Packaging Innovation Awards

The 2022 Packaging Innovation Awards Program

The 2022 competition is complete and the winners have been selected! We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who submitted an entry. The independent judging panel was incredibly impressed with the innovative packaging they evaluated. We hope this program continues to inspire innovation and progress across the packaging industry.

The 2022 Winners
Get to know the packaging at the forefront of the industry.

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Stayed tuned for the opening of the next edition of the Packaging Innovation Awards.

About the Packaging Innovation Awards

Recognizing the best in packaging design. Encouraging advancements in sustainability and performance. Inspiring the next big ideas. The Packaging Innovation Awards is the packaging industry’s premier awards competition. For over 30 years, ingenious up-and-comers and well-established brands alike have entered for the opportunity to have their most innovative designs judged on the world’s stage.

A strong passion for sustainability and a commitment to creativity are essential elements of winning designs. The Packaging Innovation Awards looks for creations that challenge the accepted limits of what’s possible, showcase new technologies or techniques and inspire future innovation.

The winning packages are celebrated and showcased across the global packaging industry— receiving recognition among industry peers and gaining exposure in new markets and with new audiences.

Awards & recognition

Judging criteria

FAQs

Designs from around the world and across all aspects of the packaging industry are submitted with the hope of being named a Packaging Innovation Awards winner. The four award distinctions are:

Silver Awards – Recognizing packaging that demonstrate excellence in at least one category
Gold Awards - Recognizing packaging that demonstrate excellence in at least two categories
Platinum Awards - Recognizing packaging that demonstrate excellence in all three categories
Diamond Award - Recognizing one package that demonstrates superior excellence in all three categories

Benefits available to award winners include:

Industry-wide recognition and acclaim.
Exposure to new markets, revenue streams and talent.
Social media coverage that reaches thousands of relevant stakeholders around the world.
Displays at major tradeshows.
Cover stories and feature articles in major industry publications.
Use of the Packaging Innovation Awards logo for product and brand promotions.
A trophy that commemorates your achievement.

Three categories are used to evaluate each entry. Judges look for designs that leverage cutting-edge technologies, benefit the greater-good, and provide an enhanced user-experience. Examples of the criteria evaluated in each category are:

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT

New and/or clever use of materials
New technology integration in the pack or through the value chain
Creative configuration and/or assembly
Increased production and/or distribution efficiency
Increased packaging line and/or conversion efficiency

SUSTAINABLE & RESPONSIBLE PACKAGING

Supports and advances a more circular economy
- Incorporates recycled content in the design
- Designed to be reused, refilled or recycled
Reduced CO2 emissions
- Greater resource and production efficiency*
- Helps reduce production and packaging waste
- Made with bio-based and/or compostable materials

ENHANCED USER EXPERIENCE

Fulfills a user’s need and/or provides an enhanced experience**
Aids product merchandising and encourages purchase
Improves and enhances product accessibility
Establishes a preferred price/value equation

* Includes reduced packaging waste and environmental considerations, such as energy, water and soil
** “User” defined as both the consumer and any users along the value chain

We’ve collected some of the more commonly asked questions that could help you prepare for this year’s awards and make the most of the opportunity to have your design recognized.