Dow has announced the winners of the 2019 Packaging Innovation Awards, which recognize the packaging industry’s top achievements in innovative packaging design, materials, technologies, and processes. The highest honor, the Diamond Award, went to Dai Nippon Printing’s DNP Functional Film Complex PET plastic bottle, an environmentally conscious and brand-friendly bottle alternative that offers a distinct glass-like appearance due to a peelable outer layer that can act as an oxygen barrier when combined with PET.
Currently, many beverage bottles are made with glass because of its barrier properties and sense of luxury, despite its heavier weight and higher risk of breakage. Glass often shatters while its collected or when its sorted, and its residue can contaminate other products that could otherwise be recycled. The PET plastic bottle retains all the qualities consumers love about glass bottles— the feel and sense of luxury—while creating a recyclable, lightweight, and virtually unbreakable product.
The 2019 Packaging Innovation Awards hosted by Dow, previously known as the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, is now in its 31st year. Each year, the judging panel consists of professionals from around the world in a wide range of fields, including design, engineering, retail, converting, and academia.
The judges evaluated nearly 250 entries from companies in more than 30 countries. In addition to the Diamond Award, the judges also selected eight Diamond Finalists, 10 Gold Award Winners, 12 Silver Award Winners, and two Honorable Mention categories. Here are some of the winners in the food industry:
Diamond Finalists:
Gold Award Winners
Silver Award Winners
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