TricorBraun is pleased to announce this year's prestigious NACD award winners! Listed below are what's considered some of the best packages available today. If you're interested in finding more about them, please feel free to visit our Contact Us page
Food & Beverage
First Juice Inc. - First Juice
Gold
The package for First Juice takes the silicone valve technology for dispensing closures to a new level and a new age group.
Most silicone valve closures used on beverages are for adult use - they provide a heavy product flow due to a very flexible valve and flexible bottle. First Juice needed the very opposite, in an economical, disposable package, for a line of low-sugar juices for toddlers.
The closure was designed for a mouth size and shape. they have to suck on the in order juice come bottle is not squeezable by toddlers no chocking hazards due sudden large amount of product being swallowed.
The closure's performance provides a no-spill closure designed specifically for toddler's mouth size and actuates only when being sucked on. No leakage in any position.
The smaller size bottle with the sippy cap was designed to be reusable. They can be filled from the 32oz size package.
Cape Cod Chowder Co. - Cape Cod Chowder Sauces
Silver
Most people think glass jars when they think about a packaging sauces, but not the Cape Cod Chowder Co. This stock plastic tub is great for packaging their various pasta sauces. The product can be warmed and stirred right in the container.
The unusual packaging in the category makes it stand out on the shelves and the rectangular shape and stacking ability means more product on the shelf for less chance of an out-of-stock situation. The stackability also is convenient for the consumer.
Cosmetics & Personal Care
Depth Body - Depth Body
Gold
Depth Body wanted a package that gave the impression of the moisturizing quailities of their products. TricorBraun designed their line of bottles in a teardrop shape, representing that the products inside are filled with moisturizing elements.
TricorBraun provided every single component in this line, including 3 custom designs, 3 molds and decorated containers shipped within 4 months of the order. The line includes custom 9oz and 12oz PET Teardrop bottles iwth 50% PCR with color matched pumps, 10oz HDPE custom tottle made with 25% PCR and stock tubes.
The rounded teardrop shape for the lotion works well because of its stable base. The flatter teardrop shape used for the shampoo is perfect for the shower - easy to hold and does not take up much room.
Sustainability was an important consideration, so TricorBraun worked with the customer to provide bottles with as much PCR content as possible.
Apollo Health & Beauty - Blade Body Wash
Bronze
Blade. A strongly masculine name for a men's shower gel line of products, and it required a "cutting edge" package in order to stand out from the growing lines of men's grooming products on the shelves. The 12 oz. oval high density polyethylene bottle is extrusion blow molded with an oval polypropylene snap-type dispensing closure. Al components are black, denoting strong and tough products for tough guys. Obviously, the slanted shape at the top with the hole designed into it symbolizes the edge of a knife. It also mkes it easier to grab in the shower, and even hang on a hook on the shower organizer.
- This design also won an American Package Design Award from Graphic Design Magazine. Find out more about other award winning designs!
Household Chemical & Automotive
Winston Company Inc. - Crystal Clear Water Gardening Product Line
Gold
The customer wanted a complete package overhaul for their water gardening products but the volume didn't justify custom tools. However, stock packaging in black would truly stand out from the other water gardening products on the shelf, which are generally in blue or white.
They decided to color code their products to ease their customers' requirements and the combination of vibrant closures and matching labeling with the black package has been very successful for them.
Bona USA - Bona Hardwood Floor Mop
Bronze
The Bona Hardwood Floor Mop project began with a request to develop an 'all-in-one' floor to replace the current cleaning system that included a floor mop and separate to spray bottle with trigger sprayer for dispensing the cleaner.
The unique design of both the floor mop and refill cartridge helped to build brand identity for a relatively new player in the retail floor care market. A powerful pre-compression sprayer delivers 2.2ccs of the product in a finely dispensed, fan-shaped spray pattern - essential when applying a water-based product on a wood floor.
The design addresses packages's and product's lifecycle. A more durable design means a longer lifespan of the product, increasing the perceived value of the product. A washable re-usable micro-fiber pad eliminates need for costly, disposable, replacement pads. All parts were designed to fit compactly into a thin, rectangular out carton, maxmimizing cube space for shipping/distribution. There are no windows to give the consumer an extra idea of what they are purchasing, but there is no plastic as part of it, making it easier to recycle.
General Industrial
Hillyard - Double Down
Silver
Hillyard was able to improve performance, safety and lower their packaging costs! Dual interlocking bottles and snap closure design allows for a mixing of the two products in mid air prior to the product reaching the carpet or garment to be cleaned.
The one piece cap design was an improvement from other 2, 3 & 4 piece designs allow for minimal pressure to be applied and evacuate product evenly from two bottles. The blend of high and low density polyethylene produces bottles with just the right "squeeze" factor.
Consume protection from the package contents is greatly enhanced by the new design by eliminating assembly as needed in the previous packaging design.
The one piece closure deign eliminated the need for an entire mold, additional part, and the assembly costs are seen in other "mixing" type closure applications. The new bottle cap design replaced an existing dual sprayer and bottle package for Hillyard. Overall package costs were reduced significantly.