The European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA), has announced the 12 winners of its 2013 Alufoil Trophy awards.
Given for excellence in practicality, style and creativity across all product sectors, the quality of this year’s entries was said to be so high that the judges were challenged to pick ‘the best of the best’, eventually picking out just 12 winners.
“In these tough economic times we always look to focus on developments which can add value or reduce cost, as well as meeting sustainable requirements,” says head of judges Professor Dr. Markus Prem, principal of the Department of Food Packaging Technology at the University of Applied Sciences Kempten.
“But it impressed us how some very imaginative and stylish ideas were presented which could open new doors for alufoil, or create better, eye-catching solutions for existing products.”
Ranged across five categories – Consumer Convenience; Marketing Product Preservation; Resource Efficiency; and Technical Innovation – the Alufoil Trophy competition is organised by the EAFA, attracting entries from many of the major European aluminium converters, as well as leading industrial designers.
The competition is open to products that are either made from alufoil or contain alufoil as part of a laminate or structure, including aluminium closures. The winners of the 2013 Alufoil Trophy were as follows:
Consumer Convenience
Vaassen Flexible Packaging: Sensocap / Capsteril
Guala Closures: Viiva
Marketing & Design
Carcano Antonio: Foil
Constantia Flexibles: Cafétique
Product Preservation
Constantia Flexibles: HiPer Wrap
Guala Closures: Viiva
Resource Efficiency
Amcor Flexibles: Formpack with Advanced Blister Design
Joint Award: Huhtamaki, Foil Pillow Lid; Constantia Flexibles, Die Cut Lid 2020
Technical Innovation
Amcor Flexibles: Alufix Dry Smart (pictured)
Constantia Flexibles: Philly Brick Foil
Discretionary Awards
Constantia Flexibles: Knorr ‘Feinschmecker-pouch’
Protective Packaging: Rescuetec
