22nd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation

Winners of the 22nd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation share their objectives and how they overcame challenges in bringing their breakthrough innovations to market. Winners were asked the following:

• What was your company trying to achieve with this development?
  
  
• Describe the collaboration with your partners and what it contributed and how it was accomplished.
  
  
• What was the biggest challenge you had to overcome in developing this new product?

Time:  0:58

Innovative Packaging System Enables Safer Transport of Medical Supplies

Entropy Solutions, Inc. - USA
(Diamond Winner)

Spokesperson: Eric Lindquist
Entropy Solutions

Time:  1:41

New Technology for Aluminum Bottles Makes Them a New Mainstream Packaging Option
Exal Corp and Alcoa Rigid Packaging - USA
(Diamond Winner)

Spokesperson: Ed Martin
Exal Corporation

Time:  0:42

New Design Cuts Packaging by Nearly 80 Percent and Achieve Cost/Waste Reduction Across the Supply Chain

Fresh Step Cat Litter from Clorox and Nordenia – USA
(Gold Winner)

Spokesperson: Steven Costa
Clorox Services Company

Time:  1:21

PET Plastic Beverage Bottles Made Partially From Plants; Monoethylene Glycol from Sugar Cane Replaces Petroleum-Based PET Feedstock

The Coca Cola Company – USA, Canada, Denmark, Japan, and Brazil; Imperial College, London; Michigan State University - USA
(Gold Winner)

Spokesperson: Dr. Shell Huang
The Coca Cola Company – USA

Time:  1:27

The World’s First Fully Compostable Snack Bag

Frito-Lay North America, a division of PepsiCo - USA
(Gold Winner)

Spokesperson: Brad Rodgers
Frito-Lay

 
Time:  0:52

Packaging and Machinery Redesign Cuts Pack Material Warehousing by 80 Percent, Reduces Materials by 25 Percent and Maintains Brand Appeal

Always Feminine Products – Procter & Gamble (P&G) – USA/Germany
(Gold Winner)

Spokesperson: Ibrahim Ulas
Procter and Gamble

Time:  1:23

Anti-Counterfeiting Solution for Ethical Pharmaceuticals Users

Degill International Corp., Metal Industries R&D Center – Taiwan; Grand Medical Group - USA
(Gold Winner)

Spokesperson: Jack Y. C. Lin
Metal Industries Research & Development Center

 
Time:  1:18

Making a Great Brand Better - Revitalizing an Iconic Brand Through Innovative New Packaging

Scope “Outlast” Mouthwash from Procter & Gamble, Alpla, Tech Group, and Webb deVlam Industrial Designers - USA
(Silver Winner)

Spokesperson: Thinh Ha
Procter & Gamble

Time:  1:17

New Single Serve Plastic Wine Glass/Bottle Opens Entirely New Markets

Copa di Vino, Quart Vin, Resilux America LLC - USA and France
(Silver Winner)

Spokesperson: Ed Kalendek
Resilux America

Time:  1:32

Easy to Open New Design for Fresh and Processed Meat as well as Cheeses Yields Improved Convenience, Safety and Less Wasted Food

Grip & Tear bag from Sealed Air’s Cryovac Food Packaging Unit/USA
(Silver Winner)

Spokesperson: Rick Watson
Cryovac

Time:  1:15

Every Component Serves its Function in ConAgra Foods’ Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers Single-Serve Meal Packaging

Berry Plastics, ConAgra, Rexam and IDEO - USA
(Silver Winner)

Spokesperson:  Catherine Shapiro
ConAgra Foods Inc.