H.J Heinz... led a thin field of
food & beverage honorees in this year’s Dupont packaging
awards. Heinz created the Dip & Squeeze ketchup package
for foodservice customers...
Designed to emulate the look of a ketchup
bottle, the packet’s flexible film overlaps a
thermoformed tray to create the appearance of a bottle
neck. Heinz shares the award with Multivac Inc.,
which engineered and integrated a 1,500-units-a-minute
rollstock machine with a Hinds-Bock filler and
Videojet laser coding machine, along with its own
vision-inspection system that rejects packets with
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The project represents "years of
hard work and collaboration between the engineering
teams," according to Jan Erik Kuhlmann, president and
CEO of Kansas City-based Multivac.
In accepting the award, Heinz’s Michael
Okoroafor, head of packaging R&D, suggested the greatest
challenge was winning foodservice acceptance of the
oversized packet. The challenge apparently was met: The
first 67-ft. long packaging line was installed late last
year at Heinz’s Fremont, OH plant. A third is expected
to come online this fall.
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