Japan’s Toyo Seikan won the 2023 WorldStar Award for its ‘Finger Fitting Tab’, an innovative system that exponentially improves the ease of opening cans of food, in addition to its ‘House Kari-ya Curry Microwaveable Pouch’, which prevents packaging material that does not have a heat-resistant film from opening when heated in a microwave oven.
The WorldStar 2023 Award ceremony was held in Düsseldorf, Germany, on May 6 and team members involved in the development of the award-winning products received a commemorative gift of the award-winning products.
In addition, the ‘Finger Fitting Tab’ won the gold award in the category ‘Accessible Packaging’, a particularly noteworthy distinction at the WorldStar Award 2023. This novel system offers vastly improved sealing properties, in particular, the tongue fits snugly over the toe, improving sealing properties.
The ‘Finger Fitting Tab’ is a canning lid that offers drastically improved unsealing properties. This innovation represents a remarkable breakthrough in the way food is preserved, as it offers much better characteristics than conventional solutions.
In particular, this cap is designed to fit snugly around the finger, improving unsealing properties and reducing the risk of the cap being opened unintentionally. In addition, this concave tongue increases the grip strength of the finger and by increasing the contact surface, the pain and discomfort caused to the fingertip is reduced.
Because the tongue has a concave shape, the finger is naturally guided towards the center of the tongue. This prevents the fingers from twisting in an oblique direction, reducing the risk of accidental opening. The tip of the tab is concave in shape, which prevents accidental opening even if another item is inadvertently pushed under the tab Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. is a world-class integrated packaging manufacturer supplying a wide variety of packaging materials such as metal, plastic, paper and glass. Founded in 1917, Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. operates on a global scale, with 45 group companies in Japan and 49 overseas, employing 20,000 workers worldwide.
