Environmental Services — July 15, 2009
Rio Tinto Alcan and Procter & Gamble a winning team at the 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation
MONTREAL, July 15 /CNW Telbec/ - Alcan Packaging, a business unit of Rio
Tinto Alcan, and Procter & Gamble (P&G) were honoured with a top prize for
their Prilosec OTC(R) Pack at the 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation,
the industry's first sustainable packaging virtual event.
"Alcan Packaging has a long-standing relationship with P&G, and this
awards is the result of working in partnership to develop more sustainable
products that help improve peoples' lives," said Michael Rubenstein, chief
growth and innovation officer, Alcan Packaging. "The blister card redesign
means that all 14 tablets are included on the same size card as the
seven-count version. This reduces packaging materials by 50 per cent and
creates significant greenhouse gas reductions and energy savings, as well as
other environmental improvements."
The Prilosec(R) OTC Pack was recognised at the 21st DuPont Awards for
Packaging Innovation for its cost effectiveness and enhanced performance.
Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging worked closely with Procter & Gamble
during the package redevelopment phase. The extended sustainability-oriented
redesign for Prilosec OTC(R) also made the packaging easy to open,
senior-friendly, and child-resistant. Prilosec OTC(R) prevents heartburn and
is available without a prescription in the United States.
"Introduced last year, the redesigned package came as a result of
consumers telling us that they found it hard to use the peel-push primary
pack. We partnered with Alcan Packaging to develop this innovative,
easier-to-use and sustainable product. The result is good for our consumers,
the environment, and our company as we are reducing our packaging materials by
800,000 pounds a year," said John Eadicicco, P&G Package Development for
Pharmaceuticals/Digestive Wellness. Procter & Gamble's focus on package
design, across all of its global brands, is part of the company's overall
sustainability strategy aimed at improving the world for everyone for
generations to come.
The 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation were held on 28 May 2009.
An independent, international expert jury panel evaluated all entries in this
year's competition on seven innovation factors, including resource and energy
optimisation and enhanced performance.
Alcan Packaging is a global leader in value-added specialty packaging,
offering solutions to customers around the world for the food, pharmaceutical,
beauty and tobacco markets. Headquartered in Paris, France, it delivers
multi-material innovative products using plastics, engineered film, aluminium,
paper, paperboard and glass.
About Procter & Gamble
Three billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people around
the world. The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted,
quality, leadership brands, including Pampers(R), Tide(R), Ariel(R),
Always(R), Whisper(R), Pantene(R), Mach3(R), Bounty(R), Dawn(R), Gain(R),
Pringles(R), Charmin(R), Downy(R), Lenor(R), Iams(R), Crest(R), Oral-B(R),
Actonel(R), Duracell(R), Olay(R), Head & Shoulders(R), Wella(R), Gillette(R),
Braun(R) and Fusion(R). The P&G community includes approximately 138,000
employees working in over 80 countries worldwide.
About Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the
UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed company, and Rio Tinto
Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral
resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and
uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and
iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia
and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe
and southern Africa.
For further information: Media Relations, Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging: Josee Saint-Pierre, (514) 630-9420 x 2271, josee.saint-pierre@alcan.com; Alcan Packaging, Paris: Colette Chauvière, +33 1 57 00 28 26, colette.chauviere@alcan.com; Procter & Gamble Media Relations: Lisa Popyk, (513) 983-5058; Rio Tinto Alcan Media Relations, Canada: Stefano Bertolli, (514) 848-8151, stefano.bertolli@riotinto.com; www.riotintoalcan.com, www.globalpharma.alcanpackaging.com, www.pg.com, http://www2.dupont.com/Packaging_Resins/en_US/awards/index.html
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