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Takigawa Creates Innovative Package for Merrick’s New Fresh Kisses Dog Treats

Pet Age Staff//September 13, 2017//

Takigawa Creates Innovative Package for Merrick’s New Fresh Kisses Dog Treats

Pet Age Staff //September 13, 2017//

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Takigawa Corporation America, a global leader in the art and science of flexible packaging, recently created a package for Merrick Pet Care to help introduce the company’s new Fresh Kisses dental treats for dogs.

According to Takigawa’s Director of Worldwide Sales Steve Coulson, the challenge was to keep the dental treat’s fragile botanical oils and breath enhancers at optimum freshness.

“The packaging structure needed to protect a product that contained all natural ingredients and essential oils with up to 33 treats in the package,” he said. “It’s a very fragrant product that has ambitious shelf life requirements.”

To protect the dental treats, Takigawa engineered a high barrier metallized PET structure  combined with an innovative audible and tactile Easy Tight zipper from ELPLAST that insures proper closure every time, owing to its multiple tracks. The specialty zipper features a distinct “crackle” sound upon opening that creates a relationship between dog and owner by signaling an upcoming treat.

“People buy with their eyes, so we also added a clear ultra-high barrier film for viewing of the product via the gusset panels,” Coulson said.

The resulting package structure gives Merrick’s Fresh Kisses top-line shelf appeal along with supreme protection.

“We maximized the beauty of Merrick’s colorful Fresh Kisses artwork with Takigawa’s proprietary rotogravure inline print process,” Coulson said. “The completed package looks fantastic while keeping the product fresh to the last treat.”