Rolling Out Innovation

TEQAL won gold in the Health, Beauty, Medical, and Pharmaceutical Packaging category at the IPSA Gold Pack Awards 2025 for transforming a standard deodorant bottle into a technically innovative design.

Its “Oh So Heavenly” roll-on deodorant container, created for Canway, combines precise engineering with thoughtful design. Sales and Marketing Director Sean Kirkham explains: “It’s wonderful to be recognized for the hard work and creative thinking our team has put into this product. Awards like this keep morale high and inspire us to keep doing what we do best—doing tech well.”

The bottle’s asymmetric silhouette catches the eye, evoking a boutique product rather than an everyday deodorant. TEQAL achieved a global first by applying an in-mould label (IML) to a non-symmetrical, small-format bottle. Kirkham explains that while this traditionally requires complex and expensive labeling equipment, TEQAL delivers pre-labeled bottles, sparing small-to-medium-sized customers from investing in costly machinery.

The integrated cage-and-cap design ensures leak-free performance and maintains the bottle’s aesthetic integrity even when the cap is removed. Additionally, this is the first roll-on in South Africa to feature branding on the top of the cap.

The project required synchronising IML robotics with injection blow moulding, a feat enabled by TEQAL’s in-house toolroom, which crafted custom label dispensers and end-of-arm tooling. The result is a design that combines technical innovation with accessible, high-quality packaging for smaller players in the market.