Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) award winners from Australia and New Zealand received the fourth highest number of wins in the world behind Japan, Germany/Austria and India in the latest round of the WorldStar Packaging Awards.
The 2025 round of WorldStar Packaging Awards attracted 560 entries from 40 countries, with 40 judges determining 230 winners.
“This is the fifth year in a row that the ANZ region has maintained a top five spot against some very tough competition from extremely large countries,” said Nerida Kelton, executive director of the AIP.
“What makes this global recognition even sweeter is that 50 per cent of the packaging that was recognised was from first-time entrants into the WorldStar Packaging Award program.
“These include Naked Rivals, which is a start-up; Apex Brands NZ; Trendpac; ICEE Technology Group; Costa Group & The Packaging Hippie; Integrated Plastics; and George Weston Foods.
“We are extremely pleased that ANZ PIDA winners have been internationally recognised with 18x awards across 8x categories including: Packaging Materials & Components, Food, Household, Health & Personal Care, E-Commerce, Labelling & Decoration, Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Transit.”
Three of the companies were recognised across multiple categories: ICEE Technology Group, Integrated Plastics, and Caps & Closures. In addition, two companies were recognised each for two separate products: Wellman Packaging and BioPak.
“As only winners from the PIDA awards are eligible to enter the prestigious WorldStar Packaging Awards, the global recognition is a testament to the strict criteria and judging process of our annual PIDA awards program and the supporting work undertaken by the AIP to ensure that our winners enter WorldStar each year,” Kelton added.
“We look forward to celebrating the winners on 30 May at the WorldStar Packaging Award ceremony, which will be held during IPACK-IMA in Milan, Italy.”
The 2024 WorldStar Packaging Award winners for the Australia and New Zealand region are:
Packaging Materials & Components
- Woolworths Pad-free rPET Meat Trays with 'Leave Attached' Film for kerbside recycling (Pact Group, Woolworths, Hilton Foods & Cleanaway)
- IMH PET Integrally Moulded Handle (Integrated Plastics)
- Home Compostable Container range (BioPak)
Food
- Naked Rivals
- Costa Group Premium Grapes paper bag (Costa Group & The Packaging Hippie)
- Don Deli Cuts (George Weston Foods)
- Cryovac Flexprep Portion Dispensing Pouches for McDonald’s Australia (Sealed Air)
- Masterfoods Squeezy rPET sauce bottles (Mars Foods & Wellman Packaging)
Household
- Green Action Dishwashing Liquid (Trendpac)
- Thankyou EzyPour + Refill (Caps & Closures)
Health & Personal Care
- Only Good Hand & Body Wash (Apex Brands NZ)
- Thankyou EzyPour + Refill (Caps & Closures)
- 100% Paper Packaging Film for Broc Shot (Close the Loop Group)
E-Commerce
- bouncee Reusable Insulating crates (ICEE Technology Group)
Labelling & Decoration
- The Art series and Indigenous art series BioCups (BioPak)
Non-Alcoholic Beverages
- Thermocup (Wellman Packaging)
- IMH PET Integrally Moulded Handle (Integrated Plastics)
Transit
- bouncee Reusable Insulating crates (ICEE Technology Group)
