TUBE OF THE YEAR
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Alcan Packaging Beauty
created the Laminate Tube of the Year.
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The Tube Council dispensed a number of awards to winners in the 2007 Tube of the Year Awards. Closure and dispenser innovations were common themes among the winners.
The program’s highest honor, the Ted Klein Tube of the Year award, went to World Wide Packaging (WWP; Florham Park, NJ) for a tube it created for Avon Anew Clinical Spider Vein Therapy. The tube has a cap that took 14 processes to complete. This tube was also awarded Innovative Tube of the Year.
Tube of the Year awards also went to:
- Plastic Tube: WWP won for Sally Hansen’s Gentle Peel for Rough Lips tube with full-wrap hot stamping.
- Laminate Tube: Alcan Packaging Beauty (New York City) was recognized for Chattem’s Icy Hot Pain Relieving Gel tube with a built-in sponge applicator.
- Metal Tube: Montebello Packaging (Oak Park, IL) won for a Vernico Products tube with advanced decoration. The tube required a three-color process on white base enamel for an elegant look, displaying minimal text and graphics.
- Personal Care Tube: WWP won another award for the best personal care tube for Time Wise by Mary Kay Cosmetics. The tube required seven molded parts, and a silicone tip required hand assembly.
- Food Tube: Alcan won an award for the Wonka SweetTarts Squeeze tube. The laminate tube incorporates a snap-on dispensing closure for ease of use.
Judging for the 2007 competition was held in August 2007 at SS Studios (Union, NJ). For the upcoming program, judges will meet in July 2008 at Tube Council headquarters in Flemington, NJ, to evaluate the entries into this year’s competition. Tubes will be judged on package graphics, decoration, shape, closure, texture, ease-of-use, consumer appeal, and technical merit. For details on submitting a tube for consideration, contact CDW@thefillingstation.net.
