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Press Release
WPO announces WorldStar winners 2015
On 19 May 2015, entrants of the WorldStar Awards gathered at IPACK-IMA for the ultimate packaging awards ceremony. The 2015 round of the WorldStars, the most important packaging award in the world, organised by WPO (World Packaging Organisation), brought in 264 entries from 37 countries.Judged in Colombo, Sri Lanka, there were 148 winners from 33 countries and 84 of those winners attended the ceremony to collect their awards.
Locked4KidsBV celebrated winning Gold in the President’s Award, one of the prestigious special awards. The winning pack, Locked4Kids Child Resistant Carton Box – by Ecobliss is the World’s first child resistant carton certified against both ISO/EN 8317 and US 16 CRF 1700.20 standard.
GrandsMoulinsd’Israel/Studio Batshi, won Gold in the Marketing Award category for their Series of retro style flour packaging.In the Sustainability Award, the Del Valle Reserva in Tetra Prisma® Aseptic 10000 with bio-based packaging took the Gold Award – the packaging industry’s first in a carton.
Following the awards presentations, attendees continued the celebrations in a cocktail and networking reception. Tom Schneider, President of the World Packaging Organisation said, “When you win a WorldStar Award you become part of a bigger process and part of pushing the envelope of packaging and that’s what we need to make packaging more valuable to people. Better quality of life for more people through better packaging is the World Packaging Organisation’s moto. The WorldStar Awards embody that concept.”
When asked about the standard of this year’s entrants, Schneider also said, “It seems that the quality and creativeness of the entries become more interesting and sophisticated every year.”
A complete list of the winners can be found at www.worldstar.organd the special award winners are listed here:
High resolution pictures of the winners as well as the ceremony can be downloaded at www.worldstar.org. The next WorldStar judging is due to take place in October in Mumbai, India. For further information on WorldStar contact Rachel Books at [email protected]
About WPOFounded in 1968 on the occasion of the second Japanese International Packaging Exhibition, the World Packaging Organisation is made up today of member organizations from 45 countries. Many members are packaging institutes; other significant members are national or regional trade organizations that promote their countries’ packaging products. In recent years, WPO has focused on packaging in developing nations.
With headquarters in Chicago (USA) the entity promotes projects and actions aligned to its main slogan “Better Quality of Life Through Better Packaging for More People.” With that mission in mind, WPO encourages the development of packaging technology, science and engineering; stimulation of international trade; and the advancement of packaging education and training. The President, Thomas Schneider, is based in US.
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