Hi-Cone packaging succeeds in helping companies improve Sustainability Scorecards at Walmart’s largest ever Sustainable Packaging Exposition.
The 5th Annual Walmart Sustainable Packaging Expo was part of Walmart’s continuing drive toward sustainability through product innovation in its supply chain. Hi-Cone products, long a sustainable choice in multi-packing, makes substantial score improvements on Walmart’s Packaging Scorecard when products are packaged in ring carriers as opposed to other multipackaging methods.
Two creative Engineers recognized for their outstanding contributions.
At the core of Hi-Cone is a culture deeply rooted in innovation. After decades of packaging leadership, Hi-Cone continues to pioneer new ideas. Two of Hi-Cone’s finest practitioners of ingenuity and innovation are veteran engineers Les Marco and Bob Olsen, who each hold more than 35 patents. Recognizing this remarkable achievement, ITW has inducted both Bob and Les into its exclusive Patent Society Hall of Fame.
Craft Brewers, who are always pushing the boundaries of innovation, made the BrandPak™ Exhibit a resounding success.
The BrandPak™ message of “Strong, Unique, and Sustainable” packaging was delivered to over 2500 Craft Brewers by Hi-Cone®, showing BrandPak™, at the Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America 2010, held at the Sheraton in Chicago.
San Miguel introduces sleek cans multipack with Hi-Cone system
San Miguel has launched its summer campaign with the new flavors of apple and lemon beer in Hi-Cone carrier. In order to create differentiation and expand its appeal to target consumers they have introduced the new Sleek can with the Hi-Cone Multipack (6-pack) specifically designed for this can. Consumers may now find the elegant, new multipacks of these new flavors in their local markets.
Omission as a paradoxical intervention
The unveiling of "The Essence of Things - Design and the Art of Reduction", an exhibit opened in March, was marked by the publication of a fanstatic catalog. "Omission as a paradoxical intervention" is the title of the chapter in which our Multipack Carrier plays a main role. It represents the concept of "less is better".
The Essence of Things - Design and the Art of Reduction
From 20 March to 19 September 2010, the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein is showing an exhibition under the title "The Essence of Things - Design and the Art of Reduction". With over 150 objects and background stories, the exhibition in the internationally renowned museum building designed by US star architect Frank O. Gehry bears testimony to the success of an approach to design summed up in the 1960s by Prof. Dieter Rams ("Mr. Braun") in the words "less but better".
One of the products that successfully embodies this philosophy, and has done so for decades, is our multipack-carrier. Products like the multipack-carrier or the Minigrip bag with reclosable zipper from ITW, which is also on display, are of greater importance today than ever. The intelligent ecological balance sheet, sustainability, utility, functionality and the aesthetic of simplicity that these products represent have found new interest.
"Omission as a paradoxical intervention" is the title of the chapter on page 80 of the catalogue from the exhibition in which our 6-Pack acts the lead.
