Supermarket/Grocery

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Product: Ultra-Max cookware
Number of displays: 500
P-O-P company: Lingo Manufacturing Co. (co-design and manufacture), Florence, Ky.; PBA Co. (co-design), Quincy, Mass.
Distribution: Supermarkets
Introduction: Fall 1997
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Powder-coated 1/4-inch steel wire grid
The sturdy steel Ultra-Max cookware display from VAM Corp. is designed to hold up to 185 pieces of cookware in supermarkets.

Product Promoted: Humidifier
Objective: To design a package that visually shows the attributes of the humidifier.
Distribution: Supermarkets, specialty stores
Introduction: September 1997
Construction: Corrugated
Producer: Longview Fibre Co., Milwaukee