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ing applications, we say it can! PaperSeal is a testament to the versatility and sustainability of our substrate as well as the ingenuity of our industry. Rigid Box of the Year : WestRock, Jung & Wulff Gift Pack. This excellent rigid box features a perfectly flat, 12-inch-
Developed for food applications, PaperSeal combines the sustainability of paperboard with the leak-protection usually associated with plastic. Its structural design fea-
long face-panel, a recessed pull-out handle, as well as antique map graph- ics, gold stamping, and engraving art that highlights the historical, glob-
tures a one-piece continuous seal- ing flange, giving the product in- tegrity while pre- venting potential leakages. Another earth-friendly de- sign element, the film liner can be
al story of Jung & Wulff’s 1883 origins. Despite the seemingly simple assignment of designing a premium rigid box for luxury
easily separated from the paperboard after use, making both the tray and film fully recyclable. When people say that paperboard simply can’t be used for certain packag-
rum bottles, WestRock faced and masterfully solved a new structural challenge: achieving a perfectly flat, 12-inch-long face-panel. The problem? The panel isn’t attached at any point along its length, therefore creating the potential for bowing on the grain direction. The team ultimately succeeded in its creative challenge, designing a panel that folds up and over the face and is held in place with hidden magnets. Dick DePaul Award for Creative Design and Converting : Frankston Packaging, 3-Pack Scrub Sampler. When PPC heard the sad news that longtime competition judge Rich- ard “Dick” DePaul had passed away last De- cember, we knew that a piece of our indus- try’s history went with him. Over his 50-year career in the folding car- ton industry, Dick had seen it all. He worked
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in the converting and consumer sides of the business, de- signed for nearly every end-use seg- ment, authored and illustrated both edi- tions of PPC’s Ideas and Innovation De-
ASDI offers: • 34 years of experience with separators, cyclones and conveyors • Sequential, Zero-Defect and various types of Scrap Systems • Each system is guaranteed to meet customer specifications • Turnkey Systems-handling all grades of paper and paperboard • In ground and overhead return conveyor systems direct to balers • Replace your undersized or aging cyclone over a two or three-day weekend • Representing a complete line of shredders, wet scrubbers and filters • NFPA compliant systems, ISN Network
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sign Handbook, and, of course, served as a judge for our North American Paperboard Packaging Competition. Dick was integrally involved in the compe- tition. He was the go-to, not only for industry perspective, but also for anything regarding structural design and unique construction. Indeed, Dick found much of his passion in how boxes were built. We remember how he would bring cartons he’d collected over the
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