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Launch of the German Packaging Award 2023

The German Packaging Award is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Innovations and solutions can be submitted until 19 May. 

The German Packaging Award is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Once again this year, the best submissions will be honoured in 10 cross-material categories. Companies, organisations and individuals can submit their innovations and solutions until 19 May. 

The German Packaging Award celebrates its sixtieth anniversary this year. Established in 1963 by the advisory board of the Rationalisation Association for Packaging (RGV), the award has been under the responsibility of the German Packaging Institute e. V., which has also driven forward its internationalisation. „In the meantime, a A good proportion of the submissions - and the winners - came from abroad. The German Packaging Award has developed into the most prestigious and largest showcase for packaging in Europe,“ says Dr Bettina Horenburg, Director Corporate Communications at the Siegwerk Group and, as dvi Board Member, the person with overall responsibility for the German Packaging Award.

In view of over 1,000 award-winning solutions in the last six decades Dr Horenburg is „impressed by the consistently high quality in mastering the most diverse requirements that have arisen over the course of time. It is striking how consistently and tirelessly the companies innovate with great success,“ says Dr Horenburg. The dvi board member is convinced that the companies from Germany and abroad will once again be able to present their products at the anniversary event. innovations „that will help us with sustainability, climate and environmental protection, hygiene, health, product protection, convenience to ensure the security of supply for people and the economy with an ever-improving balance sheet.“

From design to machine

Participants can submit their products or prototypes at 10 categories to choose from, ranging from design & finishing, product presentation, efficiency and sustainability to logistics & material flow, digitalisation and packaging machines. are sufficient. It is also possible to submit entries in several categories at the same time. The award has a special category for young school and university students. In addition to the Packaging Award, the independent expert jury of the German Packaging Award can also present a Gold Award for particularly pioneering innovations.

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The jury consists of a broadly based panel of Experts from business, research, teaching and the media. It examines all entries at a two-day meeting at the premises of premium partner IGEPA group according to fixed, category-specific criteria published on the website of the German Packaging Institute.

„The German Packaging Award is a genuine, transparent showcase of performance. By winning a packaging award or the even more exclusive Gold Award, companies make a strong statement. They demonstrate their outstanding innovative strength and gain tangible arguments when communicating with customers, consumers, partners, future employees and their own team.“

Dr Bettina Horenburg

The innovations and new solutions can be submitted via an online form on the homepage of the German Packaging Award at verpackung.org. The site also offers information on Deadlines, addresses, categories, criteria and costs of a submission. Together with premium partner Fachpack, the dvi invites you to the award ceremony in Berlin in mid-September.

Source: dvi

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