CR ad staff picks up awards

The advertising staff of The Commercial Review brought home honors in the annual Hoosier State Press Association and Indiana Newspaper Advertising Executives Association contest.

Ad manager Jeanne Lutz earned first place in the real estate category among small dailies. The winning entry was an ad for Loy Auction and Real Estate.

She also received a second place in the vehicle dealership category for a Fincannon Ford ad.

Maralene Giddings received a third place in the lifestyle and recreation category for an ad for The General Store.

Lutz, Giddings and Kim Jenkins received a third place in the special sections category for the Tri-State Gas Engine and Tractor Association Show supplement.

Promoted 

An employee of Bollenbacher & Associates, LLC was recently promoted. 

Abbie Winters is now working as a paraprofessional for the Portland accounting firm, where she has worked since 2015. Winters graduated from the University of Northwestern Ohio in 2015 with an associate’s degree in accounting and specializes in payroll and bookkeeping. 

Something new

Ardagh Group this week unveiled new technology it expects will transform the development of new glass packaging.

The parent company of glass container plants in Dunkirk and Winchester, Ardagh has finalized a multi-million investment in a new Development Machine, allowing brands to unveil new or redesigned products in glass packaging much faster than ever before.

Located in Ardagh's glass manufacturing facility in Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, the Development Machine is a highly flexible glass forming system, capable of quick changes.

According to an Ardagh press release it can reduce new product lead times by 30 percent.

The technology can simulate nearly every manufacturing condition to make glass bottles and jars of all shapes and sizes, the company said.

It can also incorporate the latest design features, such as unique textures and embossing.

“As a leader in glass packaging, Ardagh Group continues to focus on innovation and this flexible facility enables our customers to achieve real reductions in the time taken to get their products to market,” Alex Robertson, chief commercial officer of Ardagh Group’s North American Glass division, said in a prepared statement.

#MeToo strike

McDonald’s employees in a number of U.S. cities went on strike briefly this week to protest sexual harassment in the workplace.

Employees urged the fast food chain to do more to combat the problem.

“We’re protesting today and this is more important than work,” Kimberly Lawson told The New York Times at a rally in Kansas City.

“We have the strength to protect one another and demand the justice we deserve,” she said.