Excellence and innovation by converters of flexible packaging and labeling were recognized by ExxonMobil Chemical at its 16th annual Golden Mummy and Pyramid Awards ceremony Nov. 5 in Chicago. Held in conjunction with Pack Expo Intl. 2002, the awards banquet recognized three Golden Mummy winners for flexible packaging and four Pyramid winners for labeling.

Golden Mummy Award winners:

• Sun-Maid Growers of California and converter Seville Flexpack Corp. for Sun Maid Toons & Treats Promo using Bicor® 75 LBW;
• Lance Inc., and converter Printpack Inc., for its Poppers snack product featuring Metallyte® 50 TSPM in a standup pouch lamination; and
• Landshire Inc., with converter Columbus Cello Poly for packaging its pre-made sandwiches in high-barrier Bicor® AXT.

Pyramid Awards went to:

• Snapple Beverage Group and converter Gamse Lithographing Inc., for its use of coated Label-Lyte® LS-447 to label Mistic 50% Juices;
• Coors Brewing Co. and converter Printera for using new film for cold-glue labeling applications, Label-Lyte® 85 LP, on its Coors Light and Coors Original beers;
• Procter & Gamble, converter Quality Assured Label, Inc., and adhesive coater Avery Dennison for a new Vick's Nyquil label using coated Label-Lyte® 65 LL-344 pressure-sensitive facestock; and
• Mission Hills, a division of Colgate Palmolive, Mexico, with converter Package Service Co. for a roll-fed label application of Suavitel brand of fabric softener with Label-Lyte® 350 LLG and Label-Lyte® 408 LLG.

"Our customers continue to impress us with exciting flexible packaging and labeling solutions that help their products where it counts most, on the store shelf," says Jim Ashmore, Americas, sales and marketing manager, ExxonMobil Chemical. "Every award-winning application clearly illustrates the teamwork involved to achieve new standards in packaging and labeling design."