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TECH SPEAK | PIDA AWARDS www.packagingnews.com.au | May-June 2021
Who’s made the finalist grade
In a record year of entries, the annual Australasian Packaging Innovation and Design (PIDA) Awards program – coordinated by the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) – has announced the finalists for 2021 across 11 categories. The list represents the cream of the crop in packaging design innovation and industry contribution for 2021.
Sustainable Packaging Design cate- gory in particular saw such a high number of outstanding entries that the judges decided on 26 finalists.
“The judges were extremely impressed with the significant step changes many companies are making across the entire value chain to meet the 2025 National Packaging Targets.
“The sheer volume of unnecessary packaging being reduced or replaced with more sustainable alternatives is quite remarkable and should be com- mended,” Kelton adds.
“Stand out packs cover all areas of the waste hierarchy, including Redesign, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
“It was encouraging to see such a significant increase in the use of the Australasian Recycling Label, improvements in recyclable materi- als, an increase in PCR content being used, innovative reuse and refill sys- tems, and many closed loop and col- laborative programs.
“The step changes made over the last 12 months are evident in the design of the new packaging and showcases the work that many in the industry are undertaking to meet the targets by 2025.”
PIDA 2021 AWARDS FINALISTS
The Food category recognises organ- isations within food packaging and processing, including fresh, frozen and other sectors.
• Blue Harvest Oyster Tray (BioPak) • Bread Bag Closure (Tip Top
Bakeries)
• Brookfarm (OF Packaging)
• Chobani (PakPot)
• Culley’s Kitchen NZ (Pact Group) • Edgell Supa Crunch (Simplot
Australia)
• George Weston Foods (OF
Packaging)
• Masterfoods Herb and Spices
(MARS Food Australia and
Cormack Packaging)
• Nature’s Way SlimRight (Zipform
Packaging)
• Oasis Spice Shaker (Oasis and
qDesign Enterprises)
• Petzyo (OF Packaging)
• Southern Fresh Foods (NAVI Co
Global)
• SqueezePak (Wellman Packaging) • The Collective (Pact Group)
THE peak innovation and design awards program for packaging in Australasia, PIDA has enjoyed an overwhelming response from the packaging converting and com- mercial end-user sectors this year, with the number and quality of entries reflecting an industry gal-
vanised to make positive change in pursuit of the 2025 National Packaging Targets as well as their own broader sustainability goals.
The PIDA Awards 2021 recognises innovative packaging design in the following categories:
• Food
• Beverage
• Health, Beauty and Wellness • Domestic and Household
• Labelling and Decoration
• Outside of the Box
The PIDA Awards also acknowl- edges outstanding contribution with five special awards:
• Marketing Design of the Year
• Save Food Packaging Design of the Year
• Sustainable Packaging Design of theYear
• Young Packaging Professional of theYear
• Industry Professional of the Year Winners of all categories (aside from Young Packaging Professional and Industry Professional) are auto- matically eligible for entry into the
2022 WorldStar Packaging Awards. Commenting on the entries this year, Nerida Kelton, AIP executive director, says, “Never have we seen such an astronomical number of entries across all categories – the
ABOVE: Cove (Natures Organics), finalist in the Domestic & Household and Sustainable Packaging Design categories.