4/7/2011 --- Weatherchem, creators of innovative dispensing closures, has created a variety of innovative packaging closures for spice and seasoning manufacturers.

Weatherchem has moved forward with a variety of innovative designs and concepts to help its customers increase their brands’ shelf impact. The company's new Grinder NR packaging system provides a grinding insert and closure with a distinctive shape and appearance for non-refillable PET containers that are ideal for spices and seasonings. The grinding system provides an easy way to grind whole spices, herbs, and other seasonings, releasing fresh flavor with every use.

Weatherchem’s Grinder solution is aligned with a variety of consumer packaging trends that brand managers can appreciate:

• Consumers want fresh seasonings, but with a modern, busy schedule there's no time to stop by the market every day. The Grinder closure provides freshness for the busy consumer who wants to put the very best on his or her table.
• The diversity of seasoning flavors has grown due to the influence of Asian and Hispanic demographics groups. Curry and cilantro are on the rise, expanding the demand for packaging solutions that call for a Grinder-fitted package.
• Consumers don't care for sifter fitments, and any package that eliminates this frustration is bound to grab market share and improve the consumer's overall experience with the product.

The growth in the retail spice market is a modest 2 percent annually. Packagers that outperform this growth rate will tap into consumer eating habits, the trend toward healthier lifestyles, and convenient/time-saving packages more than competitors.

For the hospitality sector, larger solutions are required, and Weatherchem’s broad range of different closure sizes and dispensing options enhance the convenience of the large packages used by many people many times a day. The oversized 110mm, 89mm or 63mm Flapper closures have sifter holes and other orifice sizes to accommodate spice of all kinds and shapes.

The launch of a single-flap FlapMate closure offers a simplified convenience to the consumer by providing portion control, contemporary design and ease of opening. Weatherchem is capitalizing on new trends in both markets, offering consumers the ability to mill or grind their spices whenever they need to, and simultaneously offering the food service industry a better solution for high volume dispensing of the same products.

Weatherchem Corporation is an innovative manufacturer and marketer of convenient plastic dispensing closures and controlled access packaging. As the creators of the original Flapper dispensing closure, Weatherchem now offers one of the industry's most innovative closure product lines. In addition to Flapper these include: LiquiFlapper, NutraFlapper, NutraGen II, FlapMate, and Grinder NR. Whether designing or selecting packaging for a new product or revamping the design of an existing product, Weatherchem has the closures that consumers love.