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
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