Winners for the 2024 round of the annual Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Awards (PIDAs) have been announced at a recent gala awards evening in Sydney.
Coordinated by the AIP, the PIDAs are designed to recognise companies and individuals who are making a significant difference in their field across Australia and New Zealand.
The winners are as follows:
2024 Food Packaging Design
Gold winner – koor (Jean-Francois Roiron)
Silver winner – Amorette Premium Mandarins Paper Bag (Costa Group + The Packaging Hippie)
Bronze winner – Masterfoods Squeezy PET Sauce bottles (Wellman Packaging + Mars Food)
Bronze winner – Deli Cuts (Don Smallgoods)
High commendation – Bars To Paper Wrap (Mars Wrigley Australia)
High commendation – Woolworths Pad-free rPET Trays with ‘Leave Attached’ Film for kerbside recycling (Pact Group + Woolworths + Hilton Foods)
2024 Beverage Packaging Design
Gold winner – Integrally Moulded Handle Bottle (Integrated Plastics)
Silver winner – Fleurieu Milk Company – Refillable Glass Bottle (Cutler Brands)
Bronze winner – Thermocup (Wellman Packaging)
2024 Health, Beauty & Wellness Packaging Design
Gold winner – Only Good Hand & Body Wash (Apex Brands) from New Zealand
Silver winner – Ezypour + Refill (Thankyou + Caps & Closures)
Bronze winner – 100 per cent Paper Sachet for BrocShot (Close the Loop)
2024 Domestic & Household Packaging Design
Gold winner – koor (Jean-Francois Roiron)
Silver winner – Whistler – Avian Intelligence Birdfood Range for Fibrecycle (Zipform Packaging)
Bronze winner – Green Action Dishwashing Liquid 500ml (TrendPac)
High commendation – EzyLug + Coconut Oil (Melrose + Caps & Closures)
High commendation – Zero Triple Strike Garden Weedkiller Concentrate (Yates)
2024 Labelling & Decoration Design
Gold winner –Whistler – Avian Intelligence Birdfood Range for Fibrecycle (Zipform Packaging)
Silver winner –Sealed Air Personalised Smart Pouch (Sealed Air New Zealand)
Bronze winner – Art Series and Indigenous Art Series BioCups (BioPak)
2024 Outside of the Box Design
Gold winner – bouncee – Reusable Insulating Crates (ICEE Technology Group)
Silver winner – PPI Coffee Tray (Production Packaging Innovations – Azadeh Yousefi + Karl Joyce)
2024 Marketing Design
Gold winner – Premium Grapes Paper Bunch Bag (Costa Group + The Packaging Hippie)
Silver winner – EzyPour + Refill (Thankyou + Caps & Closures)
2024 Accessible & Inclusive Design
Gold winner – Deli Cuts (Don Smallgoods)
Silver winner – EzyLug + Coconut Oil (Melrose + Caps & Closures)
2024 Save Food Packaging Design
Gold winner – Cryovac Flexprep Portion Dispensing Pouches for McDonald`s Australia (Sealed Air)
Silver winner – Naked Rivals
Bronze winner – Dutch Cream Potatoes Red Gem (Red Gem Packers & Growers + The Packaging Hippie)
High commendation – Deli Cuts (Don Smallgoods)
2024 Sustainable Packaging Design
Due to the high number of entries across varying Sustainable Packaging Design principles the judges separated the winners into subset activities. This year there are seven gold Sustainable Packaging Design winners:
PLASTIC TO FIBRE TRANSITION
Gold winner – Bunzl Workwear Packaging (Bunzl Safety and Lifting)
PLASTIC REDUCTION
Gold winner – Maggi Mug Noodles 4 Pack – Chicken and Beef Flavour (Nestlé Australia)
E-COMMERCE
Gold winner – Korrvu Retention for Australia Post (Sealed Air + Australia Post)
COMPOSTABLE
Gold winner – Home Compostable Container Range (BioPak)
EPS REPLACEMENT
Gold winner – EPS Replacement Prawn Carton (Tassal Group + Visy Industries)
RECYCLABILITY INITIATIVE
Gold winner – Masterfoods Squeezy Pet Sauce Bottles (Mars Food + Wellman Packaging)
Bronze winner – Thermocup (Wellman Packaging)
Bronze winner – Woolworths Pad-free rPET Trays with ‘Leave Attached” Film for kerbside recycling (Pact Group + Woolworths + Hilton Foods)
High commendation – Birds Eye Steamfresh 750g (Simplot Australia)
RECYCLED CONTENT & LIGHTWEIGHTING
Gold winner – Green Action Dishwashing Liquid 500ml (TrendPac)
Silver winner – Starward Nova (Starward)
Bronze winner – Don Smallgoods 100 per cent rPET Tray (VERIX + Martogg Group)
Industry Packaging Professional of the Year Award
Winner – Bryan McKay, head of packaging, Woolworths Group
2024 Young Packaging Professional of the Year Award
Winner – Dr Ruby Chan, project researcher, RMIT
2024 Packing Technologist of the Year Award
Winner – Nicholas Campbell, general manager of operations and technical, Wellman Packaging
2024 ABA Scholarship Certificate in Packaging scholarship
Winner – Manpreet Kaur Grewal, product technologist, MSAC Solutions
2024 ABA Scholarship Diploma in Packaging Technology Scholarship
Winner – Angela Hanson, Packaging Technologist, Tip Top
2024 AIP President Award for a Diploma in Packaging Technology Scholarship
Winner – Camilo Serrano, packaging engineer, Don KRC
The PIDAs are also the exclusive feeder program for Australia and New Zealand for the prestigious WorldStar Packaging Awards run by the World Packaging Organisation. All 2024 PIDA winners will be automatically eligible for entry into the 2025 WorldStar Packaging Awards competition.
The 2025 WorldStar Packaging Awards will be held alongside of Ipack Ima tradeshow in Milan, Italy in May.
