Winners in the 22nd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation characterized collaborative innovation across a wide array of geographies and market segments. This year the DuPont Awards focused on the essential elements needed to drive breakthroughs in packaging. Innovative new developments, along with cost/waste reduction and improved sustainability were the criteria. Selected winners represent excellence in these three areas. Diamond winners were determined to demonstrate excellence in all three. Gold winners demonstrated excellence in two areas and Silver winners were selected on the merits of their breakthrough innovation. Notable honorees were selected for innovative problem solving.
Winning Breakthroughs Include:
Diamond Winner
GREENBOX ™Thermal
Reusable Thml Mgmt Sys
Innovative Packaging System Enables Safer Transport of Medical Supplies [More...]
Entropy Solutions, Inc - USA
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Diamond Winner
"Exal Corp - Light Weight "Coil to Can"
New Technology for Aluminum Bottles Makes Them a New Mainstream Packaging Option [More...]
Exal Corp and Alcoa Rigid Packaging - USA
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Gold Winner
PlantBottle™
PET Plastic Beverage Bottles Made Partially From Plants
Monoethylene Glycol from Sugar Cane Replaces Petroleum-Based PET Feedstock [More...]
The Coca Cola Company - USA, Canada, Denmark, Japan, and Brazil
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Gold Winner
Fresh Step Scoop
42 lb Flexible Package
New Design cuts Packaging by nearly 80% and Achieve Cost/Waste Reduction Across the Supply Chain [More...]
Fresh Step Cat Litter from Clorox - USA.
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Gold Winner
Seamless Bags
Packaging and Machinery Redesign Cuts Pack Material Warehousing by 80%, Reduces Materials by 25% and Maintains Brand Appeal [More...]
Always Feminine Products - Procter & Gamble - USA and Germany
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Gold Winner
EZ Fusion™
Anti-Counterfeiting Solution for Ethical Pharmaceuticals Users [More...]
Degill International Corp. - Taiwan
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Gold Winner
World's First Fully
Compostable Chip Bag
The World's First Fully Compostable Snack Bag [More...]
Frito-Lay North America, a division of PepsiCo - USA
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Silver Winner
Copa Di Vino
New Single Serve Plastic Wine Glass/Bottle Opens Entirely New Markets [More...]
Copa di Vino, Quart Vin -- USA and France
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Silver Winner
HealthyChoice®
Fresh Mixers
Every Component Serves its Function in ConAgra Foods' Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers single-serve meal Packaging, with Berry Plastics, Rexam and IDEO - USA [More...]
Single-serve meal packaging
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Silver Winner
Scope Outlast
(mouthwash)
Making a Great Brand Better - Revitalizing an Iconic Brand Through Innovative New Packaging [More...]
Scope "Outlast" Mouthwash from Procter & Gamble, Alpla, Tech Group, and Webb deVlam Industrial Designers
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Silver Winner
Cryovac Grip & Tear® Bag
Easy to Open New Design for Fresh and Processed Meat as well as Cheeses Yields Improved Convenience, Safety and Less Wasted Food [More...]
Grip & Tear bag from Sealed Air's Cryovac Food Packaging Unit - USA
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Silver Winner
Ethafoam®
Transport Packing
Foam for Transport Packing Incorporates 65% Recycle Content while Meeting Performance Requirements [More...]
Ethafoam® HRC plank manufactured by Sealed Air and fabricated by Austin Foam Plastics (AFP) - USA
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Silver Winner
Cryovac Mirabella®
Modified Atmosphere Packaging for Meats Keeps it Fresh-Looking Longer [More...]
Cryovac Mirabella® from Sealed Air - Italy
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Notable Accomplishments:
IIF Inside Injection
Foaming Process
Inside Injection Foaming for Polypropylene Pallets Yield Improved Durability
and Sustainability in Replacement of Wood [More...]
FEMSA - Mexico and Sosa Tech Advisors - USA
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Odorless Barrier Laminate
... Cereal Flakes
Odorless Barrier Laminate for Cereal Liners Addresses Moisture Issues [More...]
Kelloggs Cereal Flakes - Kelloggs and Positive Packaging - India
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Finish QuantuMatic
The First Fully Automatic Dishwashing Detergent Dispensing System [More...]
Finish Quantumatic from Reckitt Benckiser
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Group shot - all winners:
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Group shot - all noteworthy accomplishments
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