Australia and New Zealand dominate at the WorldStar Packaging Awards

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) has announced that in the latest round of WorldStar Packaging Awards, Australian and New Zealand companies received the second highest number of wins, behind only Japan.

This is the second consecutive year that the region has dominated the awards program, which reflects the innovative packaging designs being developed in the Southern Hemisphere.

A record-breaking 488 entries from 41 countries took part in the 2023 awards, with 45 judges from across the globe determining 228 winners.

The ANZ PIDA Award winners were internationally recognised with 19 awards across nine categories in the WorldStar awards. Caps & Closures received four awards for three separate products and Biopak received two for two separate products. Result Group and JBS were both awarded their first WorldStar awards.

The nine categories where ANZ designs were recognised include food, fresh fruit & vegetables, beverages, household, transit, medical & pharmaceutical, health & personal care, labelling & decoration, and other.

Food

• Smarties Paperisation — Nestlé Australia
• Waitoa free range chicken — Ingham’s New Zealand, Sealed Air New Zealand
• Ecotite R barrier shrink bags — Amcor Flexibles
• Praise 100% rPET Mayonnaise Bottle — Goodman Fielder
• FSC Rectangle Paper Containers — BioPak

Fresh Fruit & Vegetables

• Australian Table Grapes (ATGA) pilot — Result Group

Beverages

• Kraft Renewable Milk Carton — Brownes Dairy
• Norco 100% rPET Milk bottle — Pact Group
• Coles Home Compostable Coffee Capsules — Coles Group
• Sugarcane pulp hot and cold cup lids — BioPak
• ThermoShield Temperature Monitoring system — Caps & Closures

Household

• Earthwise Eco Laundry Scoop — Earthwise Group
• KOH Kerbside recyclable spout pouch refill pack — O F Packaging & Close the Loop Group
• Health & Personal Care
• Etch & Ethos — EGO Pharmaceutical

Medical & Pharmaceutical

• EzyGrip — Caps & Closures
• ID Shield Anti counterfeit system — Caps & Closures

Transit

• JBS and Opal Dunnage Solution — JBS and Opal

Labelling & Decoration

• ID Shield Anti counterfeit system — Caps & Closures

Other

• Royal Australian Mint Coin Box — Macher

The full list of 2023 WorldStar Packaging Award winners is available to view on https://www.worldstar.org/winners/.

The WorldStar Special Awards, which include sustainable packaging design, accessible design, packaging that saves food and marketing will be announced on 6 May during Interpack in Germany.

Applications for the 2023 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards will close on the 29th of January. These awards are the exclusive feeder program for Australia and New Zealand for the WorldStar Packaging Awards.

To apply: http://aipack.com.au/2023-pida-awards-now-open/.