Rigid Containers

Food & Drug Packaging, May, 1999 by Jennifer Billings

Custom Bottle, (800) 453-7626

Item #443

Novelty Category

GOLD: Stuart Entertainment upgraded its line of Neon, Golden and Sterling Lights bingo markers with bright recyclable bottles from Berlin Packaging (call or mark Item #518). The bottle's round bottom, bullet-style shoulders and large billboard label area facilitates high-speed labeling and filling. The bottle's shape also feels comfortable in bingo players' hands.

SILVER: Amway's Travel Trio grants consumers the convenience of carrying three popular personal care products--shampoo /conditioner, body gel and hand and body lotion--in one compact package. Each item is contained in an identical 100-milliliter triangular-shaped bottle with a rounded front side. From TricorBraun (call (310) 320-4911 or mark Item #519), the three plastic bottles are held together with top and bottom molded overcaps to create one slim cylindrical package.

BRONZE: Multi-purpose product from Rilet Manufacturing Co. serves as a seasonal bird feeder or a candy/nut dispenser. Polyethylene terephthalate jars from Ryco Packaging Corp. (call (913) 894-2002 or mark Item #520) are nested onto custom molded bases that allow easy access for birds and are large enough to hold most candies or nuts for human consumption.

See our Product Guide on page 53 for an alphabetical list of all suppliers mentioned in this issue. The Guide includes phone and fax numbers, product descriptions and contact names.