The entry deadline is looming for the 2025 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Awards (PIDAs).
Entries close on January 24, 2025.
Designed to recognise companies and individuals who are making a significant difference in their field in Australia and New Zealand and coordinated by the Australasian Institute of Packaging (AIP), the 2025 Australasian PIDAs offer recognition across 15 categories and are the exclusive entry point for the prestigious WorldStar Packaging Awards for the region.
The industry led awards programme has a sole purpose of recognising innovative and intuitive packaging and the talented people who make up this industry.
The 2025 PIDA categories include the following:
The Design Innovation of the Year company awards will recognise organisations that have designed innovative packaging within each of these six manufacturing categories:
- Food
- Beverage
- Health, Beauty & Wellness
- Domestic & Household
- Labelling & Decoration
- Outside of the Box
There are four special awards available:
- Sustainable Packaging Design
- Save Food Packaging Design
- Accessible & Inclusive Packaging Design
- Marketing
In addition, there are three awards designed for people who have made specific contributions to the packaging industry:
- Young Packaging Professional of the Year
- Industry Packaging Professional of the Year
- Packaging Technologist of the Year.
The Packaging Technologist of the Year Award recognises and acknowledges the outstanding achievements and contribution by an individual currently working within the Packaging industry across Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
There are two scholarships available that are supported by the Australasian Bioplastics Association (ABA):
- ABA Diploma in Packaging Scholarship
- ABA Certificate in Packaging Scholarship
The winners of the PIDAs will be announced on May 6 at the gala awards dinner that will be held alongside of the biennial Australasian Packaging Conference, which will be held at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney.
