Curwood Earns Ocean Spray Supplier of the Year 2006 Award

Published: December 12, 2006, By pffc-online.com

PRESS RELEASE

OSHKOSH, WI—Flexible packaging company Curwood has been named Supplier of the Year 2006—Primary Packaging by Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Ocean Spray CEO Randy Papadellis praised Curwood for “their penchant to commit resources to drive Ocean Spray’s business to new levels using innovative packaging technologies.”

Reasons cited for selecting Curwood include the company’s early entry into Ocean Spray’s exclusive Strategic Supplier Partnership Program; Curwood’s instrumental role in developing and supporting Ocean Spray’s highly-successful “Craisins” sweetened dried cranberries line; and Curwood’s commercial introduction of innovative package enhancements such as the IntegraScore easy-open feature, stand-up pouch technology and on-the-go pouch formats. Curwood has been a major supplier to Ocean Spray since the mid-1990s. See curwood.com.