3M Inflata-Pak Air Cushion Packaging Wins A Good Housekeeping Good Buy Award.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2001 - Third Good Buy Award for 3M - 3M Inflata-Pak air cushion air cushion n. 1. Trapped air that supports a vehicle a short distance above the surface of land or water. 2. A device that uses trapped air to absorb the shock of motion, especially in vehicles. Also called air spring. packaging -- a revolutionary new packaging material -- received a Good Housekeeping Good Housekeeping is a women's magazine owned by the Hearst Corporation, featuring articles about women's interests, product testing by The Good Housekeeping Institute, recipes, diet, health as well as literary articles. Good Buy Award at ceremonies Wednesday. The packaging system won the third Good Buy Award awarded to a 3M product in the last five years. The Scotch pop-up tape strip dispenser won a Good Buy Award in 1997, and 3M mounting products with Command adhesive adhesive, substance capable of sticking to surfaces of other substances and bonding them to one another. The term adhesive cement is sometimes used in place of adhesive, especially when referring to a synthetic adhesive. garnered the award in 1998. The award was presented at a breakfast meeting at the Good Housekeeping Institute in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Inflata-Pak packaging is one of seven "groundbreaking" products to receive this year's annual Good Buy Award as determined by the Good Housekeeping Institute. The award recognizes innovative, new products that solve everyday problems. It is prominently featured in the January 2002 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine. "The retail mailing supplies market is growing at a double-digit rate," said Terry Marquardt, global business manager, 3M Stationery Products Division. "We are pleased that the Good Housekeeping Institute has acknowledged Inflata-Pak air cushion packaging as an important new product in this category. It gives people a reliable alternative when packaging items for shipping." Inflata-Pak packaging eliminates the need to use messy mess·y adj. mess·i·er, mess·i·est 1. Disorderly and dirty: a messy bedroom. 2. Exhibiting or demonstrating carelessness: messy reasoning. newspaper or packing peanuts pea·nut n. 1. A prostrate southern Brazilian plant (Arachis hypogaea) widely cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions, having yellow flowers on stalks that bend over so that the seed pods ripen underground. 2. when preparing fragile items for shipping. To use Inflata-Pak packaging, you simply place an object inside the clear pouch pouch (pouch) a pocket or sac. abdominovesical pouch one formed by reflection of the peritoneum from the abdominal wall to the anterior surface of the bladder. and -- using the straw provided -- blow air through the valve. When inflated, you remove the straw from the valve and place the sealed item in a box for shipping. When fully inflated, the inner pouch conforms to the shape of the object, while the outer pouch forms a protective air cushion, effectively sealing the item in place. Available in five sizes, Inflata-Pak packaging can be found at leading office supply, mass merchandising, drug and grocery store locations nationwide. The price range is from under $3 to over $5, with the size of the product being the determining factor. 3M, Inflata-Pak, Command and Scotch are trademarks of 3M. |
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