bouncee – Reusable Insulating Crates (ICEE Technology Group)

The Australasian Institute of Packaging (AIP) is pleased to announce that in the latest round of the WorldStar Packaging Awards, Australian & New Zealand companies received the fourth highest amount of wins in the world behind Japan, Germany/Austria and India.

The 2025 round of WorldStar Packaging Awards attracted 560 entries from 40 countries, with 40 judges determining 230 winners.

According to Nerida Kelton, Executive Director of the AIP “This is the fifth year in a row that the ANZ region has maintained a top five spot against some very tough competition from extremely large countries. What makes this global recognition even sweeter is that 50% of the packaging that was recognised was from first-time entrants into the WorldStar Packaging Award program including Naked Rivals which is a start-up, Only Good Hand & Body Wash (Apex Brands) from New Zealand, Green Action Dishwashing Liquid (Trendpac), bouncee Reusable Insulating crates (ICEE Technology Group), Costa Group Premium Grapes paper bag (Costa Group & The Packaging Hippie), IMH PET Integrally Moulded Handle (Integrated Plastics) and Don Deli Cuts (George Weston Foods)

Green Action Dishwashing Liquid 500ml (TrendPac).

‘We are extremely pleased that ANZ PIDA Winners have been internationally recognised with 18x awards across 8 x categories including: Packaging Materials & Components, Food, Household, Health & Personal Care, E-Commerce, Labelling & Decoration, Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Transit.

Integrally Moulded Handle Bottle (Integrated Plastics).

Three of the companies were recognised across multiple categories. Bouncee Reusable Insulating crates (ICEE Technology Group), IMH PET Integrally Moulded Handle (Integrated Plastics) and Thankyou EzyPour + Refill (Caps & Closures). In addition, two companies were recognised each for two separate products. Wellman Packaging for 1. The Masterfoods Squeezy rPET sauce bottles (Mars Foods & Wellman Packaging ) and 2. Thermocup  and BioPak for 1. The Art series and Indigenous art series BioCups and the Home Compostable Container range.

“As only winners from the Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PDIA) awards are eligible to enter the prestigious global WorldStar Packaging awards, the global recognition is a testament to the strict criteria and judging process of our annual PIDA Awards program and the supporting work undertaken by the AIP to ensure that our winners enter the WorldStar Packaging awards each year. We look forward to celebrating the winners on the 30^th of May at the WorldStar Packaging Award ceremony which will be held alongside of Ipack Ima, Milan Italy.” She said.

The 2024 WorldStar Packaging Award winners for Australia and New Zealand are:

Packaging Materials & Components

• Woolworths Pad-free rPET Meat Trays with ‘Leave Attached’ Film for kerbside recycling (Pact Group, Woolworths, Hilton Foods & Cleanaway)
• IMH PET Integrally Moulded Handle (Integrated Plastics)
• Home Compostable Container range (BioPak)

Naked Rivals.

Food

• Naked Rivals
• Costa Group Premium Grapes paper bag (Costa Group & The Packaging Hippie)
• Don Deli Cuts (George Weston Foods)
• Cryovac Flexprep Portion Dispensing Pouches for McDonald`s Australia (Sealed Air)
• Masterfoods Squeezy rPET sauce bottles (Mars Foods & Wellman Packaging )

Household

• Green Action Dishwashing Liquid (Trendpac)
• Thankyou EzyPour + Refill (Caps & Closures)

Only Good Hand & Body Wash (Apex Brands).

Health & Personal Care

• Only Good  Hand & Body Wash (Apex Brands) New Zealand
• Thankyou EzyPour + Refill (Caps & Closures)
• 100% Paper Packaging Film for Broc Shot (Close the Loop Group)

E-Commerce

• bouncee Reusable Insulating crates (ICEE Technology Group)

Labelling & Decoration

• The Art series and Indigenous art series BioCups (BioPak)

Non-Alcoholic Beverages

• Thermocup (Wellman Packaging)
• IMH PET Integrally Moulded Handle (Integrated Plastics)

Transit

• bouncee Reusable Insulating crates (ICEE Technology Group)