Home Improvement

Siemens Energy & Automation Inc.
Siemens Circuit Breaker Merchandiser

Diversified Advertising Inc.
Durabond Grout System
DAP Inc.

Product: Ergonomic putty knives
Number of displays: 800
P-O-P company: Image Display & Packaging, Weyers Cave, Va.
Distribution: Home centers and hardware stores
Introduction: October 1996
Duration: Temporary
Construction: Corrugated
The countertop display for Red Devil's new ergonomic hand tools has been so successful that the company is working on a half-size version to expand its reach into smaller stores.

Product: Bosch portable electric power tools
Number of displays: 1,500
P-O-P companies: Marketing Expressions Inc. (design), Des Plaines, Ill.; Mack Chicago Corp. (manufacture of ballet box), Chicago; Graphic Arts Services (manufacture of poster, easel card and ballet box header), Barrington, Ill.
Distribution: Hardware and home centers
Introduction: October 1996
Duration: Semipermanent
Construction: Corrugated ballet box; poster and easel card; die-cut ballet box header

Product: Gardening gloves
Number of displays: 4,000
P-O-P company: Chesapeake Display & Packaging, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Distribution: Home and garden centers, mass merchants, hardware stores
Introduction: March 1997
Duration: Semipermanent
Construction: Corrugated
Detachable bins transform Wells Lamont's gardening-glove floor display into a counter display in minutes.

Product: Screwdriver bits
Number of displays: 10,500
P-O-P company: Resources in Display, Cranford, N.J.
Distribution: Home centers and hardware stores
Introduction: July 1996
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Wire rack, paper label
DeWalt Industrial Tool Co.'s new packaging for a group of 20 screwdriver bit tips was inspired by chewing-tobacco cans.