Amcor Amcor receives four WorldStar Awards for packaging design innovations Subscribe By signing up you agree to Amcor sending you communications from time to time. Name * Email * SHARE The World Packaging Organization (WPO) has selected four Amcor packaging solutions as winners of the WorldStar Awards 2016. 14th December 2015 From extending shelf life to reducing environmental footprint, all four of the winning Amcor solutions use technical advancements to improve packaging for both Amcor’s customers and end consumers. Amcor’s WorldStar Award winners for 2016 are: Dessiflex® is a desiccant impregnated film used for medical and pharmaceutical products. The film is extremely effective at both removing internal moisture and minimising moisture penetration through sealed edges of the package. It can even remove moisture following high humidity sterilization. The proprietary technology eliminates the need for sachets and other moisture scavengers, reducing the pack’s environmental footprint by approximately 20% compared to a pouch with a desiccant sachet. AirFluSal® Forspiro® is a new respiratory inhaler for people suffering with asthma/COPD developed by Amcor’s partner Sandoz International. Amcor designed an aluminium blister strip for the powder inside the inhaler based on a novel seal layer between its Formpack® base and blister lid foil. The blister strip ensures a longer shelf life through excellent moisture protection, and improves release of the powder from the cavity. By removing the strip in the feedback window, patients can check whether they have taken the prescribed number of inhalations per day. STELVIN® Inside, a new range of aluminium wine closures and liners, doubles wine makers’ Oxygen Transmission Rate (OTR) choices. Each of the four liners offers a different OTR target which, through technical and material developments, ensures a controlled level of oxygen dispersion, giving wine makers and consumers’ consistency from one bottle to the next. All of the films used in the liners are produced by Amcor and are PVDC-Free. Lipton® Pandora is a collaboration between Amcor and Lipton to create a new hot-fill rigid plastics bottle that is ergonomic, cost-effective and more sustainable. Amcor was able to identify areas for significant material reduction, resulting in a total packaging weight of just 22 grams, making it one of the lightest commercialized hot fill containers in the world. It is exceptionally rigid despite its light weight, thanks to a specialized base that flexes as the product cools and body panels that maintain rigidity. The bottle’s unique curved design, inspired by tea leaves, uses 30% less PET than before and fits comfortably in the hand for a tactile consumer experience. Winners were selected by representatives from 19 packaging associations, members of WPO (World Packaging Organization), who judged 293 packaging projects, from 35 countries, that entered the WorldStar Awards 2016. About Amcor Amcor (ASX: AMC) applies art and science to create responsible packaging solutions that enhance the products people use in everyday life. With global leadership positions in flexibles and rigid plastics packaging, Amcor continually innovates to find new and better ways to protect essential products such as food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, personal and household goods. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, Amcor employs 27,000 people worldwide and has operations across 43 countries. For more information, visit www.amcor.com About WPO WPO – World Packaging Organisation is a non-profit, non-governmental, international federation of packaging institutes, associations, federations and other interested parties including corporations and trade associations. For more information, visit WPO webpage at www.worldpackaging.org For further information, including interviews please contact: Johanna Boland Tel: +61 408 808 852 Email: johanna.boland@amcor.com Amcor-Packaging-WorldStar-Awards-press-release-14_12_15 (.pdf, 150.63kB) Amcor's latest press releases and articles All ASX General Amcor & Jamie Goode to host exclusive wine-ageing symposium at ProWein 9th Mar 2016 Amcor wine-ageing symposium, The Forum, Hall 13, ProWein, Düsseldorf, 15 March 2016, 12.30-13.15 hrs Amcor announces profit result for half year ended 31 December 2015 14th Feb 2016 Highlights for half year ended 31 December 2015 Amcor announces acquisition of BPI China 27th Jan 2016 Amcor announces today, an agreement to acquire BPI China, the Chinese subsidiary of UK based British Polythene Industries PLC for US$13 million. Amcor announces profit result for half year ended 31 December 2015 14th Feb 2016 Highlights for half year ended 31 December 2015 Amcor announces acquisition of BPI China 27th Jan 2016 Amcor announces today, an agreement to acquire BPI China, the Chinese subsidiary of UK based British Polythene Industries PLC for US$13 million. Amcor announces change in senior management 21th Jan 2016 Amcor announces today the appointment of Roelof Westerbeek as President Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific. Roelof will commence in his new role with... Amcor to host exclusive conference programme at Fruit Logistica 21th Jan 2016 Amcor, the original and leading supplier of flexible packaging solutions for fresh produce, has unveiled details of an exclusive conference... Amcor Rigid Plastics Launches New Business Platform to Facilitate Small-Volume Bottle Production 12th Jan 2016 Growing Start-Ups Such as Alkaline Water Co. Tap into Amcor's Suite of Capabilities for Low-Volume Needs Amcor announces acquisition of Deluxe Packages 3rd Jan 2016 Amcor announces today the acquisition of Deluxe Packages, a privately owned flexible packaging business for US$45 million. The acquired business... About Amcor Around the world, hundreds of times a day, people touch and use our packaging. When a consumer opens a bottle, unwraps a pack, or tears open a pouch, they know their products are fresh, clean, safe and secure. These are packaging moments that matter. Amcor applies art and science to create responsible packaging. We partner with our customers to deliver impactful consumer experiences across a wide range of products such as life-saving pharmaceuticals, medical equipment used in surgeries and food staples such as fruit and vegetables. Contact Amcor Global Head Office 109 Burwood Road Hawthorn VIC 3122 Australia Tel: +61 3 9226 9000 Amcor Share Registry Level 1, 333 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia Tel: +61 1300 302 458 Fax: +61 2 9287 0303 Flexibles Europe & Americas Languages Investors Rigid Plastics Flexibles Asia Pacific Tobacco Packaging © Amcor Limited 2016 Your Privacy | Terms of Use