Four Amcor packaging designs receive WorldStar Award

AMCOR was among recipients of WorldStar Awards, a pre-eminent international award established by the World Packaging Organization (WPO) to recognize innovation.

The company garnered four awards, two of which were for beverage packaging: the STELVIN® Inside and the Lipton® Pandora.

The STELVIN® Inside range of aluminium wine closures and liners doubles wine makers' Oxygen Transmission Rate (OTR) choices. With four liners, the range offers a different OTR target which, through technical and material developments, ensures a controlled level of oxygen dispersion, giving wine makers and consumers' consistency from one bottle to the next. All of the films used in the liners are produced by Amcor and are PVDC-Free.  

For the Lipton® Pandora, Amcor worked with Lipton to create a hot-fill rigid plastics bottle that is ergonomic, cost-effective and sustainable. Amcor was able to identify areas for significant material reduction, resulting in a total packaging weight of just 22 grams, making it one of the lightest commercialized hot fill containers in the world. It is exceptionally rigid despite its light weight, thanks to a specialized base that flexes as the product cools and body panels that maintain rigidity. The bottle's unique curved design, inspired by tea leaves, uses 30% less PET than before and fits comfortably in the hand for a tactile consumer experience.

Winners were selected by representatives from 19 packaging associations, members of WPO (World Packaging Organization), who judged 293 packaging projects, from 35 countries, that entered the WorldStar Awards 2016.