The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) is pleased to announce that in the latest round of WorldStar Packaging Awards, Australian & New Zealand companies received the second highest amount of wins in the world behind Japan. This is the second year in a row that the region has dominated the global awards program, which is a true reflection of the innovative packaging designs being developed in the Southern Hemisphere.
The 2023 WorldStar Packaging Awards attracted a record-breaking 488 entries from 41 countries with 45 judges from across the globe determining 228 winners for the 2023 round.
ANZ PIDA Award winners have been internationally recognised with 19x awards across 9x categories in the prestigious global packaging awards program which is run by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO). Caps & Closures have been recognised with 4x WorldStar awards for 3x separate products and BioPak 2x awards for 2x separate products. Result Group and JBS have both been awarded their first ever WorldStar awards.
The 9x 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 – Nestle 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 are available to view on https://www.worldstar.org/winners/
The WorldStar Special Awards which includes Sustainable Packaging Design, Accessible Design, Packaging that Saves Food and Marketing will not be announced until the 2023 WorldStar Awards ceremony which will be held on the 6th of May 2023 during Interpack which will be held in Germany.
Applications for the 2023 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards will close on the 25th of January. The PIDA Awards are the exclusive feeder program for Australia & New Zealand for the WorldStar Packaging Awards – click here for criteria and entry details.