DuPont rewards packaging market

DuPont rewards packaging market
DuPont has marked the silver anniversary of its global packaging awards program with more than a dozen prizes, and a celebration of those delivering continuous innovation.
 
UK-based design firm pi 3 was awarded the diamond prize and the special 25th anniversary Food Security award for AidPod, which delivers life-saving medicine to remote sub-Saharan villages.
 
Gold awards were presented to: BCM Inks and recycled material firm Close the Loop; Gillette, Placon, EcoStar and Control Group; Coop Cooperative and Awtec; and The Clorox Company, Alpla, Graham Packaging and Guala Dispensing.
 
Silver awards went to: Atlantis-Pak Company; Amcor Flexibles; Toyo Aluminum KK and Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd; Folmex and Proctor & Gamble; Clearly Clean Products and Weis Markets; Trexel, PACCOR International, Britton Decorative and Unilever; Pepperidge Farm, Campbell Company and Sonoco Flexible; Campbell’s Soup Company and C&K Propack; Heinz; and Beacon Converters, Inc., CardioFocus and Dahl Packaging Associates.
 
The 25th anniversary DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation commended those companies that have won multiple awards over the previous quarter of a century, presenting them with an Excellence in Continuing Innovation award.
 
Those commended included: Bemis/Curwood, with 15 wins; Proctor & Gamble, with 13 wins; Kraft, with 11 wins; Amcor and Cryovac/Sealed Air, with nine wins each; Heinz and Printpack, both with seven wins; Graham Packaging and Multivac, with six wins apiece; and Tetra Pak, ConAgra and Nestlé, each with five wins.
 
William J. Harvey, president of DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, said: ‘Twenty-five years ago we saw the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation program as an opportunity to connect with this vibrant industry and to champion collaboration as a critical component in innovation.
 
‘Twenty-five years later – as we look back at breakthrough winners and celebrate this year’s winners – it’s clear that collaboration remains central to bringing innovation to market.’
 
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