The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) has confirmed that the 228 winners of the WorldStar 2023 awrds will be presented during a Gala Ceremony on 6 May during Interpack in Dusseldorf, held from 4-10 March. PKN will be in attendance, along with AIP delegates and Australian companies picking up their awards.
In a record edition, the Awards programme registered 488 entries from 41 countries for the 2023 edition, beating out the previous edition, where there were 440 competitors from 37 countries.
“These numbers confirm that WorldStar is the most prestigious and important packaging award in the globe,” said Soha Atallah, WorldStar coordinator and vice-president of events for the WPO.
“And there is no better place to award all these incredible packaging than interpack, the major packaging show in the world.”
Packages eligible for WorldStar awards are those that have already received a national or regional packaging award from a packaging competition that is recognised by WPO during the last two year.
“As always, our aim it to promote packaging innovation in various sectors, proving that a good package can be an essential solution to many of the modern problems, especially sustainability, food waste, and extending shelf life of food and adgricultural products,” Atallah continued.
“That’s why we encourage all the companies from around the world to benefit from this global opportunity to promote their packaging by competing with the best of the best packaging innovation on a global scale.”
In the 2023 edition, Australian and New Zealand companies received the second highest amount of wins in the world (19), just behind Japan (26).
ANZ PIDA Award winners have been internationally recognised with 19 awards across nine categories, with Caps & Closures leading the way, recognised with four awards for three separate products.
BioPak followed closely behind, awarded twice for two separate products, while Result Group and JBS have also both been awarded their first ever WorldStar awards.
“This is the second year in a row that the region has dominated the global awards program, which is a true reflection of the innovative packaging designs being developed in the southern hemisphere,” said Nerida Kelton, executive director for the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP).
The 2023 edition of WorldStar has introduced two new main categories – Gift Packaging and Digital Packaging, and one new Special Category award for Accessible Packaging.
“With these and all the other categories, WorldStar echoes the importance of packaging innovation on a global level, fostering science, technology and innovation, recognising and encouraging packaging professionals to go beyond, and engaging brands, packaging companies and design offices for greater possibilities,” explained Luciana Pellegrino, senior vice-president of marketing for WPO.
“We continuously encourage every WPO member across the globe to promote the largest and most prestigious global packaging award,” added Pierre Pienaar, WPO president.
“Promoting WorldStar, each member promote the best packaging in its own country, globally, which means an incredible contribution to the sustainable and continuous development of the packaging industry.”
The complete list of winners can be found here. To register to participate in the Gala Ceremony, which are open to all packaging professionals, click here.
