Graphic Packaging International has won several awards in Spain’s main Liderpack awards, including the coveted honor of Best in Show: Packaging.

Organized by Graphispack Asociación and the Hispack de Fira de Barcelona trade fair, the highly respected Liderpack awards recognize innovation and sustainability in packaging and point-of-sale solutions. In addition to the Best in Show title, Graphic Packaging also received two awards in the Best Beverage Packaging category and one in Best Food Packaging.

The rewards for 2021 include:

Best In Show: Packaging and Best Beverage Packaging:

Estrella Damm’s unique and fully closed rounded corner multipacks for cans were designed and developed by Graphic Packaging to replace 100% of shrink wrap packaging – equivalent to 99 tonnes per year – with recyclable cardboard. Filled on Graphic Packaging’s high-speed QuickFlex ™ 2100G3 machine, packs of 6, 12 and 24 create shelf differentiation as a premium and sustainable brand.

Best drink packaging:

The Cruzcampo Especial Neck-Through bottle holder from Heineken is an innovative bottle holder for 6 x 20cl bottles made of recyclable cardboard and is a first design for the beverage industry. Developed in the UK and made in Spain, the matte and glossy printed cardboard has a pre-glued handle to allow for more efficient transport. The handle can then be flipped up at the point of sale to improve shelf presence, with individual “tear zones” allowing customers to release one bottle at a time.

Better food packaging

The PaperSeal® tray replaces a traditional plastic tray with a barrier-lined cardboard alternative that is easy to recycle. Developed in collaboration with G. Mondini, world leader in tray sealing technology, PaperSeal® trays offer an efficient and sustainable solution for a wide range of products, including cheese, fresh or processed meat, ready-to-eat products. job, frozen foods, snacks, salads and fruit, and allow high quality offset graphics inside and out to provide shelf differentiation.

The awards ceremony will take place at Hispack 2022, May 24-27 (exact date to be confirmed and subject to COVID). You can check out the full list of winners on the official Liderpack website.