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Luxembourg, May 2006: ExxonMobil Chemical Films has announced the winners of its 2005 OPPack Awards, recognizing excellence and innovation in flexible packaging and labelling in Europe. The six winners were chosen in Luxembourg by an independent jury of international experts from the European packaging industry.
The jury chose the winners from 11 flexible packaging and eight labelling applications, nominated throughout the year by ExxonMobil Chemical Films Business evaluation team. It unanimously selected gold, silver and bronze winners in both the flexible packaging and labelling and industrial packaging categories.
ExxonMobil Chemial Films Business created its annual OPPack Awards to recognize industry partnership and reward technical excellence. We present the awards to those applications that display the highest level of distinction in creativity, performance and promotion, using one or more of the company's wide range of OPP films.
Winners - flexible packaging
Kraft Food's 'Gourmet Chips' from Norway won the OPPack gold award for flexible packaging. The jury selected the chips pack, a laminate of 30µ Bicor MB400 transparent film and 38µ Metallyte MW480 white film metallised on one side, for its excellent metallised graphics on the outside and its clean fresh grease-free white look inside. The converter was Alcan Packaging Dublin.
'Aroma Soap' took the silver award for end user Aroma AD & Studio Aroma in Bulgaria. The judges commented that the pack, a double laminate of acrylic-coated 52µ Bicor MBR666 transparent film, gives the soap packaging stiffness and rigidity. They added that the film's high transparency and gloss and easy machinabilty provides the product with new sales opportunities. The converter was Novaprint AD.
The 'Amandinas' confectionery pack for CEMOI in France took the bronze award. The pack is a flexo-printed double laminate of 30µ Bicor MB666, acrylic-coated on both sides, replacing a coextruded laminate. The jury selected the pack for the film's high gloss, transparency and barrier properties, as well as for its easy machinabilty and stiffness on the Illapack VFFS packaging machines. The converter was SPO, France.
Winners - labelling and industrial packaging
The in-mould labelling for 'Emmi Yogurt' containers in Austria, Belgium and France won the OPPack gold award in the labelling and industrial packaging category. Surface offset-printed 65µ Label-Lyte LT447 speciality film replaces a traditional solid white cast PP label. The Label-Lyte film's anti-static properties provide stability during printing, die cutting and moulding. Converter Drukkerij Verstraete and moulder Superfos produced the packaging for end user Emmi Österreich.
'Baby George Wet Wipes' from the United Kingdom won the silver award for end user NicePack International. According to the jury, the surface flexo-printed 60µ Label-Lyte LL536 pressure sensitive labelling, which replaces a competitive OPP film, is a very special application. It uses new UV hotmelt instead of a conventional glue without impairing the multi-reclosability function of the label. It also allows transparent labels to be used instead of printed ones colour matched to the pack, saving converting time, printing ink, materials origination and redundant film stock. Systems Labelling, UK, was the converter.
San Pellegrino's 'Acqua Panna' from Italy took the OPPack bronze award. The relaunched mineral water has a new bottle with two clear OPP neck labels and a wrap-around body label, replacing traditional paper labels. 50µ Label-Lyteä LL210 PSA film is used for the neck labels, with one-side treated 35µ Label-Lyte LL400 film, slip controlled on both sides, used for the body labelling. The product is filled and labelled on Sacmi Labelling S.p.a. machines at a speed of 30,000 bottles per hour. The jury stated that the two Label-Lyte labels give the product an outstanding look with enhanced visual properties. The converter was GPS, Italy.
The OPPack Award winners will be honoured among industry colleagues at an awards ceremony later this month. For more information, visit www.oppfilms.com.
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The 2005 OPPack Award Winners
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Gold: Gourmet Chips - Norway/Ireland
Segment: Chips & Snacks
Structure: Bicor 30MB400 / Metallyte 38MW480
End user: Kraft Foods
Converter: Alcan Packaging Dublin
Silver: Aroma Soap - Bulgaria
Segment: Cosmetics
Structure: Bicor 52MBR666 / Bicor 52MBR666
End user: Aroma AD & Studio Aroma
Converter: Novaprint AD
Bronze: Amandinas - France
Segment: Confectionery
Structure: Bicor 30MB666 / Bicor 30MB666
End user: CEMOI
Converter: SPO
LABELLING & INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING
Gold: Emmi Yogurt - Austria/Belgium/France
Segment: Dairy Products
Structure: Label-Lyte 65LT447
End user: Emmi Österreich
Converter: Drukkerij Verstraete
Moulder: Superfos
Silver: Baby George Wet Wipes - United Kingdom
Segment: Baby Wipes
Structure: Label-Lyte 60LL536
End user: NicePack International
Converter: Systems Labelling
Bronze: Acqua Panna - Italy
Segment: Mineral Water
Structure: Label-Lyte 35LL400 & Label-Lyte 50LL210
End user: San Pellegrino SpA.
Converter: GPS SpA.
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The Films Business of ExxonMobil Chemical is a leading global supplier of a full range of OPP films for flexible packaging and labelling applications. The Films Business has seven affiliated production plants: three in Europe (Virton, Belgium; Kerkrade, the Netherlands; and Brindisi, Italy) and four in North America (LaGrange, Georgia; Stratford, Connecticut; Shawnee, Oklahoma; and Belleville, Canada). Its European office is located in Luxembourg and its U.S. office is in Macedon, New York. The company and its affiliates support customer needs around the world. Additional information regarding the Films Business can be found at www.oppfilms.com.
ExxonMobil Chemical is a global leader in technology, product quality and customer service with petrochemical manufacturing and/or marketing operations in more than 150 countries around the world. Its products include olefins, aromatics, fluids, synthetic rubber, polyethylene, polypropylene, oriented polypropylene packaging films, plasticizers, synthetic lubricant basestocks and additives for fuels and lubricants. Information about ExxonMobil Chemical can be found at www.exxonmobilchemical.com.
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Editor’s notes:
- Release is available at: http://www.exxonmobilchemical.com/Public_Products/OPPFilms/Oriented_PP_Films/Europe/News_and_Useful_Links/Opp_News_Headlines.asp
http://www.exxonmobilchemical.com/Public_Products/OPPFilms/Oriented_PP_Films/Europe/News_and_Useful_Links/Opp_News_Headlines.asp
- The terms ExxonMobil, ExxonMobil Chemical, the Films Business, our and its, as used in this news release, sometimes refer not only to The Films Business of ExxonMobil Chemical Company, but collectively to some or all of those companies affiliated with Exxon Mobil Corporation which manufacture, market or are otherwise involved in the oriented polypropylene films business. The shorter terms are merely for convenience.
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