AIMCAL Awards: Multipack Juices It Up

Stealing the show is GPI"s ten-count multipack carton for Disney brand juice pouches from Pouchsmart Inc., Santa Monica CA/Langer Juice Co., City of Industry, CA. As both converter and metallizer, GPI supplied the 100% recycled paperboard substrates for the reverse-printed, metallized Composipac Z-Flute folding carton. DuPont Teijin Films, Hopewell, VA, supplies the 48-ga polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film for the Composipac structure. A "family" of various media is visually tied together by way of complementary holographic effects, winning for Vacumet (http://www.vacumet.com) the marketing award in the Decorative Display category for Presidente Light Beers from Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana, S.A., Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Vacumet supplies substrates and metallization for a holographic bottle label, multipack carton, point-of-sale poster, and shelf-talkers. An additional four technologies were named as finalists in the competition, with judges noting this year"s entries represented one of the strongest fields of entries. Once again Graphic Packaging"s Disney branded juice pouches (see [Peter Rigney] Product of the Year award on p2) were recognized in the Coated, Laminated or Metallized Product category for their environmental and productivity advantages resulting from the Composipac Z-Flute folding carton design. Judges noted the construction"s ability to eliminate the need for corrugated shippers, thereby reducing material costs and waste and simplifying handling for retailers.