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The Hive Awards are now live and taking entries. Our sister title, Food & Drink Business, has launched its inaugural industry excellence awards and is inviting brand owners and packaging converters to enter innovations.

The ANZ region has built a reputation for innovation on the global stage, with many packaging suppliers and manufacturers being recognised with WorldStar awards in recent years. 

Food & Drink Business has launched the inaugural, The Hive Awards, recognising excellence in food and beverage manufacturing.
Food & Drink Business has launched the inaugural, The Hive Awards, recognising excellence in food and beverage manufacturing.

Packaging plays a vital role for food and drinks, from contamination protection, extending shelf life, driving sustainability goals and a circular economy to creating an identity for a particular product or brand.

The Hive Best Packaging Award category will recognise the best innovation and/or application of packaging for food and/or beverage products.

“In developing the awards, we wanted the name to reflect the complexity, inter-connectedness, ambition, and tirelessness of Australia’s food and drink manufacturing sector. We couldn’t go past the concept of bees and their hive, a flawless system that runs 24/7, driven by a dedicated and determined workforce to consistently deliver a product to the highest standard. And so, the Hive Awards were born,” said Kim Berry, editor of Food & Drink Business.

If your company wants to showcase its capabilities and success in a packaging advancement or project, and raise your profile in Australia’s largest manufacturing sector, then:   

Click here to enter

Entries close on 23 February.  For all you need to know, click here.

 

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