’. The wine glass is sealed by an easy to remove Lift ‘n’ Peel™ brand induction liner.

ZIPZ: J Henry Scott ; Selig Group: John Brown J Henry: (908) 227-4441; John: (630) 615-7240

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Beverages, Non-Alcoholic

Gatorade Oliva Packaging PepsiCo & Amcor

Pushing the boundaries of conventional hot fill containers is no easy task. PepsiCo together with Amcor joined in the development of a new ultra-light weight container to replace the current Gatorade global container and change the industry standard. In the case of the 500ml size the end result showed an astounding 30% reduction in material weighing only twenty-two grams; making it the world’s lightest 500ml heat-set container on the market! The 33mm light weight finish helps achieve this dramatic reduction by using 50% less material than the traditional 38mm. Additionally the base design utilizes Amcor’s patented VAB technology, a diaphragm style pushup that aids in the cooling process. The container’s unique architecture features an ergonomic, functional and easy-to-squeeze bottle shape which provides superior rigidity regardless of the extreme lightweight outcome. The athlete-first design combined with the strong Gatorade branding creates a dynamic shelf presence with added customer appeal and brand boosting power. Additional benefits of this packaging are substantial ecological savings, lower operational costs, and a reduced carbon footprint highlighting Amcor and PepsiCo’s commitment to sustainability.

Christopher LaBombarbe (734) 428-4749

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Beverages, Non-Alcoholic

Magneflex Tea Dispenser & Storage System Planet Canit, LLC

Rishi Tea and Planet Canit collaborated to create the revolutionary “Magneflex” tea dispenser & storage system. Dispensers, joined by a unique magnet-to-frame arrangement, are adaptable to a retail establishment’s space requirements offering flexibility over traditional “racked” displays. Each dispenser has a freshness-fit cover, product positioning sleeve and ergonomic finger-friendly dispensing. Its structure and functionality make it more flexible, less bulky, and sturdier than traditional systems. 100% recyclable and designed to be reused.

Virginia Price (847) 433-1619

Pepsi Proprietary Glass Bottle PepsiCo

The new Pepsi Glass Bottle is a visually stunning form that reinforces Pepsi brand cues and embodies the spirit of “Live for Now.” The new glass bottle presents a premium image suitable for high end, on-premise usage in restaurants, pubs and clubs, and its structure provides an ideal grip area that perfectly fits the contours of the hand.

Stephen Gibson (914) 253-3760

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Cosmetics

Scene Bottle Fusion Packaging

Scene is a patent-pending package that provides a shatterproof, clear and glass-like shade base ideal for foundations, primers, alphabet creams, and formulas with unique coloring. The base allows customers to preview formulas while on display or at point of sale, creating a quick and convenient shade matching experience. Uniquely comprised of two resins, the package features a polypropylene (PP) barrel and PCTG base. The result is a lightweight, single-walled atmospheric bottle that is universally appealing.

Katy Hartwick (214) 747-2004

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Drug & Pharmaceutical

TRUVIVITY by NUTRILITE Telescoping Package Amway Corporation

An allegory to its brand promise ‘Beauty From Within’, telescoping packages bring unexpected luxury to a category ruled by underwhelming aesthetics. Proprietary design includes telescoping sleeve, reveal cover, tray with slotted insert and leaf-shaped blister packs. Innovative finishes like Liquid Soft Feel™, Liquid Lustre™ and Pearl Overlay add elegance and protection with efficient, one-pass printing. Global unification of components optimizes supply chain.

Cindy Trapp (616) 787-4562

Target ClearRx V2Z Berry Plastics

What was touted as the “Design of the Decade” by the IDSA, has received some improvements. Changes to this already impressive package include the patented, Tab-II closure, which created a 50% material reduction and PP colored identification rings, allowing for a fully recyclable package. This prescription vial is now more efficient than ever, but also more effective - users now have the option to stand the package on the bottle or the closure to accommodate for user preferences. Behind the counter, the pharmacists have fewer SKUs to maintain with overall component reduction of 32 parts, down to 14.

Mike Makhlouf (717) 390-8461 or michaelmakhlouf@berryplastics.com

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Drug & Pharmaceutical

Nasacort® Allergy 24 Hr Rohrer Corporation in Support of Chattem/Sanofi

The new Nasacort Allergy 24 HR Nasal Allergy Spray package executed by Rohrer Corporation for Chattem/Sanofi US is an innovative design that is unique to the Over-the-Counter/Pharmaceutical industry. Typical packaging options in the OTC/Pharmaceutical industry include rigid thermoformed plastic sealed to cards or cartons. The Nasacort® package breaks this trend with a design that includes a fold-over blister card aimed to maximize billboard space while simultaneously minimizing material usage. The fold-over blister card design is only partially covering the bottle with ECL, pump and modern blue cap, which is contained within the distinctive thermoformed ‘N.’ This distinguishing design boldly displays the product and demands attention on the crowded OTC shelf.

Ryan Lane (847) 961-5920

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Electronics

Vizio M2.1 Speakerbar Unisource Global Solutions for Vizio

Vizio has launched their new M2.1 Speakerbar System in a unique, eye-catching structure that adds functional benefits to the consumer experience, while offering greatly improved shipping efficiency, environmental benefits, and cost savings.

Angel Acevedo (480) 782-7235

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Food, Refrigerated

Butterball Farms Butter Sculptures Butterball Farms

Butterball Farms looked to Display Pack when they needed a solution to packaging their butter sculptures. Display Pack was able to provide them with an innovative and attractive solution—a package that is also a mold for the butter sculpture! Display Pack created a package structure that would allow the customer to mold the butter directly into the clamshell, process the product, and then place the clamshell in a die-cut, un-windowed carton. The molded butter is encased in the clamshell from the time it is molded until the customer opens the clamshell to serve the butter.

Elliott Eckert (616) 451-3061

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Food, Shelf StableSpecial K NourishKellogg

This unique and exciting new package takes hot cereal eating to a whole new level. The concept was heavily infl uenced by consumers who wanted greater ability to customize their hot cereal especially in the areas of taste and texture. While additives in hot cereal is not a new concept the top cap with its two ingredient cells allows the consumer to not only see the type, amount and quality of additives, but by adding the additives after the heating process, maintain the texture of them, thus enhancing the eating experience. The package design provides multiple opportunities to quickly introduce new fl avor variations based upon consumer feedback and/or marketing demographics. The package provides excellent visual appeal on shelf providing differentiation from other hot cereal products and connoting its position as a premium product.

Edward J. Foley (920) 202-0973

Fisher Party Peanut PrimaPakTM PackageClear Lam Packaging, Inc.

The PrimaPak™ package is the fi rst of its kind fl exible, stackable, and reclosable “pop-up box” produced from custom rollstock on vertical form-fi ll-seal (VFFS) machinery. Designed as a replacement for rigid cans, bottles, trays, jars, and select fl exible packaging, the PrimaPak™ package is lightweight, stackable, and merchandises on six sides. As a result, the PrimaPak™ technology improves the package cube up to 30% or more, maximizes manufacturing effi ciencies, and improves warehousing space and transportation demands. Each benefi t offers multiple opportunities to achieve measurable cost savings and sustainability improvements throughout the supply chain.The package is ideal for a variety of foods, such as nuts, snacks, crackers, produce, cookies, dried meats, candies, chocolates, cereals, cheese, meats, and non-food applications such as pet snacks, personal healthcare items or detergent pods.

Roman Forowycz, Group President and Chief Marketing Offi cer (847) 439-8570 or (630) 258-6880

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Food, Shelf Stable Wonka Chocolate Bar with Printpack’s Full

Access Reseal-it® Printpack

The 100g Wonka chocolate bars are wrapped in a new, clever package with an innovative opening and resealing mechanism. This debut solution guarantees a hermetic seal for product freshness and tamper evidence for consumer safety. The seal peels open the 360 degree circumfrance around the bar, creating a “lid” opening that can then be folded over and resealed. It allows the consumer to open the package and reseal it easily should they want to save some for later, while keeping the remaining part fresh.

Satara King (404) 460-7239

Special K Red Berries Club Pack Kellogg Company

This package is an exciting innovation to the world of Club Ready to Eat Cereal. It delivers on the major consumer barriers and complaints to the cereal category specifically in club channels. The smaller sized bags and horizontal orientation results in longer, more controlled freshness along with easier pantry management at homes.

Eric Lewandowski (269) 961-3819

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Health & Beauty Aids

Gillette Venus Snap think4D Inc. / Procter & Gamble

Featuring think4D technology to provide a life-like representation of the innovative new mini razor, the Gillette Snap packaging is cost effective and environmentally responsible with 73% less plastic, a 27% weight reduction and 53% less packaging materials than previous Venus Packaging while substantially decreasing the package’s carbon footprint. The think4D technology used on this snap packaging creates a tactile, multi-sensory, consumer experience, leveraging the memory effect of sensory branding.

Mike Fehr (204) 319-8126

Bodycology Blackberry Viva Healthcare Packaging

Injection molded tube with in-mold label with a very shelf-impacting, shiny metallic 3D and photographic quality rendering.

Bruno Lebeault (416) 321-0622 ext 2252

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Household Products

Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle Procter & Gamble

Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle is a 2.5x concentrated Multi-Purpose Cleaner that introduces an innovative dosing cap.The closure is designed to deliver a fixed dose of product with one squeeze. It works via a timer mechanism to measure and shut off the fluid stream when the right dose is reached. This allows the consumer to have better control and always ensures the right dose is delivered every time!

Matt Akey (513) 627-8678

3M Headlight Restoration System 3M

The new package design improves upon the previous in many ways, from cost efficiencies and improved sustainability while still satisfying the DIY Automotive users.

Jeff Jackman (651) 733-9738

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Household Products

Whirlpool® Water EveryDrop™ Portable Water Filter Sonoco Alloyd

The EveryDrop filter conveys elegance, convenience and elite status with its soft-touch coating and soothing colors. The illusion of the floating filter heightens the product’s new-age design, usage and features. With complete 360° view of the filter and carrying case, shoppers are able to thoroughly inspect the modern product design without negotiating package security. A separate chamber area just below the travel case houses the product’s micro-contaminant replacement filter.

Kim Goyke (815) 787-5864

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Industrial / Commercial

Zodiac Aero Evacuation Systems America – A350 Program Evacuation System Victory Packaging

Zodiac Aerospace is a world leader in aerospace equipment and systems for commercial, regional and business aircraft, as well as helicopters and space applications. The Zodiac Evacuation Systems Division is the only company in the world to offer a comprehensive range of inflatable safety products. Zodiac Aerospace is a world leader for civil aviation evacuation slides, life rafts, life vests and helicopter emergency flotation equipment. The A350 Evacuation System packaging combines innovation, product protection, ergonomic and packaging process solutions and waste minimization into one clever design. It utilizes a flanged tube with the flanges folded at a ninety degree angle to provide side impact strength. The heat treated wood pallet is custom designed for use with a specialized hand truck and the front of the pack opens so that the part can be loaded without a lift assist.

Stuart Feldman (443) 515-1105

New Cruiser 5FS 15 gal Closed System Blow Molded Container Syngenta, LLC

The new Taylor-Cain S15 blow molded/injected molded closed system container replaces an existing 15 gal rotationally molded closed system container to take advantage of a lower unit cost, lower transportation costs, reduced lead-times, increased production capacity and half the tare weight, while still delivering the required product protection, package distribution and warehousing, as well as, the user functional needs. The container itself is blow molded and the top and bottom chimes are injection molded. This new container, because of the light weight, is also easier and safer for workers to lift and use.

Tim Cotter-Syngenta, Steve Cain-Taylor-Cain, Wallie Meisner-Syngenta (336) 632-7337

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Industrial / CommercialEcolab Oasis Pro® 2L Pouch Ampac

Oasis Pro® Housekeeping System is a comprehensive, easy-to-use, closed-loop dispensing system for

consistent proper dilution of high performance cleaning products. Its flexible packaging reduces plastic waste by

80 percent compared to traditional containers and ready-to-use solutions. It uses less packaging with less freight

waste. Ecolab uses a unique collapsible bag with self-closing port to offer a closed loop dispensing system to limit contact

with the chemistry while also minimizing waste.

Craig Livingston (630) 439-3160

Blue Tube UV Package Plastic Ingenuity / Triatomic

Plastic Ingenuity designed a new thermoformed package for a germicidal UV light to replace an existing package that provides shock and crush protection, easy loading, flexibility to hold multiple diameter products, provide good product visibility, and the ability to either stand the package upright or hang on a peg hook for retail display. The package consists of an outer sleeve printed with useful information, an inner tray designed to better protect the UV lamp and other parts, and end caps to secure the product and provide tamper resistance.

Rob Helmke (608) 798-3071

Ecolab Collapsible Hand Care Packaging Platform Ecolab

Ecolab’s closed-loop Collapsible Hand Care Packaging Platform made up of a custom bottle and pump offer an innovative and effective solution to unit dose hand care dispensing. This new collapsible system is capable of dispensing up to 99% of product largely due to the bottles collapse profile and the pumps custom design.

Matthew Lausted - Ecolab, Thaddeus Feiler - Ecolab

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Medical Device

ACUITY® Pro Lead Delivery System Boston Scientific, Inc.

Boston Scientific’s ACUITY® Pro lead delivery system package addresses concerns regarding predicate packaging size and functionality. The team prioritized voice-of-customer inputs during tray and lid designing. The tray utilizes innovative features including knurling surface patterns and catheter curve-containment channels to improve interface and protective properties. A 200% volume reduction provides a 315% palletization and sales bag load efficiency increase, while sterilization costs dropped 50%. Material reductions yielded significant savings per saleable unit.

Chad Betlach (763) 494-1007

Prent Corporation /Volcano Corp Prent Corporation

The Verrata Tray provides protection and support for the Verrata product, and functions with the product as part of its preparation for use.

Don Handrow, Jake Keleny (608) 754-0276

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Medical Device

SoTube® / SoSafe® : double-sterile barrier packaging Selenium Medical

SoTube/SoSafe are two innovative solutions: nested tubes for implants and a double-sterile barrier packaging. They ensure nurses and surgeons easy handling of package and implant as well as a pioneer “No Touch” approach right up to the point of surgery.

Olivier Richart +33 5 46 44 40 82

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Other

Hypertherm Tamper-Evident, Anti-Counterfeiting Clamshell Placon

Once filled, the recycled PET clamshell, developed by Placon in partnership with Hypertherm, is welded affixing the lid with graphic card to a perforated area on the base of the thermoform. Once opened, the perforated area breaks away from the base, permanently attaching itself to the interior of the lid “trapping” the graphic card. The design not only visually alerts consumers that tampering has occurred but also deters counterfeiting.

Laura Stewart (608) 278-4451

On-the-Go Carafe Southern Champion Tray

SCT’s On-the-Go Carafe presents a new twist on the standard bulk beverage carrier. The innovative, tower-like design of the structure consists of two elements; a corrugated outer box and an inner #2 plastic jug, both of which are recyclable. Improved features, such as a new location of the spout and inset handle allow a strong grip for a steady, single-handed pour.

Candace Carlton (423) 756-5121

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Other

Boston Scientific Tear Tab Boston Scientific

Boston Scientific’s Tear Tab took a business tool required for BSC restocking and turned it into a feature that provides benefits to BSC’s customers. BSC’s customers can use the attached tab to help open the carton’s tuck flap. In fast-paced emergent situations where seconds count, gaining access to the medical device inside the cartons is critical.

Amie Marshall (763) 494-1116

Brita Pitcher Open-Sided Carton The Clorox Company

The new Brita Open-Sided Carton is a packaging system that consists of a carton tray and band containing a pitcher protected by shrink film. This open-sided design enabled a significant material waste reduction from the previous packaging while preventing damage by

allowing shoppers to see the actual pitcher without opening the carton. The result is a package that clearly celebrates the beautiful pitcher

design in a format that easily communicates the size, shape, and features of the product.

Samuel Marino (925) 368-9320

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Promotional / Display

A Sesame® Tape Solution for Quaker Oats Real Medleys Retail-Ready Packaging Quaker Oats / International Paper / H. B. Fuller

Quaker Oats wanted a retail-ready shipping solution for its Real Medleys single-serve oatmeal. It needed to provide a positive brand image, robust product protection and material savings, and enable packing automation. Working together, Quaker Oats, H.B. Fuller and International Paper designed a sustainable package that’s easy to produce and dispose, provides robust protection, material reduction by 35%, reduces stocking time and meets increasing retailer demand for a well-designed, shelf-ready display.

James Maki (847) 304-2291

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Student AmeriStar Winners

3rd Place The EnviroLamp Category: Household Products School: University of Wisconsin - Stout Student: Michelle Rademacher

Honorable Mentions

Coat N’ Clean Category: Health & Beauty Aids School: Cal Poly State University Students: Andrew Morey, Maddie Back, Kelly Harding, Mary Butcher, Dylan Burau

Sunflower Seed Package Category: Food, Shelf Stable School: Cal Poly State University Students: Jacob Garber, Taylor Severn, Wes Zimmerman

Shatter Proof Makeup Category: Health & Beauty Aids School: Cal Poly State University Students: Rebecca Kisch, Emily Mallett, Meagan Smith, Michael Stracey

1st Place MPressed Shirt Packaging Category: Other School: Clemson University Students: Gabrielle Conlon, Julianne Holmes, Rachel Randall, Emily Thackston

2nd Place iPackage Category: Electronics School: Cal Poly State University Students: Brandon Holle, Neil Holliday, John Zeolla, Anita Ho, Susanna Hintergardt

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ts Packaging Development & DesignAmie Marshall, packaging engineer II, Boston Scientific Corp.

In fast-paced emergent situations where seconds count, gaining access to a medical device inside a carton is critical. Amie Marshall was responsible for driving a design change that impacts how customers interact with the company’s medical device packaging. She was able to bring together multiple novel elements into one Tear Tab design that makes for a more effective and efficient user experience—but, more importantly, saves time in those urgent cath lab cases.

Marshall was able to translate customer and business needs into a solution that saves the company $430,000 annually in packaging costs. A universal design, the Tear Tab closure strip can be applied to every product within BSC that is authorized for restocking; which includes more than 90 percent of the company’s products. Because the Tear Tab helps identify returned products that are resalable, the company has saved several million dollars by being able to restock and resell these items.

Ross Christianson, senior packaging engineer (project leader for User Experience Research Lab), Boston Scientific Corp.

Ross Christianson was instrumental in the design, development and implementation of a fully functional cath lab—dubbed the User Experience Research Lab (UERL)—that creates an environment where Boston Scientific can initiate discussions with and obtain feedback from customers. By offering a practical setting to watch and listen to customers, this lab allows Marketing, Packaging and R&D to research,

discuss and, ultimately, understand customer packaging wants and needs so they can develop and deliver high-quality packaging and labeling solutions.

During the project, Christianson evaluated the products of major storage and shelving solution vendors for their flexibility and versatility to make sure that the UERL represented multiple storage configurations and accommodated the widest variety of the most common products used in a lab. He has been described as relentless in his actions of gaining the voice of the customer, as well as passionate in supplying packaging with meaningful innovation.

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Elisha Tropper, president/CEO, Cambridge Security Seals

Elisha Tropper challenged the Cambridge Security Seals product design team to incorporate several packaging considerations into the design of its industrial security seals themselves, insisting that the final packaged product become the starting point for the product design and construction development.

In doing so, Tropper elevated the packaging element of an industrial product from an afterthought to a critical design component. The design team was able to significantly reduce the size of the seals (while also improving their strength) and efficiently stack and pack them into cases so more fit on a skid compared to competitors—adding value for the customer and reducing costs throughout the supply chain.

Tropper had the vision to understand that packaging could and should add value to the product and that, by paying attention to both the package and the packaging line during the product design phase, this value could most effectively be achieved to enhance the product performance.

He was successful in changing the mentality of the product and manufacturing design teams to develop integrated packaging enhancements as essential components to the overall design process.

Mother Parkers Innovation and Technology Team: Margaret LaRocque, packaging engineer; Shelby Parkinson, analytical lab technician; Yucheng Fu, product engineering manager; Paul Yang, packaging manager; and Lib Trombetta, director of innovation and technology

The Mother Parkers Innovation and Technology Team ventured into a new category: single-serve beverages. The EcoCup packaging project for the new Higgins and Burke Loose Leaf Tea progressed from concept to market in less than eight months.

The package design—a clear lid and translucent capsule—enhances the consumers’ experience by engaging all five senses: They can see the product through the clear lid, touch the logo embossed on the side of the capsule, smell the aromas, hear the EcoCup click when recycling and taste the product.

One goal of the design was to ensure clean separation of the EcoCup components for recycling and/or composting. A breakaway tab enables the EcoCup to be easily separated by hand.

Determination and passion encouraged the team and continue to drive them. Margaret LaRocque, packaging engineer, says, “If someone tells us it can’t be done, but we know it’s the right thing to do, we continue challenging, and if it doesn’t exist, we will invent it.”

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ts Packaging Development & DesignJoe Mase, vp of marketing and business development, Sagent Pharmaceuticals

Reduce medication errors. Save people’s lives. It’s a simple idea that is not so easy to implement in hospitals in the real world. But during the last 10 years, Joe Mase has imagined and executed packaging improvements that make a difference.

At Sagent Pharmaceuticals, he developed the PreventIV Measures program, a comprehensive and proprietary approach to packaging and labeling that helps healthcare professionals accurately distinguish between look-alike, sound-alike products, making it easier for them to select the correct one. Every Sagent product package—vials, syringes and IV bags—features a distinctive design with easy-to-read drug names and dosage strengths on the primary panel.

In 2004, while Mase worked at Baxter, he turned a “negative” thought into a positive solution. Black bar codes printed on transparent IV bags were hard for scanners to read because they didn’t have enough contrast with the background. What would happen, he thought, if we printed the white spaces instead of the black bars? Ha! Problem solved, patent issued. The Enlightened HRBC high-resolution bar code is encoded with variable information—the National Drug Code number, lot number and expiration date—and printed online during packaging.

Mase not only has the vision to find innovative solutions, he has the ability to sell his ideas to teams and lead highly engaged teams to accomplish the goals. He is able to keep teams engage and focused, from high-level senior management all the way down to the entry-level team members.

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Production & Operations Diageo Team Cube: Paul Millar, head of packaging technology; Dawn Reilly, COGS reduction brand change manager; Ray Webb, project engineer; Ian Bell, packaging development technologist; and Donal Comerford, central manufacturing lead

The Diageo Team Cube developed and constructed a radical concept—a low-cost modular production plant for the blending and packaging of spirits—and commercialized it in multiple geographies within 12 months. The solution met operational requirements and saved 60 percent on capital investment.

This was achieved by challenging convention, moving the thinking of a global organization away from the standard and managing the change with all stakeholders.

The project allowed Diageo to enter a new market segment while delivering the required margins. Deployment of the first commercial product to market was 20 percent of normal, allowing a startup within two weeks. And one week after startup, the plant’s efficiency was 94 percent.

The passion and drive of the team influenced others to “act like an owner” and achieve more. Through the trust that developed within the core team and the establishment of peer-to-peer mentoring, each team member—operating within their skill set—stepped up and was accountable for making the professional decisions required to keep the project moving. This resulted in a significant reduction in timelines, as well as the overall demand for resources.

Mother Parkers RealCup Operations Startup Team: Stephen Leung, plant manager; Chris Meffen, production manager; Dennis Paynter, president of coffee operations, Lib Trombetta, vice director of innovation and technology; Yucheng Fu, product engineering manager; and Janet Nagy, human-resources manager

Over the course of 18 months, the RealCup Operations Startup Team at Mother Parkers completely gutted the existing Specialty Plant, dedicated to organic coffee and other specialty products, and doubled the size to the current RealCup Plant. Since the conversion, the plant has successfully launched more than 180 individual stock-keeping units, driving growth in its private label and branded business in the exploding category of single-serve coffee and tea.

The team built flexibility into the operations and achieved rapid growth—they expanded from 8 to 126 employees in those 18 months. By operating with full vertical integration and using people in cross-functional roles in both packaging and engineering to maximize on internal expertise, they were able to accelerate the packaging development cycle. Iterations now take about one-tenth the time of a typical operation. By eliminating time between ideas and their realization, the Operations Team is able to push innovation forward on a regular basis. Packaging machines were created to evolve, with plenty of space between stations. The modular design makes parts replacement easy, so machines can quickly be configured to meet the progressing needs.

One way the team motivated others and encouraged continuous improvement was by implementing many of the ideas from their team. More than 15 operator-identified ideas have been turned into solutions, enabling the company to double overall equipment efficiencies (OEE). These operational improvements equate to more than 33,650 man-hours saved.

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The Viva Concepts team put in hundreds of hours to conceptualize, design and manufacture an exclusive marketing gift with referral cards that their clients (such as dental offices, car dealerships and banks) can distribute to attract and acquire new customers.

They custom-built a production line to create the Vivapak intricate promotional package, which can be customized itself. Along with a machinery partner, Viva production personnel designed, refined, tested and retested a prototype line to produce the slider pack. The automated process is similar to a pharmaceutical carded blister packaging line and includes a banding machine—specially modified to place plastic rotating bands on the slider pack—that eliminated the labor-intensive hand

work previously required to produce this product. “[It’s a] genius use of an industry machine meant for other purposes,” says production supervisor Gregory Hughes, Jr.

By designing, producing and customizing a setup box internally, the team took what would have been $60 and brought it down to one fifth the cost. And by setting up an on-demand printing facility, they made possible short runs of custom referral cards at an affordable price.

Since last September, the company’s business has grown from zero to more than 250,000 promotional pieces a month.

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Best of Show SoTube®/SoSafe® Double-Sterile Barrier Packaging Selenium Medical

The Best of Show Award honors the package that surpassed all judging criteria and was unanimously selected by the judges to be outstanding in every category. See description on page 21.

Design Excellence Award Butterball Farms Butter Sculptures Butterball Farms

This award honors the package that exhibits a shining example in which structure and graphic design integrate to create a compelling package. Judges considered factors such as design benefits that could include enhanced product findability on shelf, improved package functionality that entices consumers to think about a product or product category in a new way, improved product presentation in-store, and others.

See description on page 12.

Special Awards

Sustainable Packaging Award Brita Pitcher Open-Sided Carton The Clorox Company

In recognition of the package that judges scored highest when considering how packaging can be developed to reduce the impact on the environment. This includes

efficient energy usage, recycling efforts, effective use of packaging materials, recover and or eco-friendly raw materials.

See description on page 23.

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