2024 AUSTRALASIAN PACKAGING INNOVATION & DESIGN (PIDA) AWARDS: ENTRIES NOW OPEN
Closing 3rd of May 2024
Entries are now open for the 2024 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards for Australia and New Zealand.
Coordinated by the AIP, the 2024 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards are designed to recognise companies and individuals who are making a significant difference in their field in Australia and New Zealand, across 15 categories. In an Industry-first there will be a NEW category added to the PIDA Awards for a Packaging Technologist of the Year. The unique category will be open to all AIP Members in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
2024 PIDA Categories include:
The Design Innovation of the Year company awards will recognise organisations that have designed innovative packaging within each of these six manufacturing categories:
Food
Beverage
Health, Beauty & Wellness
Domestic & Household
Labelling & Decoration
Outside of the Box
There are four special awards available:
Sustainable Packaging Design
Save Food Packaging Design
Accessible & Inclusive Packaging Design
Marketing
In addition there are three awards designed for people who have made specific contributions to the packaging industry.
Young Packaging Professional of the Year
Industry Packaging Professional of the Year
Packaging Technologist of the Year - NEW
The Packaging Technologist of the Year Award is designed to recognise and acknowledge the outstanding achievements and contribution by an individual currently working within the Packaging industry across Australia, New Zealand & Asia. The judges will be looking for packaging technologists, engineers, specialists, designers who have demonstrated advanced technical packaging skills and competencies through projects, initiatives and unique packaging designs. The individual must be an AIP Member, have been working in the industry for a minimum of 5 years and be working in a technical packaging role. The individual needs to have proven results within the business they work in through their packaging designs. The judges will be wanting to also hear about the packaging education that the individual has undertaken, the education and training undertaken to elevate their core competencies in the fundamentals of packaging and future goals for advancing their training and knowledge. The judges will be looking for examples of projects led and driven by the individual and supporting documentation from the business.
There are two scholarships available:
1. ABA Diploma in Packaging Scholarship
2 ABA Certificate in Packaging Scholarship
The PIDA Awards are the exclusive award program for all Australia and New Zealand entries into the prestigious WorldStar Packaging Awards, which are coordinated by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO). PIDA Awards winners have been in the top three winners in the WorldStar Packaging Awards for the last four years.
Entries close on the 3rd of May so don’t delay http://aipack.com.au/pida-awards-overview/
