WINNER
CATEGORY:
Paperboard
Top Coated
COMPANY:
Alcan Packaging
Atlanta
ENTRY:
Pall Mall Premium Tobacco
5 Colors printed on SBS board on a Bobst press using Sun Chemical inks. The fine print is extremely sharp with no stray dots as are the blue images out of the white areas. The vignettes are quite good. It was also noted that the small embossing on the front of the package coupled with the scoring on the side of the package resulted in a package with rounded corners.
WINNER
CATEGORY:
Corrugated
Pre Print
COMPANY:
Packaging Corporation of America
ENTRY:
Lexmark All In One Box
6 Colors plus coating printed on SBS using solvent based ink and water based varnish Cerutti press. This is a large product that features a 79” repeat and a 55” wide web. Outstanding graphics with good solid colors. The reversed out and normal black type is good. The judges further commented that the colors are brilliant and the solids very good.
WINNER
CATEGORY:
Film/Film Lamination Process
COMPANY:
Bemis Flexible Packaging
Milprint Division
ENTRY:
Hershey’s Bliss
Dark Chocolate Bliss
8 Colors with registered white with three ply in-line adhesive lamination consisting of OPP/Ink/Adhesive/Metalized OPP/Adhesive/PE using solvent based inks and solvent based and water based adhesive, printed on a Schiavi Patriot press. One of a family of three Hershey’s Bliss packages that were all presented a nice seductive feel. This package did a good job of showing the difference between dark and milk chocolate. The type is clear and legible, halftones are good, vignettes well executed and the images are nicely centered.
WINNER
CATEGORY:
Film/Film Lamination Process
COMPANY:
Alcan Packaging
Shelbyville, KY
ENTRY:
Nestle Stouffers Skillets
6 Colors printed on a lamination consisting of polyester and metalized nylon on a Rotomec 4000-2ES press using Siegwerk-retort inks. This package represents a second winner in this category. With a total of nearly twenty items in this family of product, a premium is placed on color consistency from design to design. The judges noted the combination of process colors to create the distinctive line colors for the package. All of the illustrations on the package are well produced. All of the type is clean, clear and crisp. Especially noted was the reverse copy that was formed by as many as four colors with little or no cutback.
HONORABLE MENTION
CATEGORY:
Film/Film Lamination-Process
COMPANY:
Alcan Packaging
Joplin, MO
ENTRY:
Heinz Ore-Ida Mashed Potatoes
8 Colors printed on a lamination consisting of 60gs OPP laminated to sealant film. Printed with inks supplied by INX on a Rotomec RotoPak 3000-2 press. Judges commented that there was a nice contrast between the yellow/blue/red. The mashed potatoes look nice and creamy. The black type is very black and sharp. The registration is good and the vignettes in the potato areas are also very good.
WINNER
CATEGORY:
Foil/Paper Lamination
COMPANY:
Alcan Packaging
Joplin, MO
ENTRY:
McCormick Grill Mates Mesquite Marinade
8 Colors printed on 35 lb Dunn paper laminated to foil. Printed with inks supplied by INX on a Rotomec RotoPak 3000-2 press. This package shows very nice illustrations of meat and all of the colors contrast nicely. The black type is nicely done and very clear.
WINNER
CATEGORY:
Pouches
COMPANY:
Nordenia USA, Inc.
ENTRY:
Tyson Chicken
Fajita Kit
7 Colors reverse printed on 48 ga polyester using Siegwerk ink and laminated to PE with solvent free adhesive by Rohm & Haas on a W&H press. This pouch represents an excellent reproduction of the food – so much that your mouth will water and the parsley looks real. The eye-catching colors and illustrations along with the reversed out type looks good. The black type is excellent and the halftone images excellent. A truly outstanding example of gravure printing.