WorldStar Packaging Awards 2024 winners announced

World Packaging Organization (WPO) has revealed the list of 214 winners of the global packaging competition, WorldStar 2024, chosen from 435 entries from 41 countries.

Think Small, Dream Big - small-sized barrier PET project by The Coca-Cola Company, USA, won the Non-Alcoholic Beverages category.

Think Small, Dream Big - small-sized barrier PET project by The Coca-Cola Company, USA, won the Non-Alcoholic Beverages category.

Entries eligible for WorldStar Awards have already received a national or regional packaging award from a packaging competition that WPO has recognized during the last two years.

‘It is always with pride and excitement that WPO announces the best of the best packaging innovation around the globe. The WorldStar Awards showcases how dynamic and technological the packaging is globally,’ said Luciana Pellegrino, WPO president.

‘The increasing number of entries every year and the global reach of WorldStar prove that our industry keeps investing in efficiency and new solutions to better serve the society,’ added Pellegrino. ‘This global award raises the voice for packaging and brings light to innovation, aligned to the main supply and consumption chains trends and modern life needs and challenges: save food, sustainability, branding and UX (user experience), food safety, smart packaging, among other aspects.’

According to Pellegrino, the WorldStar brings with it the effort of WPO’s members in 63 different countries on promoting local and regional awards to foster innovation on a local level and to recognize professionals, packaging converters and brands that make it happen. 

‘WorldStar echoes the importance of packaging innovation on a global level, fostering science, technology and innovation, recognizing and encouraging packaging professionals to go beyond,’ commented Soha Atallah, vice president of events and WorldStar coordinator at WPO.

‘As always, our aim is to promote packaging innovation in various sectors, proving that a good package can be an essential solution to many modern problems, especially sustainability, food waste and extending the shelf life of food and agricultural products. That’s why we encourage all the companies worldwide to benefit from this global opportunity to promote their packaging by competing with the best of the best packaging innovation on a global scale,’ added Atallah.

This year’s top five winners by country are Japan (28), Germany (21), Australia and New Zealand (16), USA (12), and Brazil and Austria with 11 each.

The award ceremony will take place in Thailand on June 15 during ProPak Asia. On the same occasion, WPO will announce the winners for the special categories - President’s Award, Sustainability Award, Marketing Award and Packaging that Saves Food Award.

The complete list of winners is available on the WorldStar website.

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