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PIDA AWARDS 2018
Oh what a night: Top PIDA
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May-June 2018
Kangaroo-shaped bottles, pet-feeding boxes, and breakfast pouches were in the line-up of worthy winners at the annual Packaging & Processing Innovation and Design Awards.
OMPANIES making strides in packaging and processing in- novation and design are the fo- cus of the PIDA Awards in Aus- tralia and New Zealand, which is the feeder program for the WorldStar Packaging Awards.
The year’s winners were an- nounced to an audience of 500 guests during a gala dinner at the Marriott Hotel Surfers Paradise, Queensland in May as part of the AIP National Conference on the Gold Coast. They were presented in conjunction with the international WorldStar Packaging Awards, which saw representatives from over 22 countries in attendance to collect their awards for 2018.
ANIMAL BOTTLE HOPS TO SUCCESS
A wine bottle shaped like a kanga- roo was one of two winners of the design innovation prize in the bev- erage category. The brand, 8Kanga- roos by ILNAM Estate, used packag- ing materials chosen for their ability to be recycled. Extensive thought and consideration also went into the development of transport packaging
to suit the shape of the bottle, which makes it unlikely to be thrown away after its initial use, with potential for the bottle to be retained as a de- canter or water bottle.
The other winner is both an off- the-shelf beverage multipack and a portable ice cooler. Polatote by Lac- tote has been fully redesigned as a highly functional shrink-film multi- pack with global influence and ap- peal. It is an ice cooler, or more ac- curately, a method for controlling the temperature of beverages when in and out of doors. It is a comfort- able, convenient and sturdy parcel/ package for personal carrying and an easily and safely palletised multi- pack for general transportation and distribution.
A High Commendation was awarded to Crush Mate Bottles by Lion Dairy & Drinks. It has been de- signed as easy to crush, easy to re- cycle, easy to grip, easy to pour, lightweight bottle that fits four times more bottles in the recycling bin. It is designed for more effective recycling and has better pouring control with the larger handle size.
ABOVE:
The industry gathered to celebrate the PIDA winners at the Marriott Resort, Surfers Paradise.
The Machinery & Equipment win- ner was Container Deposit Systems Australia (CDSA) Vision & Sorting System by Sage Automation, which developed a range of counting and sensing technologies to accurately determine the container types being retained, even when containers were not in their original condition. Answering to the calls for IoT tech- nology, the system provides valu- able data which is delivered into the cloud and used for reporting.
A POUCH THAT FIGHTS FOOD WASTE
A foil packaging breakfast pouch by Cas-Pak Products was laud- ed – and awarded – for its food waste credentials, winning the Materials & Packaging award in the food category for its Radix
Nutrition pouch.
The pouch is simple to
use, accessible in any situ- ation, preserves nutrients, and, most importantly, en- sures there is no food waste. Radix Nutrition end users, including marathon runners,