International jury hunt for packaging innovation

The judging panel for DuPont’s 24th Awards for Packaging Innovation includes representatives from across the world who will be on the hunt for excellence in innovation, excellence in sustainability and excellence in waste/cost reduction within the packaging industry.
 
Brian Wagner, vice president, PTIS, a HAVI Global Solutions Direct company, leads the judges and is joined by: Jane Bickerstaffe, director, Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN), UK; Aparecido Borghi, packaging development manager, Pão de Açúcar Group (GPA), Brazil; Peter Clarke, CEO/founder, Product Ventures, USA; Mike Heldman, marketing manager, Products and Innovation, International Coated Paper, Paperboard Business, USA; Louis Lindenberg, packaging capability director, Global Design & Sustainability, Unilever, UK; Ann O'Hara, vice president and general manager, Amcor Flexibles, Australia; Michael Okoroafor, vice president, Global Packaging & Execution, H. J. Heinz Company, USA; Thomas Schäbinger, CEO, Mondi Coatings & Consumer Packaging, Austria; and Tan Hanes Zen Sunjaya, general manager Product Development and Quality Control (PDQC), Indonesia.
 
DuPont said its Packaging Awards is the industry’s longest running, independently judged global packaging awards program honoring packaging materials, processes, technology and service innovations. The Awards are open to brand owners, packaging designers, converters and manufacturers around the world.
 
All entries must be submitted no later than February 24, 2012, and entrants do not need to use DuPont materials in their products, processes or programs. There is no entry fee.
 
Winners will be announced in May during the DuPont Packaging Exchange, a free, global online event that offers participants the opportunity to interact with key leaders of the packaging industry.
 
Shanna Moore, global director, sustainability, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, said: ‘DuPont is really looking forward to the judging of entries in this year’s awards competition. Having so many industry experts with such a diverse background joining this year’s independent jury will bring considerable insight into determining which are the most outstanding entries.’

For more information and to enter the awards, click here.