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Winning the council’s prestigious Ted Klein Tube of the 2024 Year Award for the “Best in Show” goes to Hoffmann Neopac for Sanofi Consumer Healthcare’s Icy Hot Pro No Mess Pain Reliever tube, which highlights the sophisticated polyfoil polyethylene in a stunning blue color finished with a matte overcoat.

Full list of winners (pdf)

 

 

The Tube Council (NA) is proud to announce the winners of the prestigious “Tube of the Year” awards, recognizing outstanding achievements and innovations in tube packaging design and technology. For more than 70 years, the Tube Council has served as an open forum for member squeeze tube manufacturing companies, it’s supply base, customers, end users, and educators to discuss and act on industry-related topics and initiatives.

2024 had an exciting set of 55 entries from 7 North American tube Manufacturing members, as well as 3 Associate members. All entries were evaluated by a panel of judges from consumer product companies, editors and publishers from packaging trade publications, and students and professors from two university packaging programs.

After rigorous evaluation and consideration of entries, our esteemed panel of judges has selected the following winners in each category. These winners were announced at the Council’s Membership Awards dinner on May 7th.

We are excited to recognize and celebrate the exceptional talent and ingenuity showcased in this year’s “Tube of the Year” awards. Each winner has demonstrated remarkable innovation and dedication to advancing the field of tube packaging, and we applaud their contributions to our industry.

Winning the council’s prestigious Ted Klein Tube of the Year Award for the “Best in Show” goes to Hoffmann Neopac for Sanofi Consumer Healthcare’s Icy Hot Pro No Mess Pain Reliever tube, which highlights the sophisticated polyfoil polyethylene in a stunning blue color finished with a matte overcoat. The tube guarantees optimal product protection with formidable barrier properties and flexibility. The “No Mess” applicator ensures a clean, controlled dispense, minimizing product waste and enhancing user convenience. This submission was also the recipient of the Gold Award in the Pharmaceutical category.

Gold Award winners in the following market categories are:

Personal Care
Viva IML Tubes for Not Your Mother’s Detoxifying Balancing Act Scalp AHA Exfoliant. The injection molded polypropylene tube includes a glossy, translucent scalp fitment for target formula application.

Oral Care
Viva IML Tubes for Bark Bright’s Dental Gel. This mono material design crafted entirely of polypropylene ensures compatibility with the PP recycling stream.

Household & Industrial
Plastube, Inc. for Cutek Colortone’s Color Additive. The natural tube is made of high-density polyethylene resin with an integrated child resistant (CR) closure. Decoration is accomplished with five-color digital print with a spot overcoating.

Food
Tubos Y Depresibles Mexicanos for its single tube with six-color decoration for Fuego Azteca’s Nectar Igneo.

Sustainable Tube
Alltub Mexico for the Aveda Full Spectrum Permanent Vegan Treatment Hair Color. To achieve the sustainable goal, the aluminum tube is made of 95% PCR in the tube body combined with a black closure with 80% PCR.

Process and Component
In addition to the market-related categories, the associate members of the Council participate in the awards competition by submitting innovative tube components or processes to support tube manufacturers. This year, for the Associate memberprocess/component category, the top award was presented to AISA Automation Industrielle S.A. for its DecoplasTM extrusion labeling technology for extruded plastic tubes.

The Tube Council thanks its members for their submissions, and congratulates the winners for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the tube packaging industry. The innovative products exemplify excellence and creativity, setting new benchmarks for the future of tube packaging.

May 7, 2024
Organized over 70 years ago, THE TUBE COUNCIL (NA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing educational resources, information and networking opportunities to professionals within the tube industry. For information on The Tube Council (NA) please contact Helen Van Dongen, Secretary at secretary@tube.org.

With collaboration across the plastic recycling value chain, the Tube Recycling Project has reached a critical design milestone in the US on the journey to recyclability for plastic squeeze tubes. Stina Inc. launches PlasticTubeRecycling.org, a website that shares details about project progress to date.

Plastic squeeze tubes are commonly found in households and contain many of the same products as plastic bottles, such as shampoo, conditioner, and lotions, as well as toothpaste. Stina Inc. began a US focused Tubes Recycling Project in 2015, with a group of stakeholders interested in understanding the barriers and working toward solutions to recycling plastic squeeze tubes. A complementary project in Europe launched in 2020.

A key challenge early on was some tubes were known to have design challenges to overcome (e.g., toothpaste tubes with aluminum barrier layers) and the compatibility of other tubes was unknown and needed more research. Collaboration of producers and multi-stakeholder engagement across the plastic recycling value chain made it possible to understand the recyclers’ perspective and thus coordinate innovation across the supply chain to achieve a critical step, design for recycling.

“Today, we are pleased to announce that the efforts of the Tube Recycling Project’s brand and converter companies have achieved a critical milestone. The data shows 90 percent of toothpaste tubes and over 75 percent of all HDPE plastic squeeze tubes on the US market today have designs compatible with a valuable recycling stream, the color HDPE bottle stream,” said Stacey Luddy, COO of Stina Inc.

At the start of the project, it was imperative to determine if recyclers could recycle plastic squeeze tubes with an existing commodity stream. The Projects have collected and shared critical information with reclaimers and industry on generation, market share, compatibility, and sortability to show compatibility throughout the recycling process.

Innovation and collaboration have been essential. The collaborative nature of the stakeholder groups involved in the Tube Recycling Projects was critical to innovating not only the packaging but the process. By harnessing collaboration between companies and key engagement with recycling organizations and other stakeholders, Stina Inc. and the Tube Recycling Projects laid out the key steps in the journey needed for a packaging format like squeeze tubes to be recycled.

Brands and tube manufacturers were able to assess the packaging design for recyclability requirements by the Association of Plastic Recyclers and RecyClass and use innovation to balance the design drivers and make significant progress towards tubes designed for recycling. This critical milestone would not have been possible without the efforts of all organizations involved in the products’ manufacturing (component makers, converters, equipment manufacturers) and brands that have committed to putting the new designs on the shelves.

“Design for recyclability is critical to providing quality material to reclaimers in order to produce quality feedstock for recycled content. The efforts that brands have made to convert the majority of tubes to compatible designs is great progress and we are happy to accept them,” said Scott Saunders, KW Plastics.

On March 20, 2024, Stina Inc. launched PlasticTubeRecycling.org, a website that outlines and illustrates the key elements of recyclability for plastic squeeze tubes, as a packaging format, and the progress to date on that journey. Additionally, the website provides an overview of the interconnected system of recycling and the actions we all must take to make recycling successful, from recycling recyclable items to the use in and purchase of items with recycled content.

Stina Inc. proudly acknowledges the project funders: Albéa, Berry Global, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Estée Lauder, Haleon, Huhtamaki, Kenvue, Tupack, and other companies and organizations that have supported this effort along the way.

Stina Inc. is a mission-based company striving to harmonize human behavior with the natural world. The company helps businesses and individuals take actionable steps in the transition to a society that prioritizes sustainable use of resources. Stina Inc. gathers and assesses critical data, facilitate engagement and collaboration, and raise awareness of key issues for better decision-making. The company often serves as liaison between industry, government, and NGOs to address and work through barriers to more sustainable management of resources. Services include research, data analysis, stakeholder engagement, technical assistance, data visualization, and web-based tool development.

Hello Tube Council Member,  
May 4, 2023

We previously announced that Stephane Beauchemin would be stepping down as Tube Council NA His departure creates a vacancy for the Office of President, A special election is scheduled to fill this position during our Membership Meeting, Tuesday, May 9^th, The next election of officers is scheduled for midyear 2024, therefore the elected member would fill the position of President for one year.

In compliance with our Bylaws, the role of President must be filled by an individual from a Manufacturing Member company, but any member, including Associate Members, may nominate an individual for the open position.  Any Manufacturing Member may also self-nominate his/herself for the role or defer to a colleague at your company to nominate you.

Should you be interested in the role or wish to nominate an individual, please reach out to me.   Nominations must be received by Monday, May 4^th.  Obviously, our timing to prepare for the election is very tight and we want to be sure everyone has an opportunity to nominate as well as cast a vote.

I will share a list of nominees with our membership prior to the election, Tuesday, May 9^th. Nominated parties will be given the opportunity to make a short introduction to the membership at the meeting in advance of the election.  If a nominee cannot be at the meeting, the person will have two opportunities to make an introduction either virtually through Teams or Zoom or by providing a brief written introduction which can be read to the membership during the meeting.

Currently, we have two nominees for the office of Tube Council NA President,

• Steven MacPhail. Steven is currently Vice President of Manufacturing Members as well as Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Montebello Packaging. Steven has served with distinction in his current position.
• Melanie Rasche. Melanie is the Product Manager, Tubes, and Consumer Packaging NA at Berry Global. She transitioned from Personal Care Bottle Product Manager at Berry Global, accepting her new role in February 2023. Melanie is excited about her new role in Tubes and anxious to support the Tube Council promoting tubes as the package of choice in the marketplace.

In addition, another individual is considering the nomination and I am waiting on their decision.

For the election, each member company, both associate and manufacturing companies, will be afforded one vote.  Members not in attendance for the Membership Meeting will be given the opportunity to vote digitally by email.  Please send me your nominations before EOB Monday, May 4^th.

A special election to fill the office of Tube Council President.

Election & Nomination guidelines

Tube Manufacturing Members

• Each Tube Manufacturing Member company has one (1) vote to cast on election day.
• Each Tube Manufacturing Member representative may nominate a candidate from their respective company.
• The office of President is only open to a representative from a manufacturing member company.
• If the open seat is filled by another board member who is nominated, we may require an election of another manufacturing member representative to fill the vacant board seat.

Associate Members

• Each associate member Company has one (1) vote to cast on election day,
• Each associate member representative may self-nominate or nominate a candidate from their company.
• Associate members, according to our Bylaws are prohibited from serving as president.
• If, an associate member Director seat becomes available as a result of the Presidential election an associate member could self-nominate or be nominated to fill that position.

Again, please contact me if you have any questions regarding the voting process or the role of the president of the Tube Council. Look forward to seeing you Tuesday, May 9^th.    

Regards,
Steve Canfield
Executive Secretary & Treasurer.
The Tube Council North America
M: 434-851-7734
E: scanfield@tube.org

We invite you, all active members, to join us for our upcoming Membership Conference & Tube of the Year 2021 Awards Dinner.

When: Tuesday, June 14, 2022,

Where: Gallaghers Steakhouse New York, 228 West 52^nd Street, NY, NY.

We have secured a private conference room and will conduct our conference, an All-Day event. All activities will be on-site.

• Conference (Gallaghers Trophy room) from 8:00AM – 5:00PM
• Reception/cocktail hour at 6:00PM
• Tube of the Year 2021 awards dinner at 7:00PM.

Our conference coincides with Luxepack-NY, June 15-17, 2022, refer; LUXE PACK New York – The premier trade show for creative packaging at Jacob Javits Convention Center, enabling our membership to attend our conference and the Luxepack show.

Please note the Luxe Pack show will take place within the new expansion space at the Javits Center. Please us the entrance address below. 

Javits Center 445 11th Avenue – Hall 3 NY, NY 10001 https://www.javitscenter.com/

Show attendance is FREE for all pre-registered industry professionals. Preregistration https://www.luxepacknewyork.com/attend/request-your-badge/

REQUEST MY BADGE. YOUR BADGE IS JUST A FEW CLICKS AWAY.

Register and get your show badge sent directly via email. We look forward to seeing you in June!

• Show attendance is FREE for all pre-registered industry professionals. 
• LUXE PACK New York is restricted to industry professionals only.
• Please print your badge prior to your arrival. Avoid waiting in line.
• Please note that badge requests may be screened for accuracy.
• Registration confirmations will offer complimentary show access.
• Children under the age of fifteen will not be permitted (no exceptions).

Agenda, (tentative) for Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Our conference convenes at 8:00AM.

• Welcome. Note, a light breakfast is provided, Beverages served throughout the day.
• Introductions
• Financial report
• Educational scholarship fund update
• Old & new business
• Review of our group initiatives.
• Sustainability
• Recycling
• Website review.
• Lunch, Hot buffet Luncheon
• Guest speaker
• Presentations: Four (4) Associate Members will elaborate on their new product offerings, capabilities & services. If you wish to schedule a presentation, please contact me.
• Closing comments
• Break.
• Reception. The Tube Council will pick up the tab for Beverages, beer, Wine, & liquor as well as provide appetizers during our one (1) hour reception
• Tube of the Year Awards Dinner.

Tube of the Year 2021 Awards Dinner. Michael Hoard & Doug Jackson will present our Tube of the Yea 2021 Award Winners, including The Ted Klein “Best in Show” Award and Gold, Silver, and Bronze Award Winners by category.

Our host will charge member companies or individuals at the dinner They accept all major credit cards. Please confirm and email me scanfield@tube.org a list of contact names & email addresses your team are attending each activity, noted below. An accurate headcount will be helpful in scheduling, seating, and catering our event.

Hotel accommodations

Due to ongoing health & safety considerations relating to the Covid 19 Pandemic, uncertainty regarding global travel restrictions in the future, we are not entering into a rooming agreement with a particular hotel for this event.

Below is an event page for you with specially negotiated group rates that we use without setting up a group hotel block. These rates are special group rates that are typically very large discounts not available to the general public.

We appreciate Stephen Trares | Regional Product Director – Midwest at Hotel Planner for offering these rates | Stephen.Trares@HotelPlanner.com

Please provide me with names, titles, and email addresses of members of your team attending our event. This is most helpful in finalizing the headcount for our event.

Happy to report our last event was well attended and highly informative. We look forward to making this event better than the last one! Look forward to seeing you Tuesday, June 14, 2022!

Regards, Steve Canfield

Steve Canfield                                                                                                                                              Executive Secretary & Treasurer                                                             M: 434-85-7734                                                                         e: scanfield@tube.org                                                                             w: www.dev.industrialwebworks.net/tube

2022 APPLICATION

FORMULAIRE DE CANDIDATURE 2022

DATE LIMETE : 1^er AVRIL, 2022

BOURSE D’ÉTUDES EN EMBALLAGE- TUBE COUNCIL (NA)

Pour être éligibles à la bourse annuelle du Tube Council, les candidats doivent:

• Avoir un parent ou un tuteur qui est un employé d’une société membre de la North American Tube Council Association. Ce parent ou tuteur doit travailler pour une division de l’entreprise membre qui est associée à l’industrie du tube.
• Être un lycéen ou étudiant de niveau collégial durant l’année scolaire 2021/2022
• Avoir une moyenne pondérée cumulative d’au moins 3,0 ou une note moyenne supérieure à la moyenne du groupe.
• Soumettre le formulaire de candidature dûment rempli au plus tard le 1er avril 2022.

Un panel de juges impartiaux sélectionnera un gagnant sur la base d’un examen de l’ensemble de la candidature. Les gagnants doivent prouver qu’ils ont l’intention de s’inscrire dans un collège, une université ou une école professionnelle/technique accréditée.

Le lauréat sera annoncé le 31 mai 2022. Une subvention unique de 1 500 $ sera accordée au candidat gagnant. Si le candidat gagnant est inscrit à un programme de formation de niveau collégial ou professionnel relié à l’industrie de l’emballage, un prix supplémentaire de 1 000 $, pour un total de 2 500 $, sera attribué.

Pour recevoir le prix supplémentaire de 1 000 $, le récipiendaire doit prouver qu’il a l’intention de suivre un programme d’études pertinent pour une carrière dans l’industrie de l’emballage avant de recevoir le prix.

Instructions
Pour que votre candidature soit considérée, vous devez remplir le formulaire de candidature (voir formulaire en ligne sur le site www.dev.industrialwebworks.net/tube ). Imprimez la demande remplie et signée. Vous devez inclure votre relevé de notes avec cette demande. Numérisez et envoyez un e-mail à : scanfield@tube.org Ou envoyez un courrier à : The Tube Council, à l’attention de : Steve Canfield

VEUILLEZ NOTER: Les candidatures incomplètes ne seront pas prises en compte et le candidat DOIT répondre à toutes les conditions d’éligibilité.

TUBE COUNCIL (NA)
BOURSE D’ÉTUDES EN EMBALLAGE APPLICATION

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Numéro de Téléphone:                                                         

Adresse Courriel:                                                                                                    Date de Naissance: ___________                                                                                                                                            Sélectionnez dans le calendrier

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Date de Graduation:                                               

            Sélectionnez dans le calendrier

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Récompenses/honneurs reçus (ajoutez une page supplémentaire si nécessaire) : ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Les bourses sont soumises à toutes les lois et réglementations fédérales, provinciales et locales et non disponibles là où elles sont interdites ou restreintes par la loi. Le bénéficiaire est seul responsable de toute obligation fiscale encourue à la suite de l’attribution.

ESSAI DU PARTICIPANT

Question: Comment l’industrie qui produit des tubes flexibles l’industrie des cosmétiques et des soins personnels, les dentifrices et les produits pharmaceutiques peut-elle avoir un impact positif sur l’environnement ?

DOWNLOAD SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION – FRENCH VERSION

2022 APPLICATION

Deadline: April 1, 2022

TUBE COUNCIL (NA) PACKAGING EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP

To be eligible for the annual Tube Council Scholarship, candidates must:

• Have a parent or guardian that is an employee of a member company of the North American Tube Council Association. That parent or guardian must be in an area within the member company that is associated with the tube industry.
• Be a High School Senior during School Year 2021/2022.
• Have a minimum 3.0 grade point average.
• Submit the completed application form not later than 1 April 2022.

A panel of impartial judges will select a winner based on a review of the entire application.  The winners must show evidence of the intent to matriculate in an accredited college, university, or vocational/technical school. 

The award recipient will be announced on 31May2022.  A one-time grant of $1,500 will be awarded to the winning applicant.  Should the winning applicant be enrolled in an accredited college-level packaging program, an additional award of $1,000, for a total of $2,500, will be awarded.

To receive the additional award of $1,000, the recipient must show evidence that they intend to follow a course of study relevant to a career in the packaging industry prior to receiving the award.

Instructions
In order for your application to be considered, you must complete the application form (see online form at website www.dev.industrialwebworks.net/tube).  Print the completed application and sign.  You must include your high school transcript with this application.  Scan and email: scanfield@tube.org    Or mail to: The Tube Council, Attn: Steve Canfield

PLEASE NOTE: Incomplete applications will not be considered, and candidate MUST meet all eligibility requirements.

TUBE COUNCIL (NA)

PPACKAGING EDUCATION SCHLARSHIP

APPLICATION

Applicant’s Name:                                                                                                                                                  

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Tube Council Member’s Company:                                                                                                                    

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Scholarships are subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations and void where prohibited or restricted by law. Recipient is solely responsible for any tax liability incurred as a result of the award.

APPLICANT ESSAY

Question: How can the industry that produces squeezable tubes for cosmetics and person care items, toothpaste and pharmaceuticals make a positive impact on the environment?

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Names of Colleges applying to:

Intended Field of Study:                                                                                                                                 

Applicant’s Signature:  ___________________________________________________________

DOWNLOAD APPLICATION HERE

Congratulations to our Tube of the Year 2020 Award Winners and a Thank You to all members participating in our annual competition!

Our panel of judges have reviewed all submissions, deliberated and announced winners by category.

TED KLEIN
TUBE OF THE YEAR AWARD

Moon Activated Charcoal Whitening Anti-cavity Toothpaste
Viva Injection Molded Tube

	BEST PERSONAL CARE TUBE
	Pattern Medium Conditioner for Curlies Viva Injection Molded Tube Gold Award
	Biore Brightening Jelly Cleanser Berry Global Silver Award
	P&G Pantene Pro-V Pure Clean & Clarify Silicone Free Conditioner Viva Injection Molded Tube Bronze Award
	BEST PHARMACEUTICAL TUBE
	Aurora Revolt (Selamectin) Topical Twist & Use Tube (single dose) Hoffmann Neopac AG Gold Award
	EVO Pharma Hand Sanitizer Gel Albea Americas, Inc. Silver Award
	Vaseline Hand Cream + Anti-Bac Albea Americas, Inc. Bronze Award
	BEST DENTIFRICE TUBE
	Moon Activated Charcoal Whitening Anti-cavity Toothpaste Viva Injection Molded Tube Gold Award
	Smile Direct Club Premium White Fluoride Toothpaste Berry Global Silver Award (Tie)
	Desert Essence for Kids Tutti Frutti Toothpaste Gel Albea Americas, Inc. Silver Award (Tie)
	Arm & Hammer Essentials Healthy Teeth & Gums Toothpaste Albea Americas, Inc. Bronze Award
	BEST FOOD TUBE
	College Inn Savory Infusions Herb Roasted Chicken Base Viva Injection Molded Tube Gold Award
	West Paw Creamy Dog Treat Beef Liver and Pumpkin Montebello Packaging Silver Award
	Born Simple Vegan Chicken-Style Broth Concentrate Viva Injection Molded Tube Bronze Award
	BEST HOUSEHOLD & INDUSTRIAL TUBE
	Lil’ Caulk! High Performance Adhesive Caulk Montebello Packaging Gold Award
	Master Plumber Tub and Tile Caulk Berry Global Silver Award
	LePage No More Nails All Purpose Plastube, Inc. Bronze Award
	BEST SUSTAINABLE TUBE
	Pacifica Coconut Cream Body Lotion Viva Injection Molded Tube Gold Award
	Estee Lauder Clinique All About Clean Rinse Off Foaming Cleanser Albea Americas, Inc. Silver Award
	BKind Moisturizing Body Scrub Plastube, Inc. Bronze Award (Tie)
	Petards Sugar Coated Body Scrub Plastube, Inc. Bronze Award (Tie)
	BEST INNOVATIVE COMPONENT OR PROCESS
	Eco Low Profile 772 Giflor Gold Award
	Edelweiss Aisa Automation Industrielle Silver Award
	PBL 220/11 HD Huhtamaki Packaging Bronze Award
	2020 Tube of the Year Judges
	Jun Wang – Colgate – Palmolive Company Chris Scanlon – Pfizer, Inc. Sneha Patel – Merck, Inc. Lisa McTigue Pierce – Packaging Digest / Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News / UBM Ann Marie Mohan – Packworld.com / PMMI Jay Gorga – Beauty Packaging / Rodman Publishing Jamie Matusow – Beauty Packaging / Rodman Publishing

Neopac Wins Pair of “Tube of the Year” Awards

from European Tube Manufacturers Association  

Company’s PLASTIC RECYCLED TUBE and Stylo™ Polyfoil®

Tube with Spatula Applicator take top honors.

Oberdiessbach, Switzerland –Neopac, a global provider of high-quality packaging for a broad array of industries and applications, earned two “Tube of the Year” awards from the European Tube Manufacturers Association (ETMA). The recognition came in two of the competitions most coveted categories: Plastic Tubes and Laminate Tubes.

ETMA is an association for producers of flexible aluminum, plastic and laminate tubes. Representing the interests of 46 members from 19 European countries, the organization communicates the benefits of tube packaging; each year, its “Tube of the Year” competition showcases some of the tube industry’s most groundbreaking new solutions.

In the Plastic Tubes category, Neopac’s RECYCLED PLASTIC TUBE, which is utilized by Farfalla for several of its 100% natural vegan haircare products, took top honors. Part of Neopac’s EcoDesign family of sustainable solutions and suitable for use with cosmetic products, the RECYCLED PLASTIC TUBES comprise 64% PCR material from post-consumer recycled material (PCR) derived from household waste such as milk, water and juice bottles, and post-industrial recycled material (PIR) from laminate production waste. All totaled, Neopac’s RECYCLED PLASTIC TUBES provide a smaller carbon footprint and lower environmental impact over their lifespan. The tubes are certified by Ecocert, and cleared for full food contact by the US FDA.

In the Laminate Tubes category, Neopac won for its Stylo™ Polyfoil® Tube with Spatula Applicator for Canesten, a cream for treating athlete’s foot from Bayer Consumer Health. Features included a special applicator comprised of soft TPE material, allowing patients to apply the cream hands-free – an important benefit as athlete’s foot is a highly contagious fungal infection.

Bayer’s requirement was to develop an applicator geometry that would allow effortless treatment of skin areas between the toes. To achieve this, the material of the applicator needed to be flexible and compatible with the filling material. Neopac incorporated a rotating ring on the applicator to prevent leakage and protect the product. On/Off marking indicates whether the applicator is open or closed and, thanks to a novel ribbing effect, operation of the rotating ring is convenient for all age groups.

The Polyfoil® laminate protects the product against light, air and water vapor diffusion and migration. Notably, the packaging solution was a hit with consumers: approximately 90% found Canesten product application convenient and simple via the enhanced applicator.

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About Hoffmann Neopac

Hoffmann Neopac is a privately-owned company, headquartered in Thun, Switzerland. The group produces high-quality metal and plastic packaging in six locations: HOFFMANN tins in Switzerland and Holland; Polyfoil® and plastic tubes with NEOPAC in Switzerland, Hungary and the US; and 3D Neopac in India. Its longstanding customers include internationally active pharmaceutical, cosmetics and consumer goods manufacturers in the European, North American and Asian markets.

Including its new production facility in the United States, Neopac employs around 1,350 employees and has a capacity of 1.3 billion tubes and 300 million tins. The company is dedicated to sustainability in both its manufacturing processes and corporate culture, including a dedicated eco-conscious packaging portfolio.

For more information, visit www.neopac.com.  

Congratulations to our Tube of the Year 2019 Award Winners and a Thank You to all members participating in our annual competition!

Our panel of judges have reviewed all submissions, deliberated and announced winners by category. We received a total of twenty-six (26) entries representing a diverse group of products and markets making for a very competitive group of submissions! Consumer products represented over fifty percent (50%) of our entries. In addition, we received entries for dentifrice, food, & household products. Our associate members submitted five (5) entries competing for the sustainability award category. Summary of Best in Category Winners as follows,

Award for “Best in Show”,

• Ted Klein Tube of the Year Award. Albea Americas submission P&G Gillette Treo Shave Cream and Razor.

Awards for Best in “Category” (Gold) included

• Best Personal Care. Albea Americas – P&G Gillette Treo Shave Cream and Razor.
• Best Pharma. Albea Americas – The Root of It All, Cannabis-Infused Essential Oil.
• Best Dentifrice. Berry Global – Wink Naturals Cool Gums Teething Gel.
• Best Food. Montebello Packaging – Ripstix Charge Nootropic Supplement.
• Best Household & Industrial. Montebello Packaging – Gap Extreme Ceramic Brake Lube.
• Best Sustainable Tube. CCL Industries – Pange Organics Facial Scrub and Cleanser.
• Best Innovative Component or Process. Packsys Global – “Neoseam”

Michael Hoard, Albea Americas, continues to do an exemplary job enlisting judges and orchestrating our annual competition. Six (6) well qualified judges, representing market leaders in our industry, presided over our competition.

Tube of the Year 2019 Award Winners by Member Company

For associate members of the Tube Council who wish to compete in our Tubes of the Year Award of 2022, please fill out the form below:

All participants should carefully read the Rules and Submission Guidelines on the form to be eligible to compete.

All entries must be submitted no later than October 23rd, 2020

For tube manufacturer members of the Tube Council who wish to compete in the Tubes of the year Award of 2020, please fill out the form below:

All participants should carefully read the Rules and Submission Guidelines on the form to be eligible to compete.

All entries must be submitted no later than October 23rd, 2020

Join your peers at the Tube Council’s Membership Conference on Thursday, October 18th 2018 in Chicago following Pack Expo.

We are organizing an exciting agenda and will have an open forum to discuss topics of interest to companies involved in the manufacture of squeeze tubes and those companies supporting the tube industry.

Our conference will be held at the Historic Palmer House Hilton, Thursday, October 18, 2018. The Palmer House is located close proximity to McCormick Place and is a short ride to PACK EXPO 2018. Attendees and guests planning to the council’s meeting will receive visitor passes.

For additional information on Membership Conference, PACK EXPO and hotel reservations, please contact Stephen Canfield, Executive Secretary at 434-851-7734 or feel free to email info@tube.org.

We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!

The Tube Council’s winter meeting and awards dinner was held at the Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel on February 6th. Attendees included twenty-two member companies with nine tube manufacturing members and thirteen associate members from the supplier and support services sectors. Over forty-five individuals participated.

In addition to a general membership meeting and Council update, the day’s highlights included an open discussion on integrating social media and a new Tube Council website design into the Council’s initiatives. This would offer members, suppliers and product marketers a vehicle to learn about squeeze tube manufacturing, product innovations and trends in the marketplace. An updated website will be introduced later this year.

Associate Members of the Council were invited to present updates on their companies activities. Aisa, Avery Dennison, Sibo Group and Silgan Dispensing Systems made enlightening presentations on their product offerings. In addition to the member presentations, members were invited to attend and enjoy a presentation by the meeting’s guest speaker, Molly Garris, Senior Manager, Digital Strategy, U.S. Beauty for Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc. Ms. Garris’ presentation “Show Me Your Shelfie” highlighted trends in the skin care category for the millennial versus the general market. She engaged the entire membership with her insightfulness.

The day’s activities culminated with a cocktail reception and awards dinner. Tubes were nominated in different market categories, including Personal Care, Oral Care, Pharmaceutical, Industrial and Household and Food markets. Each entry was evaluated for the use of interesting graphics, innovative components or dispensing features. Innovations in sustainability, product components and tube processes were also considered. The top award, Tube of the Year, was awarded to Albea Americas, Inc. for its Nubian Heritage African Black Soap Exfoliant Spot Treatment tube. The full list of winning entries can be found on the Tube Council website.

We encourage the participation of companies involved with the tube industry in the council’s bi-annual meetings. The next meeting is scheduled in conjunction with the Pack Expo International Trade Show in Chicago, Illinois, October 14-17, 2018.