Australian Innovation Bursts to the Front of the Pack
October 7, 2009 | Levent OZLER
The Packaging Council of Australia (PCA) announced the winners of three National Awards Competitions - the Australian Packaging Awards (for industry), the Southern Cross Awards (for tertiary students) and the National Schools Packaging Design Challenge (for primary and secondary students) - at the Peninsula, Docklands in Melbourne.
The Australian Packaging Awards are the premier Awards competition recognising the best of Australia's product packaging, highlighting the outstanding achievements of the industry and opening doors all over the world.
This year the highly anticipated PCA Best of Show was awarded to O-I Australia for their Lean+Green Light Weight Wine Bottle Range.
Selected from all of the Gold winning entries, the Judges specifically applauded the impact of the lightweight wine bottle range for its sophisticated approach to sustainability and bringing Australian innovation to the attention of the highly competitive global wine market.
O-I has successfully reduced the weight of selected wine bottles by 18-28%, saving almost 20,000 tonnes of glass packaging/ annum.
As a result, the flow-on effects include a 20% reduction in energy use and a carbon dioxide saving of over 11,130 tonnes per year.
Equally impressive is a saving of 12% in water usage per container and overall water savings of 4,720kL per year.
The 2009 winners featured strong creative and original design trends demonstrating significant achievements in innovation, functionality and overall point of sale impact.
more: pca.org.au/results09/ (69)
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