QANTAS dinner box, sustainability and print awards for Detmold

LaunchPad, with studios both in Australia and China, is proving to be a productive investment for Detmold Packaging.

The centre for research and development, concept creation and rapid prototyping has won a series of awards for Detmold, the Australian owned and operated, global packaging company.

The first accolade was the 2015 Good Design Award for Detmold's innovative creation of the QANTAS dinner box. This product is Australia's first ovenable board carton that is specially designed to hold pre-cooked meals which are then baked onboard.

The dinner box was created by Detmold LaunchPad's Industrial Designer and Young Australian Designer of the Year 2014, Max Hughes, as well as Detmold LaunchPad's Group Product Manager, Andrew Good.

The duo designed this award-winning piece to reduce the packaging of in-flight meals, enhance portion sizes and create efficiency in serving guests for QANTAS.

The Australian Packaging Covenant presented Detmold with the overall Sustainable Design Award (KPI 1) in 2015. This award recognises the outstanding performer amongst brand owners and packaging manufacturers in designing packaging that achieves significant sustainability improvements.

Detmold's entry into the 2015 National Print Awards led to three awards. A gold medal was awarded for the Chandler's Pet Litter bag in the Wide Format, Flexible Substrate Division and a bronze for the same product in the packaging category. The high-quality print was achieved on the technically challenging brown kraft material.

A further bronze medal was awarded in the Wide Format, Flexible Substrate Division for the White Wings Heritage Flour design.

Detmold's deliberate and substantial investment in innovation and design for packaging is the reason the company, with 18 offices around the world and manufacturing operations in five countries, can lead the world from its South Australian headquarters