FINALISTS ANNOUNCED | 2021 AUSTRALASIAN PACKAGING INNOVATION & DESIGN (PIDA) AWARDS

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR

2021 AUSTRALASIAN PACKAGING INNOVATION & DESIGN (PIDA) AWARDS The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) are pleased to advise the finalists for the 2021 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards.

Coordinated by the AIP, the annual PIDA Awards program has been 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 each of these six categories: 1. Food Packaging Design of the Year 2. Beverage Packaging Design of the Year 3. Health, Beauty & Wellness Packaging Design of the Year 4. Domestic & Household Packaging Design of the Year 5. Labelling & Decoration Design of the Year 6. Outside of the Box Design of the Year The PIDA Awards also sees finalists in a number of special awards including: 1. Marketing Design of the Year 2. Save Food Packaging Design of the Year 3. Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year 4. Young Packaging Professional of the Year 5. Industry Packaging Professional of the Year

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2021 AUSTRALASIAN PACKAGING INNOVATION & DESIGN (PIDA) AWARDS 2021 FOOD PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Food category recognises organisations that have designed innovative packaging and/or materials, within food packaging and processing including fresh, frozen or other.

Finalists are Blue Harvest Oyster Tray (BioPak), Bread Bag Closure ( Tip Top PACKAGING Bakeries), Brookfarm (O F Packaging), Chobani (PakPot), Culley’s Kitchen FOOD DESIGN OF THE YEAR NZ (Pact Group), Edgell Supa Crunch (Simplot Australia), George Weston FINALIST Foods (O F Packaging), Masterfoods Herbs & Spices (MARS Food Australia & Cormack Packaging), Nature’s Way SlimRight (Zipform Packaging), Oasis Spice Shaker (Oasis & qDesign Enterprises), Petzyo (O F Packaging), Southern Fresh Foods (N.A.V.I Co Global), SqueezePak ( Wellman Packaging) and The Collective (Pact Group).

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2021 AUSTRALASIAN PACKAGING INNOVATION & DESIGN (PIDA) AWARDS 2021 BEVERAGE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Beverage category 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.

Finalists are De Bortoli Petit Moscato (Cutler Brands), Flexi-Hex Sleeve & Pinch mailer system (MaCher Australia), PodPress Capsule System (REFLO), Schulz Organic Dairy (Rhima Australia), SIPP Instant (SIPP Instant), Cosmo Carrie (Sophisticated Cocktail Co), Yellowglen 50th (Cutler Brands).

BEVERAGE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR FINALIST

2021 HEALTH, BEAUTY & WELLNESS PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Health, Beauty & Wellness category 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.

HEALTH, BEAUTY & WELLNESS PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR FINALIST

Finalists are Chemist Depot (Production Packaging Innovations), Dove (Pact Group), Lovekins (Impact International), rPump (Zipform Packaging), Solveasy (EGO Pharmaceuticals), TRESemme (Pact Group), Vaccine Protector (Planet Protector Packaging).

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2021 AUSTRALASIAN PACKAGING INNOVATION & DESIGN (PIDA) AWARDS 2021 DOMESTIC & HOUSEHOLD PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Domestic & Household category recognises organisations that have designed innovative packaging and/or materials, packaging within domestic and household items, toys, stationery, gifts, clothing, garden equipment, decorating.

Finalists are Colgate Palmolive (Wellman Packaging), Cove (Natures Organics), Grab and Go shaker (Caps & Closures), IKEA (Packsize Australia), Surf (Pact Group), Telstra (Birdstone Collective & Telstra), Tui Made (O F Packaging), Worm Tech Bag (O F Packaging), Zero Co (O F Packaging).

DOMESTIC & HOUSEHOLD PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR FINALIST

2021 LABELLING & DECORATION DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Labelling & Decoration category 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.

Finalists are Brookfarm (O F Packaging), De Bortoli Petit Moscato (Cutler Brands), Hemp Shack Counter Display (Pakko), Pana Organic (Zipform Packaging), UV22 QR Print (Danone SN).

LABELLING & DECORATION DESIGN OF THE YEAR FINALIST

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2021 AUSTRALASIAN PACKAGING INNOVATION & DESIGN (PIDA) AWARDS 2021 OUTSIDE OF THE BOX DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Outside of the Box category has been established for miscellaneous packs and materials that are not included in any other category.

Finalists are Curby soft plastics trial program (Nestle Australia, CurbCycle, IQRenew, Central Coast Council), Daisy Dam Covers (Sealed Air), rPump (Zipform Packaging), VentX Unico (Omni Group).

OUTSIDE OF THE BOX DESIGN OF THE YEAR FINALIST

2021 MARKETING DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Marketing category considers not only primary packaging but also secondar y and ter tiar y packaging designs. This can incorporate the functionality of the pack, the aesthetic design and the outstanding visual appearance that makes the pack stand out on shelf, the premium and gifting style design, and/or unique and interactive communication tools on the pack.

Finalists are Cutri Fruit (N.A.V.I Co Global), KitKat ‘Give the Planet A Break’ wrappers & soft plastics promotional campaign (Nestle Australia), Oasis Spice Shaker (Oasis & qDesign Enterprises), Pana Organic (Zipform Packaging).

MARKETING DESIGN OF THE YEAR FINALIST

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2021 AUSTRALASIAN PACKAGING INNOVATION & DESIGN (PIDA) AWARDS 2021 SAVE FOOD PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Save Food Packaging category 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 Award category.

SAVE FOOD PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR FINALIST

Finalists are Edgell Supa Crunch (Simplot Australia), George Weston Foods (O F Packaging), Junee Lamb (Sealed Air for CRYOVAC brand Total Bone Guard), Simson’s Pantry Wraps (True Foods & Result Group), Southern Fresh Foods (N.A.V.I Co Global).

2021 SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR The Sustainable Packaging category 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.

SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING

Finalists are Coles Hot Smoked Salmon range (Coles Supermarkets), Colgate DESIGN OF THE YEAR FINALIST Palmolive ( Wellman Packaging), Cove (Natures Organics), Dairy Industry Sustainable Labelling Program (Labelmakers), Dove (Pact Group), Flexi-Hex Sleeve & Pinch mailer system (MaCher Australia), Kapiri Bros Tomato Punnet (BioPak), Linerless Closures for oil based dressings (Wellman Packaging) Lightweight Fliptop (Wellman Packaging), Lovekins (Impact International), Melbourne Coffee (Cyclpac), Nescafe Blend 43 Lid & Cap (Nestle Australia), NZ Post Jiffy Recycled Shurtuff (Sealed Air), Oasis Spice Shaker (Oasis & qDesign Enterprises), Blue Harvest Oyster Trays (BioPak), PodPress Capsule System (REFLO), Polyrok (Replas), Schulz Organic Dairy (Rhima Australia), SqueezePak sauce bottle (Wellman Packaging), Telstra (Birdstone Collective & Telstra), The Collective (Pact Group), Vaccine Protector (Planet Protector Packaging), VentX Unico (Omni Group), Woolworths Meat Tray (Woolworths Group), Zero Co (O F Packaging) and 1/6 Pallet Retail Ready Platform (CHEP Australia).

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2021 AUSTRALASIAN PACKAGING INNOVATION & DESIGN (PIDA) AWARDS 2021 SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING DESIGN OF THE YEAR

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2021 AUSTRALASIAN PACKAGING INNOVATION & DESIGN (PIDA) AWARDS 2021 INDUSTRY PACKAGING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR The Industry Packaging Professional of the Year category is designed to recognise and acknowledge the outstanding achievements and significant contributions by an individual currently working within the Packaging in Australia or New Zealand.

Finalists are Alan Adams MAIP, Sustainability Director- APAC, Sealed Air, Brendon Holmes, Managing Director, Caps and Closures and Graeme Lang, Group Technical Manager, Labelmakers.

INDUSTRY PACKAGING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR FINALIST

2021 YOUNG PACKAGING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR The purpose of the Young Packaging Professional of the Year category 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 Australia or New Zealand.

Finalists are Azadeh Yousefi AAIP, Industrial Packaging Designer, Production Packaging Innovations, Caitlyn Richards Group Responsible Sourcing Manager, Coles, Jessica Ansell AAIP, Marketing Manager, O F Packaging, Nina Nguyen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pakko.

YOUNG PACKAGING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR FINALIST

The 2021 Australasian Packaging & Innovation & Design (PIDA) Award winners will be formally announced virtually on the 25th and 26th of May. The PIDA awards are the exclusive feeder program for Australia and New Zealand for the prestigious WorldStar Packaging Awards with winners automatically eligible for entry into the 2022 WorldStar Packaging Awards competition.