Sealed Air and Woolcool have been announced as finalists in the World Packaging Organisation's Save Food Award, a special category in the 2018 WorldStar Packaging Awards.
Both companies have already won WorldStar awards, announced late last year, with the Special Awards just announced.
Sealed Air has been recognised for its Fresh Technologies Ltd and Sealed Air Cryovac Freshness Plus design, which was developed for New Zealand brand Fressure.
Woolcool is now one of the most recognised award winners globally with three category wins and also this short-listing for the special award category.
Both Sealed Air and Woolcool Australia were winners in the 2017 PIDA Awards which are the ANZ packaging awards that exclusively feed into the WorldStar Packaging Awards each year.
As there are only four finalists globally for this special award category this is a significant achievement for the Australia and New Zealand packaging industries and for the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) who have led the Save Food Packaging Award program for industry.
Sealed Air and Woolcool will be competing with two other finalists in this special category: Spain's OneworldPpackaging for its 'compostable tray that reduces food waste', and Nigeria's Shongai Technologies for its 'vegetable oil wrapper with high barrier polylaminate film'.
The winner for the Save Food Packaging Award category will be announced at the 2018 WorldStar Packaging Awards gala dinner which will be held on the 2 May at Surfers Paradise, Queensland. It is anticipated that over 30 countries will be heading to Australia for the 2018 WorldStar Packaging Awards, which will be held alongside the PIDA Awards, making the event a truly international awards night not-to-be-missed. All of industry is invited to attend the gala awards evening which will be held alongside the biennial two-day AIP National Conference. The 2018 PIDA Awards are now open for submissions and can be accessed through http://aipack.com.au/education/pida/
The AIP would also like to invite all of the industry to attend the 2018 WorldStar Packaging Awards. Bookings can be made via http://aipack.com.au/event-registration/?ee=133
