on the supermarket shelves that are crowded with products screaming for customers&rsquo attention, these metalized labels and packages stand out and overcome the competition bill foley of vacumet corp mentions that aimcal metalized label and package awards give tangible evidence of leadership within the industry. it shows employees, suppliers, customers and competitors that it is the company of choice when sales decisions or strategic procurement is made. the technical award in the food category went to vacumet corp., plastics division, which is located in wayne, new jersey, for an innovative liquidtight paperboard tub. this tub doubles as a serving cooking bowl and offers shelf life of sixmonth for popz microwave popcorn from soller llc, located in bennettsville, south carolina. the base of package consists of 17point solid bleached sulfate, commonly known as sbs, adhesivelaminated to high barrier aluminumoxidecoated polyester that is equipped with a demetallized. camcrisp susceptor produced by amcor flexiblescamvac, located in thetford, u.k., and distributed exclusively in south and north america by vacumet. the base is joined to a 20point sleeve of claycoatedoneside sbs flexographically that is printed in five different colors plus polish using waterbased glue at the front as well as heat sealing at the back in the patented procedure on a custombuilt machine. popcorn is stuffed on top of the susceptor and then covered with a solid heatsealable barrier film that seals to the up the sides of the sleeve and border of the base. the film will balloon, as the popcorn pops. the sleeve traits diecut tab on one side, a wavy diecut top edge, which is dragged up to serve as a handhold to assist in taking away the film after popping. other vendors who are involved in the project also include converter inline packaging llc, located in princeton, minnesota substrate supplier dupont u.k. ltd., located in dumfries, u.k. and package designer jeffrey t. watkins, which is again in princeton, minnesota. the design minimizes shipping costs yet offers four side walls for graphics yet. judges were impressed due to the complexity of the package, its capability to contain liquid oil and its twopiece design that gives a more economical way to manufacture the susceptor. source of information httpwww.inlinepkg.comnews.htm
