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Student Home | Design Briefs | Timetable | Judging | 2009 Awards Student Starpack Sponsors 2009 BPI (British Polythene Industries) has developed over the last decade to strategically become the largest producer of polythene film products within the UK and Europe. Today there are seven highly-focused operating businesses within the group, manufacturing a wide variety of products and services. BPI has evolved into one of the most responsive and dynamic polythene film businesses in the world and is a major player in what is rapidly becoming a truly global industry.  Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd is a major manufacturer of soft drinks brands including Pepsi, 7UP, Tango, and Robinsons and is famous for its novel advertising and marketing campaigns (3 out of the best top 10 adverts of all time). Innovation in product development and packaging design keeps Britvic at the leading edge of its sector.  DS Smith Packaging is a division of DS Smith Plc, a £1.6 billion turnover company, employing over 11,000 people in 16 countries. Their network of manufacturing sites includes conventional corrugated, speciality and decorative, heavy-duty, sheet feeding and sheet plants. Product options include tailor-made point-of-purchase displays, high volume cost-effective fmcg packaging, heavy-duty corrugated packaging - in fact every conceivable form of corrugated packaging.  Hasbro was founded in 1923 and first sold textile remnants, but soon moved into manufacturing pencil boxes and school supplies. Hasbro is a worldwide leader in children’s and family leisure time entertainment products and services.  Iceland is an established destination shop for frozen foods. With over 660 stores nationwide, it is known for its great value and excellent quality at great prices, making it easy for customers to provide great meal solutions for every occasion, and every budget.  Korsnäs has one of the world’s most advanced installations for the production of cartonboard with the help of modern technology. Korsnäs manufactures a range of paperboard products from two facilities in Sweden with a total production capacity of 1.2 million tonnes a year.  Kraft is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world and is well known for its range of major brands seen every day on our supermarket shelves.  Logoplaste UK Ltd is not a company of products but solutions. They are leaders in the plastic packaging market, providing an overall service for packaging research and development, in-house production and quality systems, backed by technical support and advice. They work with leading brands in body care, food and beverages, home care, luboils and preforms PET.  Marks & Spencer are innovators in the retail experience and their established reputation has been built on their dedication to providing the consumer with consistently high standard products. Marks & Spencer make aspirational quality accessible to all, underpinned by brand values, trust, innovation, quality, service and value.  Nestle was founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé & is today the world’s biggest food and beverage company. The company’s priority is to bring the best and most relevant products to people, wherever they are, whatever their needs, throughout their lives.  PI3 is an independent holistic branding and design consultancy specialising in FMCG and Healthcare brands. Iconistic branding is a process designed to deliver optimisation of investment in brand communication. PI3 also understand that packaging solutions must work effectively throughout their client’s supply chains, from raw material specification, to production and distribution efficiencies and ultimately through to superior in store merchandising capability.  IOP: The Packaging Society, a newly formed division of IOM3 (The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining) is now in its 47th year of running the prestigious Starpack Awards and this year sees sponsorship of a new category, Packaging Personality of the Year.  Pro Carton is the pan-European association for cartonboard manufacturers and carton makers, with offices in 15 countries. Pro Carton promotes the many benefits of choosing cartonboard.  Smurfit Kappa specialise in the design, manufacture and supply of corrugated packaging. They continuously focus on innovative design and service solutions for some of the UK’s best known brands.  TESCO is one of the world’s leading international retailers – the third largest globally, and number one in the UK. Their core purpose is to create value for customers to earn their lifetime loyalty. Their success depends on people - the people who shop with them and the people who work with them. Tesco live and breathe their core values: no-one tries harder for customers and treats people as they like to be treated. These values work towards Tesco’s 4 part strategy - growth in the core UK business, to expand by growing internationally, to be as strong in non-food as in food, and to follow customers into new retailing services. |
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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