WILMINGTON, Del. (PRWEB) May 17, 2013
DuPont celebrated the silver anniversary of its global packaging awards program last night, granting top honors to U.K.-based design firm pi 3 for AidPod, which delivers life-saving medicine to remote sub-Saharan villages. This unique packaging and distribution program captured the premier Diamond and the Special 25th Anniversary Food Security award.
Twenty-five years ago we saw the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation program as an opportunity to connect with this vibrant industry and to champion collaboration as a critical component in innovation, said William J. Harvey, president, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers. Twenty-five years later as we look back at breakthrough winners and celebrate this years winners its clear that collaboration remains central to bringing innovation to market.
This years top winner epitomized collaboration and showcased how packaging adds value, according to Shanna Moore, leader of the DuPont Packaging Awards program. AidPod was developed by pi 3 for ColaLife, an independent non-profit organization that leverages The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) distribution network to get medicines and instructions to remote areas. The AidPod is a self-contained anti-diarrheal kit that tucks between bottles in Coca-Cola crates. This winning-generation AidPod has evolved to become part of the kit itself, serving as both a single, measured dose mixing and drinking vessel.
"It's not just small packages that good things come in it's clever ones, too," U.S. Senator Chris Coons said. "The AidPod is proof that the combination of ingenuity, innovation and inspiration is powerful enough to overcome the world's greatest humanitarian challenges. ColaLife and pi 3's pairing of smart packaging with an effective distribution platform has enormous potential to make a real difference in sub-Saharan Africa." Senator Coons is chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs.
As part of the quarter-century celebration, DuPont highlighted past winners whose breakthrough projects ushered in significant societal change and looked ahead at how packaging can shape societys future: access the infographic here. The event also honored past winners who have won 5 or more times with a DuPont Continuing Innovation Award. The 25th anniversary event was a chance for packaging to shed its silent hero role, step into the limelight and accept the accolades, said Moore.
The DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation is the industry's longest-running, global, independently judged celebration of innovation and collaboration throughout the value chain. Each year an esteemed panel awards diamond, gold or silver honors based on "excellence" in one or all of three categories: Innovation; Sustainability; and Cost/Waste Reduction. This year the independent judges granted one diamond, four gold and 10 silver awards for packaging in a diverse set of markets. Click here for complete descriptions and high resolution images. Access a video history of the awards and its impact here. Effective packaging is a vital piece of the puzzle in the aim to improve global food security and eliminate food waste, click here to view the video, Packaging: A Quiet Revolution.
WINNERS UNVEILED
DIAMOND & SPECIAL AWARD FOR FOOD SECURITY
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