2022 PIDA Awards — entries close in one month

Coordinated by the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), the 2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards are designed to recognise companies and individuals who are making a significant difference in their field in Australia and New Zealand.

The PIDA Awards are the exclusive award program for all Australian and New Zealand entries into the prestigious WorldStar Packaging Awards, which are coordinated by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO). PIDA winners received the second highest amount of awards globally in the 2022 round of the WorldStar Packaging Awards, which is a testament to the level of innovative and intuitive packaging design that is developed in the ANZ region.

Within the PIDA Awards there are 14 categories which are made up of general award categories, special awards and individual awards.

The Design Innovation of the Year company awards will recognise organisations that have designed innovative packaging within each of these six manufacturing categories:

1. Food
2. Beverage
3. Health, beauty & wellness
4. Domestic & household
5. Labelling & decoration
6. Outside of the box

The four PIDA special awards are as follows:

1. Sustainable packaging design
2. Save food packaging design
3. Accessible & inclusive packaging design
4. Marketing

In addition there are four awards designed for people who have made specific contributions to the packaging industry. The four Individual People Awards include:

1. Young packaging professional of the year
2. Industry packaging professional of the year
3. ABA scholarship – Certificate in packaging
4. ABA scholarship – Diploma in packaging technology

Entries for the 2022 PIDA Awards are available on a new awards platform and will be closing on 8 April.

To find out more about eligibility and criteria for each category and the new online awards platform please visit: http://aipack.com.au/2022-pida-awards/.