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Awards Home | Timetable | Judging | How to Enter 2009 Awards CategoriesTechnical innovation AwardsDesigned to reward outstanding achievements in technical innovation across the full range of materials, structures, components and developments for consumer convenience, these awards are given for significant improvements in the technical performance of packaging to deliver benefits to the marketplace.Environment: rewarding excellence in environmental effectiveness. Packaging design and systems that facilitate the best use of materials, containers and systems throughout a product’s journey will be awarded. Technical developments, which either provide optimisation of material usage or new developments that demonstrate environmental and commercial advantages, will be rewarded. Entries should take each link in the packaging supply chain into consideration. Packs or systems should protect products from the rigours of production facilities through distribution, in-store, consumer use and final disposal. Designs may include material optimisation, use of recycled content, enhanced recyclability, new and innovative materials; closed loop, reuse, refill and dispensing systems; and packaging that delivers optimal product usage. Entrants should demonstrate holistic design solutions that lead to net reductions in packaging food waste while ensuring that the product is sufficiently protected. Consideration should be given to primary, secondary and tertiary packaging. Starpack 2009 will include two environmental categories to represent the increasing number of developments and interest in sustainable packaging. The two separate awards were introduced to great acclaim in 2008.
Consumer Facing Innovation: awarded for excellence in pack functionality and/or developments that provide significant improvements in technical performance leading to advances in consumer benefits. Sponsored by the Packaging Professional Technical Development: awarded for a significant and innovative developments that improves the performance of a material, a manufacturing method or conversion process. Component Development: awarded for a significant technical advance that progresses technical design of a component to deliver advances in performance and new or improved pack functionality. Design and Marketing Performance AwardsIn recognition of the role that packaging plays in providing benefits to consumers, brands and retailers, these awards are given for delivering improvements to packaging design that add significantly to marketing performance.The awards are arranged by market category and are open to all material groups, manufacturing or conversion processes. The awards are given for outstanding packaging design including surface graphics and print, form and functionality, and use of materials and components. The awards are open to packaging manufacturers, retailers, brand owners, designers and design groups. Brand Design: awarded to a brand design for an existing brand or best new brand design launched in 2008/2009. Entries can include own-label brands. Food Design: awarded for the best existing or new brand design launched in 2008/2009*. (Food entries may include pet food, dried food products including powdered drink products and dried tea, and all typical food applications.) Drinks Design: awarded to a design for an existing or new brand launched in 2008/2009. (Drinks include soft drinks, juices, carbonated soft drinks, beers, wines and spirits.) Health and Beauty Design: awarded for advances in brand design for an existing or new brand launched in 2008/2009. (Health & Beauty includes cosmetics, toiletries and perfumery {for men and women}; pharmaceuticals both OTC and pharmacy only including syringes, ampoules, inhalers etc; plus vitamins and dietary supplements; medical deliver systems such as intravenous delivery and other medical devices). Household Design: awarded to an existing or new brand design launched in 2008/2009 for the Household category. (Household includes domestic cleaners, detergents; DIY products; and gardening supplies.) Luxury Product Design: awarded to an existing or new brand launched in 2008/2009. (This can include any product including confectionery; perfumery; premium drinks; packs for special occasions; jewelry; and other exclusive items). Logistic Packaging SolutionsTransit - Business to Business (including business to retailer): A pack or container designed to protect and contain goods in transit, which does not require further packaging to fulfil its purpose, for transiting goods direct to a business (warehouse) The construction should show novelty, innovation, and ideally, cost savings against current designs. Entries should minimize waste, give full protection and provide easy access for the user, making the pack effective in use. Testing methodologies and results along with examples of reductions in weight, mass, cost or environmental impact should be shown where applicable. Entries should maximise pallet utilisation and stackability and if appropriate, branding opportunities should be demonstrated. Transit - Business to Consumer Sponsored by Alcan A pack or container designed to protect and contain goods in transit, which does not require further packaging to fulfil its purpose, for transiting goods dispatched direct to the consumer The construction should show novelty, innovation, and ideally, cost savings against current designs. Entries should minimize waste, give full protection and provide easy access for the user, making the pack effective in use. Testing methodologies and results along with examples of reductions in weight, mass, cost or environmental impact should be shown where applicable. Entries should maximise pallet utilisation and stackability and offer branding opportunity. Retail Ready and Display & Collation A transit pack / unit / tray / container that carries multiple items designed to fulfil its purpose of display & collation in store. The construction should show novelty, innovation, be easy to identify, merchandise and dispose of, be aesthetically pleasing and ideally show cost savings against current designs. Entries should minimize waste, give full protection and provide easy access for the user, making the pack effective in use. Testing methodologies and results along with examples of reductions in weight, mass, cost or environmental impact should be shown where applicable. Entries should maximise pallet utilisation and stackability and offer branding opportunities. Individual Performance AwardsIn recognition of the key contribution of individuals to the success of the packaging industry though outstanding performance in their field. Best Young Packaging Professional For outstanding performance from a young packaging professional in 2008 Best Packaging Designer or Design House For outstanding performance from a Designer or Design Group in 2008 (pdf file 31k) Best Student of the Year (Diploma in Packaging Technology) Sponsored by PIABC Best Student of the Year (Certificate in Packaging) Sponsored by Accipio *NEW FOR 2009*PACKAGING MACHINERY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Sponsored by PPMA Awarded for significant advances in machinery design or development which improve the performance of a machine or system, to provide customers with flexibility, reliability, better performance, speed and improved efficiency, as well as contributing to a more sustainable production environment. Judges will be asked to consider from the following criteria. The Award will be given for significant advances in some or all of these: Technical Development - flexibility, reliability, better performance; speed; use of robotics; improved efficiency; lower maintenance; footprint; speed and ease of product changeovers. Sustainability - operational energy and water usage, heat and material savings, carbon footprint, use of materials in construction … Material Interface - working with material suppliers to create better, more sustainable packs and increased product protection and enhancement. Use of new materials, or the use of existing materials in new ways. Innovation in PLC technology - providing better safety, security and production data. Entries should also be supported by:- 1. Technical specifications - essential 2. Applications, in particular where these have been widened from the original concept 3. Where possible video footage of machines in action. 4. The packaged or processed product produced - essential 5. Pictorial storyboard of machinery in action 6. Where possible an outline of commissioning details i.e. speed, footprint, modularity, special features, product ... 7. The equipment may form part of a filling/packing line or be part of the pack manufacturing line 8. Packaging Machinery and Equipment should be available in the UK market place. 9. Entries can be made in conjunction with the customer or a joint supplier. |
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Starpack is co-ordinated by IOP: The Packaging Society (a Division of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining)
and IOM Communications Ltd
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