Candle in the Wind Glue Dots® help a candle manufacturer meet shipping deadline noticed a problem. The bottles tended to Results: Bottles rotate in the box, moving the label from stay put, shipping

view. Also, when the box was in its vertical deadline met Packaging is often employed to display a product on display position, the bottle would tip out of Were it not for Glue the store shelves as well as provide a convenient the die cut. This was not acceptable. Dots® adhesive carton for storage and shipping. But for this to products, the alternative would have work, components must stay in place, and labels Solution: Glue Dots® back up the been to design and order new must be visible. bottles corrugated die cuts that held the bottles

The problem was quickly solved with the more snuggly. But Candle in the Wind Candle in the Wind is a manufacturer of specialty help of Glue Dots® adhesives. Super High had 10,000 units to ship to a national candles and scented oils. When they experienced Tack, High Profile Glue Dots® were applied retailer and had no time to wait for new problems packaging a new product, they turned to to the inside back of the box, where the packaging. Glue Dots International for help. bottle rested. The strength of the bond held

the bottles in place, allowing the bottles to “Glue Dots® allowed us to make that Problem: Bottles turn and tip stay upright with the labels facing front. shipment on time,” said Udi Perez, Candle in the Wind was preparing to launch new president of Candle in the Wind. “And, scented oils called Bel Arome. Their customers, Also, because of the recessed nature of the we were able to do it quickly and cost- national retailers and boutique stores, were anxious inner die cut, Candle in the Wind opted to effectively.” for the new product. The packaging consisted of a ® box with a window to view the product and an use Dot Shot Pro applicators to apply the ® inner corrugated die-cut piece to hold the bottle of Glue Dots . This made it quick and easy for oil. workers to apply the adhesive in a tight, recessed area. After they received the packaging materials from the vendor and began assembling the packages, they Consumer Products Glue Dots® helps a consumer packaged goods company stack up for Christmas presentation on the store shelf,” said Senior carpel tunnel Manager of Packaging. syndrome and other

repetitive-motion Nothing says Christmas like cookies. When it Each individual box in the stack contained a injuries. comes to cookies, this well-known consumer high gloss coating, making them slippery. packaged goods company is one of the top brands Once wrapped in the cellophane, the stack in the country. would fall apart, turning the gift stack into a Results: Stacks intact bag of boxes. They needed a way to keep The Consumer Packaged Goods Packaging is crucial to this company. Consumers the stack secure from the plant to retailers Company sees the gift box stacks as a recognize the familiar boxes and logo, making the around the country. growing market segment, as retailer packaging an extension of their world-renowned response to the Christmas stack was brand. Solution: Two Glue Dots® and the very positive. The company expects to So when they ran into problems making a new Dot Shot® Pro develop a similar offering for Easter, with Holiday Gift Stack of cookie boxes stay together ® The solution was to use the Dot Shot® Pro Glue Dots being used to make sure the during packing, Glue Dots were used to make it to apply two Glue Dots® to the top of the stacks stay assembled. work. boxes. High tack, medium profile Glue “Two Glue Dots® gave the entire stack Dots® were selected to allow the smooth, the integrity it needed to remain Problem: Slippery boxes don’t stay stacked coated and slightly concave box tops to assembled from the plant to the store An experimental project that was being test adhere to the box above. shelf,” said the Senior Manager of marketed for the Christmas holiday, the gift box With its easy-to-use design, the Dot Shot Pro Packaging. “The Dot Shot Pro made ® stack was a stack of cookie boxes loosely wrapped allowed the workers to dispense just the applying the Glue Dots fast and easy.” in clear cellophane. Because it was for Christmas, right amount of adhesive. The ergonomic, the gift box stack had to look worthy of a gift. “The triggerless operation helps to cut down on aesthetics of the entire package were critical for its Demis Products™ Glue Dots® helps Demis Products fine real treasure Treasure Chest for the Christmas season,” “We found it to be a said Brian Misterka, president of Demis simple and cost effective

Products. way to apply the Glue Unfinished wooden crafts and home décor pieces Dots®,” Misterka said. may seem like a walk in the park, but they are not Solution: Glue Dots® overcome the without their challenges in the retail environment. challenges Results: Treasure Chest ships Demis Products™, a leading manufacturer of Misterka learned about Glue Dots® at a trade on time unfinished pine products, called on Glue Dots® to show and decided to try them. Working Using Glue Dots® adhesives and the Dot help with one such problem. with Glue Dots® to evaluate different tack Shot Pro dispenser allowed Demis

levels, Demis determined that Super High Products to ship the Treasure Chest on

Tack, Stitch Pattern adhesives performed the time, while meeting their customers’ Problem: No good way to attach a label best at holding the label on the porous wood. expectations of quality. “Because our Made with unfinished pine, Demis Products’ new The Stitch Pattern, according to Misterka, products are made from natural Treasure Chest product presented a problem in provided the necessary surface area to materials, we are very mindful of attaching the label. The two-sided label had to be compensate for the wood’s surface and hold protecting its integrity,” said Misterka. attached in a way to make it easy to remove the label, even in a vertical position. “Using Glue Dots® and the Dot Shot Pro without tearing, yet withstand the rigors of shipping. improved the speed with which we

To apply the Glue Dots®, they chose the Dot applied the label and improved the Initially, the company used staples, but that resulted Shot® Pro. Fast and easy to use, the Dot quality of the label’s application.” in torn labels and damaged product. The only Shot Pro made short work of applying the option that remained was adhesives, but the wood’s adhesives. Misterka concluded, “The customer was porosity made that a challenge. Time was running the primary reason for using Glue out and Demis Products needed a solution. “We Dots®.” had a relatively tight timeline to build and ship the

Personal Care Glue Dots® helps contract packager meet Personal Care client’s needs operations manager. “The force of the film contracting squeezed the razor and the tube

together, pulling one product in front of the Cross-promoting products by attaching free other,” he said. “This was unacceptable from Results: samples is a common practice of consumer goods a package appearance standpoint.” Products stay in manufacturers today. However, this often presents place challenges in packaging design and assembly. Solution: Super High Tack Glue Dots® Glue Dots® and the Dot Shot Pro

applied with the Dot Shot® Pro allowed the contract packager to deliver When a manufacturer of personal care products To keep the products in place, workers the manufacturer’s vision. The strength turned to their contract packaging vendor with a applied Super High Tack, High Profile Glue of the Glue Dots® bond kept the packaging challenge, the contract packager turned Dots® to the razor. The lotion tube was package assembly from collapsing under to Glue Dots® to help make it work. then bonded to the razor. The strength of the force of the shrink-wrap.

the bond held the products in place, easily Problem: Shrink wrap puts the squeeze on withstanding the force of the shrink-wrap as “What looks good in the design stage packaging design it contracted in the shrink tunnel. does not always work when actual To cross-promote a new sunless tanning lotion, the production begins,” said the operations manufacturer wanted to package a sample tube of Because all of the contract packager’s work is manager. The Glue Dots® so impressed the lotion with one of their razors. The package done by hand, the Dot Shot® Pro was simple him, that they now uses them to remedy design consisted of a short base carton that held the to integrate into their existing production other problems as they arise. “We products in place so they could both be displayed process. Lightweight and easy to use, the found Glue Dots® to be the perfect on the retail shelves. But the contract packager Dot Shot Pro let the workers apply the right solution.” encountered a problem during production. amount of adhesive quickly and easily.

The shrink wrapping stage is where the problem

arose, according to the contract packager’s