The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) has announced the finalists for the 2020 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Awards (PIDA), designed to recognise companies and individuals in A/NZ that are making a difference in their field.

Finalists for the Packaging Innovation & Design of the Year Award – Food Category include:

Arnott’sCracker Chips unique split case innovation
BioBag World Australia for compostable cucumber wrap
Disruptive Packaging for Uniqcor for cold chain environments
OF Packaging for Local Legends novelty shaped pouches
Planet Protector Packaging for the Lobster Protector
Platypus Print Packaging for the Youfoodz Meal Kit
Primo Foods for the Red Range Slice Pack

Finalists for the Packaging Innovation & Design of the Year Award – Beverage Category include:

Brownes Dairy for Australia’s first renewable gable top milk carton
Coca-Cola Amatil for 100 per cent recyclable rPET bottles
Ecolean for the Bannister Downs Dairy WA chilled pasteurised range
JUST Waterplant-based reusable water bottle
O-I Glass ANZ for the Millie fruit juice range

Finalists for the Packaging Innovation & Design of the Year Award – Health, Beauty and Wellness Category include:

Pact Group for the New Zealand Earthwise Glow Labs brand of PCR 100 per cent rPET bottle range
Kahuku Natural refillable stainless-steel range of cleansers and liquid soaps

Finalists for the Packaging Innovation & Design of the Year Award – Domestic and Household Category include:

Birdstone Collective & NCI Packaging for the DuluxGroup Cabot’s Ready Bucket
Birdstone Collective & Orora Cartons for the recyclable Telstra Sleeve
Daisy Pool Covers & Sealed Air, Gaprie Ltd for the P.C. Nets which is a re-usable, alternative for pallet containment
Outside the Box Caskets for an ecological solution to the traditional timber and MDF casket
Pact Group for New Zealand’s Earthwise brand of PCR 75 per cent rHDPE household cleaning range
Sealed AirBrand Protective Packaging for the Korrvu uncompromised product protection

Finalists for the Packaging Innovation and Design of the Year Award – Labelling and Decoration Category are:

NCI Packaging & Dulux Group for the Porter’s Paints superior crafted paint can range
UPM Raflatac & Kiwi Labels for the CUSTOM-PAK rPET Cherry Punnet with self-adhesive label, permanent adhesive that is also washable at the PET recycling plant

Finalists for the Accessible Packaging Design Special Award, which is designed to recognise packaging that is accessible, intuitive, easy-to-open and innovative are:

Ecolean for the Bannister Downs Dairy WA chilled pasteurised range
Reckitt Benckiser for Gaviscon Dual Action Sachets

As for the Sustainable Packaging Design Special Award designed to recognise companies that have developed innovative packaging or processing solutions that incorporates sustainability considerations, finalists include:

Birdstone Collective & Orora Cartons for the recyclable Telstra Sleeve
Brownes Dairy for Australia’s first renewable gable top milk carton
Coca-Cola Amatil for the 100 per cent recyclable post-consumer recycled rPET bottles
ecostore Ltd for New Zealand’s first 100 per cent Ocean Waste Plastic (OWP) limited edition hand wash
Nestlé Australia Ltd for the KITKAT Chocolatory recyclable e-commerce solution
Omni Group for the PerformX 100 per cent recyclable stretch wrap
ORORA Fibre Packaging Ltd for the recyclable moulded paper inserts
Pact Group for New Zealand’s Earthwise brand of PCR 75 per cent rHDPE household cleaning range
Planet Protector Packaging for the Lobster Protector
Planet Protector Packaging for the home compostable mailer pouch
Sealed Air Brand Protective Packaging for the TempGuard kerbside recyclable packaging for pre-packaged, temperature sensitive goods
UPM Raflatac & Kiwi Labels for the CUSTOM-PAK rPET Cherry Punnet with self-adhesive label, permanent adhesive that is also washable at the PET recycling plant

As for the Young Packaging Professional of the Year Award, it is designed 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. The finalists are:

Alison Appleby, Member Resource & Program Coordinator, APCO
Christopher MoffattAAIP, Quality Control Coordinator & Product Developer, Caspak Products
Kelly Wade, Scientist, Scion (New Zealand).

The 2020 Australasian PIDA winners will be announced virtually in April and the 2020 PIDA winners will automatically be eligible for entry into the 2021 WorldStar Packaging Awards competition.