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combiTwist and combifit<br />
win the AmeriStar<br />
The American Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) has honoured the SIG allCap and<br />
News 6/7<br />
SIG Combibloc companies with the AmeriStar Package Award 2003 for their combiTwist closure<br />
and the combifit aseptic beverage carton. The prize was awarded in the “Beverages” category.<br />
Jonathan Shaw, SIG allCap employee,<br />
and Fritz Seelhofer, Head of Marketing and<br />
Sales at SIG allCap, received the highly distinguished<br />
AmeriStar award on 14 October,<br />
during the PackExpo trade fair in Las Vegas,<br />
America. At the event, SIG allCap was in<br />
best company: well-known organisations<br />
like Kraft, Pepsi-Cola, 3M, Snapple Beverage<br />
Group, Motorola and Procter & Gamble<br />
were also among the winners in one of the<br />
other 14 categories.<br />
The AmeriStar Package Award is one of<br />
the most distinguished awards for packaging<br />
in North America. It honours top developments<br />
in packaging technology that set new<br />
standards for the industry. A total of 108 ap-<br />
Jonathan Shaw, SIG allCap employee, at the<br />
press conference for the prize winners.<br />
plications were assessed for innovative<br />
strength, product performance, economical<br />
aspects, suitability for marketing, user<br />
friendliness and logistics, as well as for their<br />
effect on the environment.<br />
Elegant form, user-friendly function<br />
“The combiTwist closure allows users<br />
to open beverage cartons with a single<br />
twisting action! This innovative closure<br />
combined with the combifit package offers<br />
an extremely high level of user comfort.<br />
The closure pours drinks ideally and accurately<br />
and also allows users to drink<br />
directly from the package. All in all it is a<br />
very consumer-friendly invention”, says<br />
Honoured: the winning packages were exhibited<br />
at the PackExpo in the “Packaging innovations”<br />
display case.<br />
Fritz Seelhofer about the advantages of<br />
combiTwist. The combifit beverage carton<br />
convinces with its sturdy and concave shape,<br />
which not only accords logistical benefits<br />
but is also eye-catching thanks to its elegant<br />
appearance. The jury of experts emphasised<br />
in their verdict that the combiTwist is a<br />
closure very easy to handle and that it is a<br />
perfect partner to the clever de<strong>sig</strong>n of the<br />
combifit package.<br />
The ideal combination for convenience: the<br />
twist-type combiTwist closure and aseptic<br />
combifit beverage carton.<br />
<strong>sig</strong>.<strong>biz</strong>/<strong>combibloc</strong> 03/03
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