WPO selects winners of WorldStar Awards 2016
Representatives from 19 packaging associations, members of WPO (World Packaging Organisation), judged 293 packaging projects, from 35 countries that entered the WorldStar Awards 2016. The judging sessions took place during WPO's Board Meeting program, held in Mumbai, India.
The week long program included working group meetings, the board meeting, the World Packaging Congress, - Packaging Strategies for Global Competiveness,and the judging sessions, all organised by WPO's member in India, the Indian Institute of Packaging.
The number of winners, by category, was: Beverages 40 (out of 60 entries); Food 48 (75 entries); Health & Beauty 19 (38 entries); Household 9 (16 entries); Luxury 8 (out of 13), Pharmaceutical & Medical 12 (14 entries); Electronics 7 (9 entries); and Other 20 (23 entries), Point of Sale 12 (out of 16) and Transit 19 (out of 29). A very close contest this year with the United Kingdom taking 15 awards, closely followed by the USA and China taking 14 each and on their heels are Austria, Turkey and Japan taking 13 awards each, Spain - 11, Germany, Hungary & India - 10, Singapore - 9, Switzerland - 7, Australia, Brazil & South Korea - 6, South Africa - 5, France, Indonesia, Israel, Czech Republic & Thailand - 3, Russia, Italy, Denmark, Sweden & Slovakia - 2, Canada, Croatia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sri Lanka & Ukraine - 1.
The candidates for the special categories - President's Award, Sustainability Award and Marketing Award - will be announced in January. All winners will be recognised in an awards ceremony and gala dinner on May 26 to coincide with an International Packaging Exhibition in Budapest, Hungary organised byThe Hungarian Packaging Association. (http://wwww.wpobudapest2016.org/en/news/).
The complete list of winners of WorldStar Awards 2015 is published at www.worldstar.org. The results will also be published on WPO's website - www.worldpackaging.org. All winners will be notified individually. To be eligible to enter WPO WorldStar Awards the packaging must be a winner in a national or multi-national competition that is recognised by WPO. A list of recognised competitions can be found at www.worldstar.org
About WPO
WPO - World Packaging Organisation is a non-profit, non-governmental, international federation of packaging institutes, associations, federations and other interested parties including corporations and trade associations. For more information, visit WPO webpage at www.worldpackaging.org. With headquarters in Chicago (USA) the entity promotes projects and actions aligned to its main slogan "Better Quality of Life Through Better Packaging for More People." With that mission in mind, WPO encourages the development of packaging technology, science and engineering; stimulation of international trade; and the advancement of packaging education and training. The President, Thomas Schneider, is based in US.
