FORT WORTH, January 8, 2010 -- Uniden America Corporation announced today it is converting its GMRS/FRS Two-Way Radio Products, currently in plastic clamshells to MWV's (NYSE: MWV) Natralock® security packaging solution. Natralock is a paperboard-based, tear-resistant secure package that provides customers with a more consumer- and environment-friendly alternative to traditional clamshells. The GMRS/FRS two-way radios will be available in Natralock packaging throughout retail and sporting goods stores nationwide starting January 2010.

Dunwiddie Custom Packaging, Inc. partnered with MWV to seamlessly create and procure the designs and materials for supply and production for Uniden's conversion from clamshells.

Natralock, made from sustainably sourced paperboard with a clear plastic APET or RPET bubble, seals up to 60 percent faster on average than clamshells.

"Natralock was seamlessly implemented into the Uniden supply chain. Converting some of Uniden's product lines from plastic clamshells to Natralock has resulted in a reduction of plastic up to 70 percent, and reduced energy usage in the sealing process by almost 40 percent," said Paul Opitz, Product Manager at Uniden America Corporation. "Before, the only option for a secure and visible package was the plastic clamshell. The engineering and design breakthrough with Natralock gives us the opportunity to keep our product securely and competitively displayed on the retail floor, and the consumer experience around opening the package and recycling it brings even greater value to our brand."

Uniden will be showcasing the Natralock packaging solution during the International CES 2010.

 

About Uniden's GMRS/FRS Two-Way Radios

Uniden leads innovation in the GMRS/FRS category with the first products to include Caller ID, Direct Calling, 142 Privacy Codes, and fully submersible designs. Uniden draws on its 40 years of expertise in the two-way and radio receiver category to develop radios that meet the needs of today's tech-savvy consumers.

 

About Uniden

Uniden America Corporation, the North American subsidiary of Japan-based Uniden Corporation, manufactures and markets wireless consumer electronic products including cordless telephones, business telecommunications systems, Bearcat® scanners, FRS/GMRS radios, marine radios and other wireless personal communications products. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, Uniden sells its products through dealers and distributors throughout North, Central and South America.