WPO World stars 2018 – special awards

On January 17th 2018, winners of the 2018 World Stars international competition, organized by WPO (World Packaging Organization), were announced.

Greece, has been awarded the sixth prize in this year's award, under special category 'Marketing' with the participation of Athenian Brewery S.A. and the 'Alfa Weiss 'Upside Down' Beer Can product.

To be eligible to enter WPO WorldStar Awards, candidates had to win a national contest recognised by WPO. Greek candidates were promoted by the Greek Packaging Innovation Awards 2017, organized for the second consecutive year by Boussias Communications, with the collaboration of the Association of the Greek Manufacturers of Packaging & Materials (AGMPM).

Winners for the Special Award categories will be announced at a ceremony to be held in Australia.

Winners of Special Award are listed:

President's Award Finalists

- DuoSoft Cleanpack (OPTIXON)

- iPaint (CLP INDUSTRIES LTD., Israel)

- Green Packaging: Packnatur Cellulose Net Packaging and Packnatur Organic Wineglass Labels (VPZ Verpackungszentrum GmbH, Austria)

Sustainability Award Finalists

- iPaint (CLP INDUSTRIES LTD., Israel)

- BIO-LUTIONS (BIO-LUTIONS International AG, Germany)

- Green Packaging: Packnatur Cellulose Net Packaging and Packnatur Organic Wineglass Labels (VPZ Verpackungszentrum GmbH, Austria)

- rPET PP*STAR: from bottle to bag – closing the loop to 100% (Starlinger & Co. Gesellschaft m.b.H., Austria)

Marketing Award Finalists

- Störtebeker Eisbock-Biere (Störtebeker Braumanufaktur GmbH, Germany)

- Beer Can/ALFA Weiss "Upside-Down" can (Athenian Brewery, Greece)

- Pelikan Embossed Nutella Jar ( MrSmith Studio, Italy)

Packaging that Saves Food Award Finalists

- Fresh Technologies Ltd and Sealed Air Cryovac Freshness Plus (Sealed Air, Australia)

- Woolcool (Woolpack Australia Pty Ltd , Australia)

- COMPOSTABLE TRAY THAT REDUCES FOOD WASTE (ONEWORLD PACKAGING, S.L., Spain)

- VEGETABLE OIL WRAPPER WITH HIGH BARRIER POLYLAMINATE FILM (SHONGAI TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Nigeria)


All Awards