2020 FPA Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition

THE FLEXIBLE PACKAGING Association (FPA) has conducted the annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition since 1956 to showcase the industry’s innovation and the advances that have changed packaging. The competition is among the most respected in the industry thanks to the outstanding caliber of packaging entries, the objective and methodical judging process, which includes a focus on new technologies, processes, printing techniques and the sustainability of flexible packaging.

Highest Achievement Award

• Gold Award—Expanding the Use of Flexible Packaging
• Gold Award—Packaging Excellence
• Gold Award—Shelf Impact
• Gold Award—Sustainability
• Gold Award—Technical Innovation

AeroFlexx
By AeroFlexx

AeroFlexx is a cost-competitive package format revolutionizing the liquid packaging industry. It uses an air frame to integrate tailored rigidity into a flexible film, creating a package with no discreet closure. AeroFlexx also has clean-and-controlled, one-handed dispensing functionality; a 360-degree area for branding; and a structure that is e-commerce compliant without additional protection. All these features are made using at least 50% less plastic than a conventional bottle of an equivalent capacity.

Gold Award—Printing
By Printpack

This collection of limited-edition packages tells the story of a female entrepreneur’s journey to success and is designed to inspire and support female entrepreneurs. The packaging’s purpose is to connect and align the brand, female entrepreneurs and supporters of female-founded businesses. These packaged products were sold online through the United Way to help fund new and emerging businesses to celebrate Women’s History Month and as part of the Stacy’s Rise Project.

Gold Award—Expanding the Use of Flexible Packaging

• Gold Award—Packaging Excellence
• Silver Award—Sustainability

Premade StandCap Inverted Pouches
By Glenroy Inc.

Premade StandCap inverted pouches extend product freshness, stand out on the shelf, provide time-saving and utensil-free convenience for users, and make an eco-friendly impact by reducing fossil fuel usage, water usage and greenhouse gas emissions when compared to alternative package formats.

Gold Award—Shelf Impact

• Silver Award—Expanding the Use of Flexible Packaging
• Silver Award—Packaging Excellence

Predilecta Sacciali Jar-shaped Pouch
By Amcor Flexibles Brazil

The Sacciali brand jar-shaped pouch combines flexible packaging technology for a light weight and a long shelf life with increased shelf impact using graphic design and a shape factor that enhances consumer interest at the point of sale. The “mason jar” shape nods to the traditional glass packaging common in the sauce category. However, flexible packaging offers the significant benefits of a 97% weight reduction over glass, leading to a wide range of sustainable benefits.