The best in plastic packaging: annual DuPont Awards recognize global packaging innovations, including a polymer-coated steel bowl with peelable lid.(DUPONT PACKAGING WINNERS)

Food Processing, October, 2005

For the 18th year, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (www.dupont.com/packaging), Wilmington, Del., honors innovation in plastic packaging with the DuPont Awards. While the awards span the packaged goods sector, food processing usually is the most heavily represented category.

The awards honor not just the packaging but also the technology and processes, equipment and converters that create the end-use packages. Nominations are accepted from both packaged goods marketers and from companies directly involved in the creation of the packages.

Twenty-two international food and non-food packaging innovations received awards from among 111 entries. All of them use plastic to some degree. Only the food and beverage winners are included here.

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