2009 AmeriStar Student Package Awards Competition winners

Winners will be honored at the AmeriStar Package Awards Dinner, taking place Tuesday, May 19 at 6:30 p.m., during the IoPP Packaging Summit '09.

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First Place

Band-It
Band-It is a “dispenser-style” bandage box. The new package design would feature chains of bandages with perforated seams between them, stacked accordion style inside the boxes. On the exterior of the box, consumers would remove a tear strip, revealing a slot, through which they would pull the chain of bandages, tearing each off as needed.

Band-It Development Team:

Kathryn Jackson
Tyler Blumer
Elizabeth Gorrell
California Polytechnic State University

Second Place

Nail Polish Remover Pen
Nail polish remover is a solvent used by many people on a daily basis. The two most common active ingredients used are Acetone and Ethyl Acetate. Both of these products vaporize readily at room temperature, and these vapors are flammable. The packaging material must avoid static discharge, which may cause the vapors to ignite and possibly explode. The product also has a high acidity that the package must withstand. Since the product is a liquid the package must prevent puncturing and leaking. The chosen material, polypropylene, is a non-polar plastic with a high resistance to solvents. It will not pick up a significant static charge.  Polypropylene also provides a hard surface that is resistant to punctures and other product damages.

Development Team:

Elyse Ryder
Jennifer Stirling
Stephen Coates
Faye Sanderson
Mohawk College

Third Place

Dual Hot Pockets Pouches
The package demonstrates an application of a new idea for the current Hot Pockets packaging. New concept has both pouches packaged together with a perforation for easy separating of product. The package takes advantage of the over packaging on the current product, and reduces material usage. It also uses an attractive billboard on the display carton to increase marketing appeal. Pouches provide excellent oxygen and water barrier and the seals on the pouch prevent contamination.

Developed by:

Ken Gruhl
Michigan State University