The winners of the 2017 Packaging & Processing Innovation and Design Awards (PIDA) were announced last night as part of a gala dinner held during Auspack.
The awards were developed by the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) and the Australian Packaging & Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) to recognise Australian and New Zealand companies and individuals making a difference in their field.
Each winner was announced in front of 300 people at the Novotel in Sydney Olympic Park on Wednesday 8 March.
Below is the complete list of winners, with links to full stories on each recipient.
Young Packaging & Processing Professional of the Year
Joint winners:
- Alexandra Brayshaw MAIP, Accessible Packaging Researcher, Arthritis Australia
- Nina Cleeve-Edwards MAIP, Manager- Oceania Innovation Acceleration Team, Nestlé Australia
Industry Packaging & Processing Professional of the Year
Joint winners:
- Lester Nichol, Managing Director, Matthews Australasia
- Paul Haberland FAIP, Packaging Manager, Nestlé Australia
The APPMA Scholarship (which offers one person the opportunity to enrol in the Diploma in Packaging Technology)
Michael Van Dord, Technical and Design Engineer, Caps and Closures
2017 Save Food Packaging & Processing Award High Commendation
Woolpack Australia for Woolcool
2017 Save Food Packaging & Processing Award Winner
Fresh Technologies Ltd & Sealed Air Food Care for Fressure and Cryovac Freshness Plus
2017 Design Innovation of the Year Award – Health, Beauty & Wellness
Materials & Packaging Winner:
Nestlé Health Science Australia and qDesign Enterprises for Nestlé Health Science Resource ThickenUp Hydration range with Innovative Sipper Lid
Machinery/Equipment Winner:
HMPS for the HMPS6000 End Load Cartoner
2017 Design Innovation of the Year Award - Beverage Category
Materials & Packaging Winner:
CHEP Australia for CHEP Retail Display Pallets (RDP) and Beverage Trays (BT)
Machinery/Equipment Winner:
Intralox for ARB Technology
2017 Design Innovation of the Year Award – Food Category
Materials & Packaging High Commendation:
Nestlé Health Science Australia and qDesign Enterprises for Nestlé Health Science Resource ThickenUp Hydration range with Innovative Sipper Lid.
Materials & Packaging Winner:
Australian Wholefoods for Levodo Grain Thin Crackers
Machinery/Equipment High Commendation:
Robotic Automation for the Multi-Product Robotic Packaging Solution
Machinery/Equipment Winner:
Heat and Control for E-FLO
2017 Sustainable Packaging & Processing Award
Materials & Packaging – Transport Winner:
Woolpack Australia for Woolcool
Materials & Packaging – Retail Primary Packaging Winner:
Plantic Technologies for the PLANTIC R Packaging Material
JOINT Materials & Packaging – Retail Primary Packaging Winner:
Pact Group for the rPET Moisturelock Meat Tray
Machinery/Equipment Winner:
Omni for the Omni Pallet Wrapping Solution
The 2017 PIDA Awards were sponsored by Platinum Partners: Midway Metals, NCI Packaging, SMC Pneumatics, Gold Partners: Agility, Fuji Xerox, Packaging Council of Zealand and Wellman Packaging, Exclusive Media Partner PKN Packaging News, Silver Partners: NHP and UPM Raflatac and Supporters: Auspouch, EcodEX, Empauer, Esko and qDesign Enterprises. PIDA is the exclusive entry point for Australia and New Zealand for the prestigious WordStar Awards.
