The Trigger to Success

Westland Horticulture, an industry leader in the development and production of high specification compost, plant food, lawn treatments, and control products sought to design an easy-to-use, convenient and stylish handheld sprayer for two new sizes of its revolutionary Resolva 24H Ready-to-Use weed control spray.

The handheld sprayer attaches to 3 and 5 litre packs to combine the convenience of trigger sprayer operation with a large-size pack for maximum coverage. For such packs, storage of the sprayer attachment is a challenge. Traditionally this has been in an open plastic “holster” integrally moulded at the rear of the pack or hung round the container neck. This can make the packs look cumbersome and unattractive and it also takes up valuable shelf space.

Westland came up with the concept, already practised for other applications by among others TricorBraun, whereby the trigger sprayer is stored in a cavity within the container itself. The original design was adjusted and re-engineered by RPC Design with careful consideration of the trigger location to ensure good material distribution and provide a secure fit.
The pack is blow moulded in HDPE at the Raunds and Rushden sites of RPC UK, while the wide flat face with inward curved ends appeared to be a technical challenge, met successfully by the sites’ moulding tech¬nicians. With the sprayer fixed to its trigger clips in the cavity, the finished pack is labelled, with the label partly covering the opening to provide additional security and ensure the trigger stays in place during transit and on-shelf.

There is a large labelling area for effective branding. The handle incorporates a series of finger grips for user-friendly and comfortable operation.
The containers have been launched across garden care and DIY outlets in the UK.

Is the above described packaging for poisonous liquid, as it contains glyphosate and diquat, Ampac Flexibles introduces for Patch Perfect, a lawn care products brand, a stand-up pouch with built-in dispenser for dry solids and granular products which allows the consumer to distribute not only seeds, fertilizers, and ice melt, but also (aggressive) chemicals, pesticides and weed controllers without having to reach into the package. The ShakerPak replaces the bulky rigid HDPE container with a flexible pouch. …. read the full article