05.16.16
DuPont has announced its 2016 Awards for Packaging Innovation, recognizing companies that have responded to worldwide demand for improvements in customer product experiences and sustainability, and incorporated simpler messaging and cost-efficient production technologies.Graham Packaging, based in Lancaster, PA, received the highest accolade, the Diamond Award, for its Thermaset Blow Molded PET Container for hot-fill, pasteurized food.
Amcor Rigid Plastics earned a Diamond Finalist award for its Method Liquid Laundry Detergent 53-ounce PET post-consumer recycled bottle. It was honored for excellence in Technological Advancement, Responsible Packaging and Enhanced User Experience. This package is made from 100% post-consumer recycled PET and manufactured using renewable energy. Method’s 53-ounce sleek, transparent and custom container delivers strong shelf appeal and has broken ground in a market predominantly limited to opaque high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers. The new post-consumer recycled PET packaging meets high standards for sustainable packaging, including a 35% lower carbon footprint and 78% lower life cycle energy consumption than a virgin PET alternative.
The Transparent DuPont Surlyn Tube, developed by Coty Brasil, is a significant advancement in packaging for the Latin America market that has earned a Silver Award in the 28th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. Exhibiting excellence in Enhanced User Experience, Coty Brasil used DuPont Surlyn to replace PET, providing a better tactile experience as well as outstanding clarity—all while capitalizing on unused capacity on existing filling equipment.
The DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation is the industry’s longest running, global, independently-judged celebration of innovation and collaboration throughout the value chain and is recognized globally as the leading packaging awards program. The international competition honors innovations in packaging design, materials, technology and processes. An independent panel of packaging experts evaluated nearly 200 entries from more than 25 countries. In addition to the awards noted above, the judges awarded five gold winners and nine silver winners based on “excellence” in one or two categories. Learn more about the awards by following DuPont Packaging on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Amcor Rigid Plastics earned a Diamond Finalist award for its Method Liquid Laundry Detergent 53-ounce PET post-consumer recycled bottle. It was honored for excellence in Technological Advancement, Responsible Packaging and Enhanced User Experience. This package is made from 100% post-consumer recycled PET and manufactured using renewable energy. Method’s 53-ounce sleek, transparent and custom container delivers strong shelf appeal and has broken ground in a market predominantly limited to opaque high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers. The new post-consumer recycled PET packaging meets high standards for sustainable packaging, including a 35% lower carbon footprint and 78% lower life cycle energy consumption than a virgin PET alternative.
The Transparent DuPont Surlyn Tube, developed by Coty Brasil, is a significant advancement in packaging for the Latin America market that has earned a Silver Award in the 28th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. Exhibiting excellence in Enhanced User Experience, Coty Brasil used DuPont Surlyn to replace PET, providing a better tactile experience as well as outstanding clarity—all while capitalizing on unused capacity on existing filling equipment.
The DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation is the industry’s longest running, global, independently-judged celebration of innovation and collaboration throughout the value chain and is recognized globally as the leading packaging awards program. The international competition honors innovations in packaging design, materials, technology and processes. An independent panel of packaging experts evaluated nearly 200 entries from more than 25 countries. In addition to the awards noted above, the judges awarded five gold winners and nine silver winners based on “excellence” in one or two categories. Learn more about the awards by following DuPont Packaging on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.