The Performance Awards
Rewarding business performance and strategy, environmental programmes and individual excellence
The Performance categories reward outstanding businesses, both in terms of products and financial performance, as well as outstanding individual achievement.
When you enter any award, you will need to complete a standard electronic form and return it to the UK Packaging Awards team by email. The form will ask for a 500-word written summary. The year under review is 1 May 2010 to 30 April 2011.
A - Packaging Company of the Year
The ultimate accolade in the packaging industry recognises outstanding financial and business performance over the year under review. Entrants must provide the company’s full report and accounts for its financial year that ended during the year under review, a 500-word summary of performance and key developments during the year, and supporting evidence such as letters of commendation from customers and samples of work.
Download standard electronic form here
B - SME of the Year
Like the flagship Packaging Company of the Year category, this award recognises outstanding business performance. To qualify in this category, companies entering must have annual turnover of less than £10m. Entrants must provide the company’s full report and accounts, a 500-word summary of performance and key developments during the year, and supporting evidence such as letters of commendation from customers.
Download standard electronic form here
C - Design Team of the Year
Open to both design agencies and in-house design teams based in the UK, this category rewards consistently outstanding creative output. Entries should include a 500-word summary on why the team or agency deserves to win including evidence of value added to client brands or the company in which it operates, and five examples of outstanding designs produced during the period under review.
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D - Investment Project of the Year
This award will honour the investment or installation project which has had the greatest impact on a company or the wider market. Entrants must submit a 500-word statement giving full details of the project, including the amount of money spent and what was installed, and explaining how the investment has changed their business and the market in which it operates.
Supporting materials such as product samples or customer testimonials may be included. The project must have come on-stream in the year under review.
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E – Environmental Initiative of the Year
Environmental initiatives abound in packaging, from small-scale projects such as encouraging recycling at work to major schemes such as remodelling of logistics to reduce lorry journeys. This award seeks to honour the best of these. Entrants must submit a 500-word summary explaining what they did and how they did it, alongside supporting material. Judges will be looking for clear evidence of strong environmental benefits as well as excellent ROI.
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F - Outstanding Contribution to the Industry
This award recognises individual achievement in the packaging industry and rewards people who have had an impact not only withing their own companies but on the wider industry. Unlike the other awards it is picked by the Packaging News editorial team, who will take into consideration achievements across a career or outstanding achievements in the year under review.
The industry is invited to nominate candidates for the award by contacting Packaging News editor Josh Brooks at josh.brooks@metropolis.co.uk. There is no charge to nominate candidates in this category.
Download standard electronic form here
The Quality Awards
The Quality Awards recognise excellence in packaging production, design and innovation. They are open to anyone involved in packaging production, specification or design.
For the first time this year, judges will not know who has produced the packs in the Quality Awards; thereby ensuring that they judge purely the quality of the pack. We have created a standard electronic form that you must fill in and return to us by email by 17 June 2011.
The standard form will ask for a 300-word written summary of the pack that will cover:
• The brief for the pack
• How the pack meets the brief
• How the pack demonstrates excellence or innovation in design and production
• Evidence of how the pack added value to the brand
You will also be required to provide details on who has been involved in creating the pack, including names of material suppliers, manufacturers, designers and clients. Judges will not see this information.
You may enter a single pack into a maximum of two categories. Unless stated otherwise, you will be asked to submit two samples of the entire filled pack per category. If you are entering perishable items, please inform us so we can advise on arrangements.
Entries to the material-specific categories, denoted with a (*), must be made predominantly from the relevant category material, but caps, windows and other components can be
made from other materials.
For all categories, unless otherwise stated, judges will be looking for the pack that offers the optimal solution to its brief and will consider a range of relevant aspects including:
• Shapes and structures
• Print and production quality
• Graphics and decoration
• Shelf stand-out
• Useability and openability
• Product protection
• Supply chain efficiency
• Innovation and originality
• Environmental impact
• Added value to the brand
All entries to the Quality Awards must have been launched commercially during the year under review, 1 May 2010 to 30 April 2011. Companies’ own promotional work is not eligible.
Finally, with the exception of category G, all packs must have been produced by a packaging manufacturer in the UK. Entries to category G, Metal Pack of the Year, must have been produced in countries covered by the Empac association.
For all queries and advice on entries, please contact:
Carly McGowan
The UK Packaging Awards
6th Floor, Davis House
2 Robert Street
Croydon, CR0 1QQ
Telephone: 020 8253 8606
Fax: 020 8253 4603
Email: carly.mcgowan@metropolis.co.uk
Entry deadline: 17 June 2011
G - Metal Pack of the Year*
Open to all packs made of aluminium, steel or any other metal.
This category is only open to packs produced by members of the Metal Packaging Manufacturers’ Association. Entries must have been manufactured in an EMPAC (European Metal Packaging) member country which covers Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the UK.
MPMA members can enter this category at a reduced rate of £60 + VAT for the first entry, and £40 + VAT for for any subsequent entries.
Download standard electronic form here
H - Corrugated Pack of the Year*
Open to all corrugated packs, including retail ready, transit packaging, corrugated pallets or primary corrugated packaging.
Download standard electronic form here
I - Cartonboard Pack of the Year*
Open to all packs made primarily from cartonboard.
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J - Glass Pack of the Year*
Open to all frosted, clear or coloured glass packaging including jars, bottles and vials.
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K - Flexible Plastic Pack of the Year*
Open to all flexible packs such as pouches, sachets, sacks and bags. Flexible packs made from cellulose, PE, PET, PVC, PP, PS, Polyamide and bioplastics are eligible.
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L - Rigid Plastic Pack of the Year*
Open to blow moulded, thermoformed and injection moulded packs made from materials including PP, PET, LDPE, and HDPE, plus bioplastics.
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M - Label of the Year
Open to all printed labels for packaging, including self-adhesive labels, shrink sleeves, wet-glue labels, leaflet labels and in-mould labels. Labels entered to this category must be on the final pack.
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N - Sustainable Pack of the Year
This category will reward the pack that shows the best environmental credentials. Judges will take into account factors including material selection, recycled content, material transportation, production processes, lightweighting, recyclability in existing waste streams, biodegradability or reusability. Your 300-word summary for this pack must explain how the pack’s impact on the environment has been optimised.
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O - Innovation of the Year
This category rewards packs of any material that have brought something completely new and unexpected to the market and delivered real benefits to a brand. The 300-word summary must explain why this pack is the first of its kind and the background to its development, as well as technical details of the development process.
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P - Best Packaging of a New Product
This category recognises packs of any material that have been an essential element in the success of a new product or brand. In addition to the standard entry form, entries should include a 300-word statement from the brand owner explaining how the product’s packaging has affected its commercial success.
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Q - Best Re-Packaging of a Brand
This category rewards redesigned packaging of any material that has breathed new life and new commercial value into an established brand. Please supply a 300-word testimonial from the brand owner and your own 300-word summary on how you interpreted your brief.
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R - Retail Ready Pack of the Year
Judges will be looking for examples of retail-ready packs that can be placed directly on retail display without unpacking. Along with the standard entry form, please supply one full pack, one flat pack (if applicable) and one that is fully constructed but empty.
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S - Supply Chain Solution of the Year
This category recognises packaging of any material that has helped products travel safely, conveniently and cost-effectively through the supply chain. Entries can include one-way or returnable outer case transit packs, crates and pallets. Please supply one full pack, one flat pack (if applicable) and one that is fully constructed but empty, plus the standard entry form.
Download standard electronic form here
T - Consumer Convenience Award
This category rewards packs of any material that demonstrate ease of opening, use, storage and disposal.
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