I PRIVATZ AND CONFIDENTIAL Group R. & D. Centre, British-American Tc;bacco Cz~. Ltd. SOUTHAMPTON. FJD/RH 30th May, 1974 NEW MATERIALS AND FINISHES MEETING Mlinutes of Meetinq held at Millbank on 10-zh-May, 1974 0 Present: F. Haslam F.T. Bodie N.R.L. Brown F.J. Dashley D.R. Davies (chairman),/ R.O.N. Davies N. Foster CopieZ tu: S.J. Green, Millbank. R.E. Bennett. Printing Advisory Services, Millbank. M.G.C. Bolsover) B.G.L. Davey Marketing Co-crdination, R. Haddon Hillbank. P.L. Short G.A..Coles Brand Planning Dept., Millbank. P.V. Howick P. Kangis - I.E.D., Millbank. II.E. Sottorf - Hamburg. I.W. Hughes - Louisville. R.M. Gibb - Montreal. G.A. Preston - Sydney. D.E. Conway - G.R. & D.C. C:D ON Qn BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 20 October 1999 A. 11,~.=DUCT10111 - Meetina Objectives. The calling of the "New Materials and Finishes" Meeting, initiated by G.R. & D.C. and Printing Department, had been motivated by the following reasons. New materials and finishes of possible interest to the Group were continually being developed and these were not always receiving wide enough dissemination throughout the Group. Alternatively, the existence of a new material or finish could become known to a Department, who might have no immediate interest, or considered the material/finish lacking in Group potential, and gave it no further publicity. One intention in calling the New materials and Finishes Meeting was to provide a channel through which such innovations could be communicated. The emergence of these new ideas would then be recorded and subsequently given wide circulation through the Minutes produced. it was hoped that the actual Meeting comprising a representa- tive from each of Marketing, Production, Printing, Purchasing and G.R. & D.C. Departments, whilst remaining small, would enable sufficient contact through the normal departmental day-to-day woexing to learn of materials which were of interest. It was intended that meetings would be held two or three times a year. It is not the intention of the Meeting to discuss the economies, or future of any particular material, but rather to describe the material or finish in question and indicate its possible use or purpose. Further action would depend Jt::- t-n upon, for example, the interest shown by Marketing, 4---) CrI. /Cont'd -C:b CY*% - I - BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 20 October 1999 Production, Printing or Purchasing Groups, etc. However, should it be considered that further information or technical details were required, these aspects could be taken up by Purchasing or G.R. & D.C. representatives, respectively. In the general discussion which followed, it was agreed that developments by Suppliers, etc. required conti- nuous review. It was also agreed that whenever possible, items for review at future meetings should be accompanied by samples illustrating the product or finish. B. New Materials. 1. Lighter Boards. This item had been included in the Agenda by C.R. & D.C., essentially in order to answer the question - "Is the investigation into how far one can go in reducing board substance considered to be a worthwhile exercise?". In the discussion which followed, both the production and marketing interest s/requirements were briefly touched upon. Production would require acceptable runability on present machinery. It was also pointed out that several Manufacturers were at present involved in the development of new hinge lid packing machines, and it was wondered how much information had been given to Manufacturers regarding board substance requirements. Marketing Department were unable to give any immediate advice as to how far one might go in the use of lighter boards related to the "feel" of the final pack. /Cont-d ......... L-n CD ON 4~*- 0~1 2 BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 20 October 1999 Marketing did not think they could give a verdict on Market acceptability from their own internal subjective tests, and to ~ceach -iny decision, test marketing on a large scale might be necessary, (assuming the board ran satis- factorily on a production basis). marketing advised that they would also wish to have information on the cost saving of a pack to offset consumer acceptability. It was agreed that in future this item would be best considered by the wrapping Materials Study Committee, and Mr. Foster would liaise with Mr. D.C. Tatem for lighter substance board samples. 2. Pack Animation. Mr. Foster demonstrated with samples that an exagerated effect of movement within certain screen printed areas of a carton pack could be produced by "moire" type interference between screen printing on the pack and on the film over-wrap. The production of interference patterns between the two screen printed surfaces depended on the angle of superim- position of paralle 1 rows of dots of the same size and distribution. Mr. Foster confirmed that there would be no film registration problems. 3. Jewel effec ts. G.R. & D.C. showed a scample of the material in question. The jewels which are referred to as "Al]p~ha Jewels" are available in a variety of lig1itweight plastic films, i.e. polyester, acetate. vinyl, in strips, shapes ~_n or pigment flakes. The supplier is croxton & Garry Ltd., <--> ON Windsor House, Eshcr Green, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9RZ. _~::b C7% The-material is expensive. co /Cont'd ........ BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 20 October 1999 Mr. N.R.L. Brown advised that tt-hey had seen this material and that there had already been considerable interest in its possible use as a design feature in a small area of the pac'k by one Tobacco Manufacturer. I.E.D. had also looked at the material. Mr. R.O.N. Davies was of the opinion that the use of the material in the carton design would not result in subsequent production problems for cartons. It was agreed that Mr. Foster would follow vp on the potential of this type of material and allied products produced by this Supplier. 4. Hot foil stampincz. The technique of producing foil designs using this process had undergone considerable development, and there were a number of effects which could be produced which could be of interest, bearing in mind the likely high cost of the materials concerned. Whilst the technique is described as hot.foil stamping and is normally associated with high quality silver and gold finishes, present materials can provide finishes of quality which are completely non-metallic, e.g. various coloured marble effects. There is rapid development in this area, and it was agreed that Mr. Foster should obtain further information on the subject; including cost, on behalf of Marketing Department. It was also suggested that a demonstration could be arranged of Fisher's foils in Millbank on a future occasion. C=~ /Cont'd -CL-1 (-n a:) CYN -Pts. C~% - 4 - I-0 BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 20 October 1999 5. I.C.I. Vivelle Sheetinq. This material which ks supplied by I.C.I. has a fabric like finish, but is actually an expanded polyethy- lene with a paper backing. It is available in a range of colours and is recommended for a wide range of applications including luxury packaging, display and decorative uses. The material can be embossed, foil blocked and printed. The material is expensive, costing approximately 23P per square metre. It was als~ thought that there would be production problems in its u-ses due to its thickness, (about 300 microns). 6. Producihq qold effects hy conventional tone orinting. Mr. Foster explained the principal of producing gold effects by tone printing, there were many examples to be seen in magazines, etc., some appearing to be very good indeed. The effect in magazine illustrations was usually enhanced by highlighting. WhilstMr. Foster appreciated that this would not be possible for carton printing, he wished to raise the question of the feasibility of producing An acceptable gold effect by u6nventional tone printing. The incorporation of specipl. design features, embossing and varnishing, could help to produce an acceptable end product. Following further discussion, it was agreed that there should be some follow-up of the idea, and it was left for Mr. Foster to liaise with Mr. Bennett, Printing Department, to discuss the possibility further. /Cont'd CD 01% BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 20 October 1999 7. Dufex Process. The process involves the use of a board/wax/foil material, the foil sui--ace of which is then embossed to produce spectacular three dimensional design effects. The process had found its widest application in the field of merchandising, and Marketing Department themselves had carried out a considerable amount of investigational work in respect of the materials' merchandisable poterrtial. The use of this process for carton work would be restricted on-account of the serious risk of scuffing, and it was considered that the material would present serious production problems. A further possible limita- tion in the use of this material, apart from Marketing Department's reserv,--tion concerning its ornate nature, is the fact that the producers possess world rights for the process and are not overtly interested in seeing its wide use in the tobacco field. 8. Tcherkassky printed qold. This is a printed gold bnard produced in Brazil by gold printing a coated paper which is then laminated to board. In the U.K. the cost of this material would be about 3M. more expensive than a gold lacquered foil/board. Therefore the Brazilian product although giving a good gold finish is not acceptable to Marketing U.K. because of its ccst. Nevertheless, Marketing confirmed that they w"re vitally interested in the availability of an acceptable gold printed board as a possible substitute to bronze printed and gold foil printed materials. Marketing C71% /Cont'd ........ BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 20 October 1999 I confirmed that they had already luoked at a simulated gold board which had been produced by Tillotsons, but that it did not meet 1:3~eir requirements in respect of finish. It is believed that Mardons who have been concerned in the development of gold printed board, now have hopes of being able to produce an acceptable gold finish. 9. Facil Fab. This material is supplied by the Sun Chemicak Company, U.S.A., and is a laninated rayon type material laminated to board. The material was not unlike the I.C.I. Vivelle Sheet in appearance, reference Item 5. It was anticipated that there would be production problems when handling, due to the nature of the product. It was also expensive. 10. Deloura. This material'is also supplied by Sun Chemicals and is a filamented polypropylene laminated to board. The matprial is available in a variety of colours, and is readily printed. Samples illustrating the type of material concerned were sbo wn. and included printed wrappers already in commercial use by a Soap Manufacturer for overwrapping tablets of scented toilet soap. The material is expensive, about 30P/square metre. 11- S2ecial Finishes - Tillotsons. Mr. F.T. Bodie presented a series of samples)produced by Tillotsons illustrating various metal type finishes printed on white board using a similar process to that which they had used to simulate a gold effect /Cont'd ........ -Ij 7 r-1) BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 20 October 1999 (reference Item 8). They could produce in a variety of attractive colours, and Mr. N.R.L. Brown, confirmed that they were in possession of samples, but to date no occasion had arisen where they iAght make use of this type of material. It was agreed, however, that we should keep ourselves up to date in this area of development by Tillotsons. Mr. F.T. Bodie said he would try to obtain further samples of this kind of material from Tillotsons. 12. Tippina - foamed nolvthene. Mr. Bodie showed samples of this material which is a foamed polythene in sheet form, caliper 003 inches; Mr. R.O.N. Davies, Production, thought that the material, when under tension and because of its thickness, might present considerable production difficulties. Nevertheless, it was observed that the material had some useful properties, i.e. would not stick to lips, attractive appearance. 13. Variations on Gold Nluqqptt effect. Mr. Foster had included this item on the Agend~ in order to ascertain,whether or not there was any interest in variations on the gold nuggett effect. Mr. Brown replied that at the present time.the gold nuggect effect itself did not feature in any of their plans, although its possible use in the future had not been ruled out. Mr. Brown con- firmed that as the situation now stood, they did not wish R. & D. to pursue the question of variations on the gold nuggett effect on their behalf, but should there be a /Cont'd ........ C::) ON 4IM6 U-4 BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 20 October 1999 revived interest in the subject, then they would let Mr. Foster know. 14. Foil Tissue substitutes. Mr. N.R.L. Brown passed around a 20's H.L. packet of "Louis Rothmans Select" where the foil/tissue bundle wrapper had been substituted with an embossed paper printed with Rothmans Coat of Arms. The type of paper used had been develot)ed with the dead fold characteristics required for this particular typc of application. It is understood that the paper concerned is supplied by Spicer-Cowan. It was agreed that further information, including the cost, should be obtained for this material. 15. John Player-Special. Under this heading it was advised that due to the world plastic shortage there was an increasing difficulty in obtaining supplies of the John Player Special 50's drum. It was suggested that Mr. F.T. Bodie approach potential suppliers with the view to obtaining a moulded drum in alter- native thermo setting plastics. 16. The incidence of bronze powder in Tackincr machine dust 7-R.& D. Laboratory Report L460-F) The R. & D. Report indicated that there was a health hazard due to the incidence of bronze powder in packing machine dust. However, it was not possible to implement immediately the R. & D. recommendation that gravure gold inks shuuld be used in place of gold bronze powder, since /Cont'd ........ 9 BATCo document for Legal Services: Health Canada 20 October 1999 I this would create many difficulties. In discussions elsewhere it had been agreed that similar tests should be carried o-~:t in other tq-rritories to supplement the informati::n contained in the R. .& D. report. In the meantime the following action had been implemented. (a) All -Lerritories have been advised of the necessity for frequent vacuum cleaning of packing machtnes using gold printed blanks, and to discontinue the use of blow cleaning. (b) Des_q gn Department have been asked whenever possible to restrict the area of gold on new designs and not to include gold elements which extend to the edge of carton blanks. C. PIRA_Prc_`ects. Mr. D.R. Davies gave details of five specially funded projects which PIRA were proposing with the object *breboard cases and of imprcving the performance of f-L fittings. Two of these projects could be of interest to Production and Purchasing Departments, respectively PK/SF/12 - Improved accuracy in the manufacture of corrugated cases for mechanical packing lines. !,K/SF/13 - Alternatives to corrugated board transit containers - a survey of materials and construction-=. It was agreed that Mr. D.R. Davies would formally C:D _t:::. communicate with Mr. R.O.N. Daviet, and Mr. F.T. Bodie, U1 C=) giving details of the projects for their comment. C7N 10 BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 20 October 1999