2024 FINALISTS
2024 AUSTRALASIAN PACKAGING INNOVATION & DESIGN ( PIDA ) AWARDS
COORDINATED
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2024 AUSTRALASIAN PACKAGING INNOVATION &
DESIGN
( PIDA ) AWARDS
Finalists for the 2024 round of the annual Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards have been announced with a significant number of outstanding innovations being recognised across 15 categories.
Coordinated by the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), the PIDA awards are designed to recognise companies and individuals who are making a significant difference in their field across Australia and New Zealand.
The Packaging Innovation & Design of the Year company awards recognise organisations that have designed innovative packaging within six categories:
1. Food Packaging Design
2. Beverage Packaging Design
3. Health, Beauty & Wellness Packaging
There are four special awards also available:
1. Marketing Design
2. Accessible & Inclusive Design
There are five individual people categories:
1. Industry Packaging Professional of the Year
2. Young Packaging Professional of the Year
3. Packaging Technologist of the Year
4. Domestic & Household Packaging
5. Labelling & Decoration
6. Outside of the Box
3. Save Food Packaging Design
4. Sustainable Packaging Design
4. ABA Scholarship – Diploma in Packaging Technology
5. ABA Scholarship – Certificate in Packaging
The PIDA Awards are also the exclusive feeder program for Australia and New Zealand for the prestigious WorldStar Packaging Awards run by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO). All 2024 PIDA winners will be automatically eligible for entry into the 2025 WorldStar Packaging Awards competition.
INNOVATION & DESIGN ( PIDA ) AWARDS
2024 FOOD PACKAGING DESIGN
The Food Packaging Design of the Year award recognises organisations that have designed innovative packaging and/or materials, within food packaging and processing including fresh, frozen or other. This is a WorldStar Packaging General award category.
The finalists are Amorette Premium Mandarins Paper Bag (Costa Group & The Packaging Hippie), Bars To Paper Wrap (Mars Wrigley Australia), Deli Cuts (Dons Smallgoods), Gippsland Dairy Twist Yoghurt 160g (Chobani), koor (koor - JeanFrancois Roiron), Masterfoods Squeezy PET Sauce bottles (Wellman Packaging & Mars Food), Prime100 pet food in Tetra Recart (Tetra Pak), and Woolworths Pad-free rPET Trays with ‘Leave Attached’ Film for kerbside recycling (Pact Group/Woolworths/Hilton Foods).
The Beverage Packaging Design of the Year award recognises organisations that have designed innovative packaging and/or materials, within packaging and processing for liquid or dry tea, coffee, water and soft drinks including wine, beer and spirits. This is a WorldStar Packaging General award category.
The finalists are Aqueous Ripple Paper Coffee Cup - Truly Eco (Pinnacle Packaging), Elephant in the Room 1.5L Bagnum Range (Fourth Wave Wine & Auspouch), Fleurieu Milk Company - Refillable Glass Bottle (Cutler Brands), IMH (Integrally Moulded Handle) Bottle (Integrated Plastics), Plastic-Free Plant Fibre Sipper Lid & Reclosable Lid (BioPak), Starward Nova (Starward) and Thermocup ™ (Wellman Packaging).
2024 BEVERAGE PACKAGING DESIGN
INNOVATION & DESIGN ( PIDA ) AWARDS
2024 HEALTH, BEAUTY & WELLNESS PACKAGING DESIGN
The Health, Beauty & Wellness Packaging Design of the Year award recognises organisations that have designed innovative packaging and/or materials, within cosmetics, toiletries, personal hygiene, supplements, vitamins, perfumes, hair body and oral care. This award also covers packaging of all medicines including over the counter medicines, medical equipment packaging. This is a WorldStar Packaging General award category.
The finalists are 100% Paper Sachet for BrocShot (Close the Loop), Ezylug + Coconut Oil (Melrose + Caps & Closures), Ezypour + Refill (Thankyou + Caps & Closures) and Only Good Hand & Body Wash (Apex Brands).
2024 DOMESTIC & HOUSEHOLD PACKAGING DESIGN
The Domestic & Household Packaging Design of the Year award recognises organisations that have designed innovative packaging and/or materials, packaging within domestic and household items, toys, stationary, gifts, clothing, garden equipment, decorating. This is a WorldStar Packaging General award category.
HEALTH, BEAUTY & WELLNESS PACKAGING FINALIST
DOMESTIC & HOUSEHOLD PACKAGIN G FINALIST
The finalists are EzyLug + Coconut Oil (Melrose + Caps & Closures), Ezypour + Refill (Thankyou + Caps & Closures), Frankie & Friends (Platypus Print Packaging), Green Action® Dishwashing Liquid 500ml (TrendPac), koor (koor - Jean-Francois Roiron), rPet Bottles Balnea Body Wash & Shine Dishwashing Liquid (Woolworths FCR), Whistler - Avian Intelligence Birdfood Range for Fibrecycle (Zipform Packaging) and Zero Triple Strike Garden Weedkiller Concentrate (Yates).
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2024 AUSTRALASIAN PACKAGING
INNOVATION & DESIGN ( PIDA ) AWARDS
2024 LABELLING & DECORATION DESIGN
The Labelling & Decoration Design of the Year award is designed to recognise the addition of content to a pack which creates a unique or innovative appearance, function or communication. This may include labels, sleeves, tags, coding/markings, etching, directly applied inks or by any other similar process. This is a WorldStar Packaging General award category.
The finalists are A’kin (Katie McManus + McPherson’s), Art Series and Indigenous Art Series BioCups (BioPak), Sealed Air Personalised Smart Pouch (Sealed Air New Zealand) and Whistler - Avian Intelligence Birdfood Range for Fibrecycle (Zipform Packaging).
2024 OUTSIDE OF THE BOX DESIGN
LABELLING & DECORATION FINALIST
The Outside of the Box Design of the Year Award has been established for miscellaneous packs and materials that are not included in any other category. This is a WorldStar Packaging General award category.
The finalists are Bouncee - Reusable Insulating Crates (ICEE Technology Group) and PPI Coffee Tray (Production Packaging Innovations - Azadeh Yousefi- Karl Joyce).
2024 MARKETING DESIGN
Packaging can elicit emotional responses in consumers and should be seen as your best form of marketing. The right packaging design and eye-catching aesthetics can create emotional stimuli that ensures a brand is purchased. The Marketing Design of the Year award considers not only primary packaging but also secondary and tertiary packaging designs. This is a WorldStar Packaging Special Award category.
The finalists are EzyPour + Refill (Thankyou + Caps & Closures) and Premium Grapes Paper Bunch Bag (Costa Group & The Packaging Hippie).
OUTSIDE OF THE BOX FINALIST
MARKETING DESIGN FINALIST
INNOVATION & DESIGN ( PIDA ) AWARDS
2024 ACCESSIBLE & INCLUSIVE DESIGN
The Accessible & Inclusive Packaging Design Special Award is designed to recognise packaging that is accessible, intuitive, easy-to-open and innovative. Accessible & Inclusive Packaging Design needs to include measuring techniques, understanding injuries caused by packaging and consumer satisfaction levels with packaging accessibility. This is a WorldStar Packaging Special Award Category.
The finalists are Deli Cuts (Don Smallgoods) and EzyLug + Coconut Oil (Melrose + Caps & Closures).
2024 SAVE FOOD PACKAGING DESIGN
The Save Food Packaging Design Special Award is designed to recognise companies that are working to minimise or prevent food waste from paddock to plate using innovative and intuitive design features that can contain & protect, preserve and extend shelf life; all the while meeting global sustainable packaging targets. This is a WorldStar Packaging Special Award category.
ACCESSIBLE & INCLUSIVE PACKAGING FINALIST SAVE FOOD PACKAGING FINALIST
The finalists are Cryovac Flexprep Portion Dispensing Pouches for McDonald`s Australia (Sealed Air), Deli Cuts (Dons Smallgoods), Dutch Cream Potatoes Red Gem (Red Gem Packers & Growers + The Packaging Hippie), Ezylug + Coconut Oil (Melrose + Caps & Closures) and Naked Rivals.
INNOVATION & DESIGN ( PIDA ) AWARDS
2024 SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING DESIGN
The Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year award is designed to recognise companies that have developed innovative packaging or processing solutions that incorporates sustainability considerations. Elements include Social, Material, Source Reduction, Energy and Recovery. This is a WorldStar Packaging Special Award category.
SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING FINALIST
The finalists are Australian-Made Post-Consumer Recycled Content Postage Satchel (Close the Loop), Birds Eye Steamfresh 750g (Simplot Australia), Bunzl Workwear Packaging (Bunzl Safety and Lifting), Don Smallgoods 100% rPET Tray (VERIX & Martogg Group), EPS Replacement Prawn Carton (Tassal Group + Visy Industries), Green Action® Dishwashing Liquid 500ml (TrendPac), Home Compostable Container Range (BioPak), Korrvu Retention for Australia Post (Sealed Air + Australia Post), Liquipure Ultra for The Muse Wine Company (Sealed Air), Maggi Mug Noodles 4 Pack - Chicken And Beef Flavour (Nestlé Australia), Masterfoods Squeezy Pet Sauce Bottles (Mars Food + Wellman Packaging), PREP - Designing For The Circular Economy (PREP Design), Purex (Essity New Zealand + TC Transcontinental New Zealand), QV Face Range (Ego Pharmaceuticals), Starward Nova (Starward), Strike Pro Cleaner refill pods (Woolworths), Thermocup™ (Wellman Packaging), Woolworths Pad-free rPET Trays with ‘Leave Attached” Film for kerbside recycling (Pact Group/Woolworths/Hilton Foods), Woolworths Spring Water Bottles 600ml X 24 Pack (Nu-Pure Beverages + Woolworths Food Company) and Woolworths uncoloured milk lids.
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2024 INDUSTRY PACKAGING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
2024 Industry Packaging Professional of the Year award is designed to recognise and acknowledge the outstanding achievements and contribution by an individual currently working within the Packaging industry in Australia and New Zealand. The judges look for individuals who have demonstrated vision and leadership, shows innovation and not afraid to take risks. This award is for significant and continued contribution of an Individual to the industry over a minimum period of 20 years.
INDUSTRY PACKAGING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR FINALIST
The finalists are Barton Porter FAIP, Business Manager – Packaging, HBM Plastics & Packaging Technologies, Bryan McKay FAIP, Head of Packaging, Woolworths Group, Gary Smith, Chief Executive Officer, BioPak, George Sofocleous, Managing Director, Pinnacle Packaging and Mark Kerr FAIP, Packaging Manager, Don KRC.
2024 YOUNG PACKAGING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
The purpose of the Young Packaging Professional of the Year Award is to provide incentive and recognition to young professionals who are both currently working in and wish to continue their career path within the Packaging industry in both Australia and New Zealand. This can be within any industries such as Food, Beverage, Health, Beauty & Wellness, Domestic & Household.
PACKAGING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR FINALIST
The finalists are Curtis Wakeley, Structural Designer, Blue Star New Zealand, Hamish Hingston, Chief Executive Officer, ICEE Technology Group, Pippa Corry MAIP, Founder & Director, Philo & Co and Dr Ruby Chan AAIP, Project Researcher, RMIT.
Barton Porter FAIP
Bryan McKay FAIP
Gary Smith
George Sofocleous
Mark Kerr FAIP
YOUNG
Curtis Wakeley
Hamish Hingston
Pippa Corry MAIP
Ruby Bo Yiu Chan AAIP
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2024 PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIST OF THE YEAR
The Packaging Technologist of the Year Award is designed to recognise and acknowledge the outstanding achievements and contribution by an individual currently working within the Packaging industry across Australia, New Zealand & Asia.
The finalists are Christopher Cester MAIP, Packaging Specialist, Flavour Makers, Conny Gibson MAIP, Packaging Specialist, Woolworths, Nicholas Campbell MAIP, General Manager Operations & Technical, Wellman Packaging and Rebecca Kersey AAIP, Senior Packaging Technologist, APCO.
2024 ABA SCHOLARSHIPS
The Australasian Bioplastics Association (ABA), in partnership with the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), is pleased to offer an annual Scholarship program for Australia and New Zealand. The Scholarship program will enable one eligible candidate the opportunity to undertake a Diploma in Packaging Technology and a second person the opportunity to undertake a Certificate in Packaging.
PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIST OF THE YEAR FINALIST
ABA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRA M FINALIST
The finalists are Donve Viljoen, Packaging Coordinator, Carman’s Kitchen, Manpreet Kaur Grewal, Product Technologist, MSAC Solutions, Renata Daudt AAIP, Director, AWEN Packaging Consulting, Angela Hanson AAIP, Packaging Technologist, Tip Top, Cristiam Camilo Serrano Gonzalez MAIP, Packaging Engineer, Don KRC, Ola Wicik, Packaging Engineer, Opal Fibre ANZ and Rhys Blakemore, Sustainable Materials Lead, Officeworks.
Christopher Cester MAIP Conny Gibson MAIP
Nicholas Campbell MAIP
Rebecca Kersey AAIP
Cristiam Gonzalez MAIP
Ola Wicik
Rhys Blakemore
Donve Viljoen Manpreet Kaur Grewal Renata Daudt AAIP
Angela Hanson AAIP