Packaging
Mpact Plastics brings home the IPSA Gold Pack 2021 trophy and four gold awards
Mpact 25 Nov 2021
Best in SA packaging: Gold Pack Awards 2021 winners revealed
The Institute of Packaging South Africa (IPSA) announced the winners of the annual Gold Pack Awards during an online ceremony this week. Established in 1974, the annual competition is regarded as the premier event for South Africa's packaging industry.
2021 Gold Pack Trophy winner. Source: Screenshot
This year's coveted IPSA Gold Pack Trophy was awarded to Mpact Versapak for its PETZorb Meat Tray. Explaining the motivation behind the trophy award win, IPSA said: "The PETZorb Meat Tray reduces the dependence on virgin material while creating a demand for recycled plastics, stimulating investment in the collection and recycling industry and reducing the leakage of these products into the environment.
"The tray, launched in April 2021, further contributes to sustainable solutions by creating new job opportunities through the beneficiation of PET from landfill and complies to ‘design for recycling’ principles by being stackable, making use of recyclate and displaying a material identification
symbol.
"By producing this as a generic range, a large customer base has access to an environmentally-friendly packaging option to drive environmental
benefits over an extended period. Studies indicate that, once fully launched, approximately 20 million fewer soaker pads will be utilised and end up in landfill as non-recyclable and non-biodegradable waste."
Watch the full award ceremony here:
The list of Trophy and Medal winners can be found below.
IPSA Gold Pack Trophy 2021
Name of Entry: PETZorb Meat Tray
Entrant/Converter: Mpact Versapak
Brand Owner: Mpact Versapak
Food Packaging Medal Winners
Name of Entry: PETZorb
Meat Tray Entrant/Converter: Mpact Versapak
Brand Owner: Mpact Versapak
Award: Gold
Name of Entry: Oceanic Microplastic-Free Salt
Entrant/Converter: Green Energy Packaging
Brand Owner: SRP Holdings
Award: Silver
Name of Entry: Baby Red Onion Bags 500g
Entrants: Woolworths, Packaging World
Converter: Packaging World
Brand Owner: Woolworths
Award: Bronze
Beverage Packaging Medal Winners
Name of Entry: Aquellé VIV Power & Sports Drinks Range
Entrant: Ekhamanzi Springs (aQuellé)
Converters: Fontana Manufacturers, Polyflex, MCC Label
Brand Owner: Aquellé
Award: Gold
Name of Entry: Tropika Icy – A Dairy Mix Ice Lolly
Entrants: Clover South Africa, Constantia Afripack Flexibles
Converter: Constantia Afripack Flexibles
Brand Owner: Clover South Africa
Award: Silver
Name of Entry: 100% Recycled PET Bonaqua Bottle
Entrant: Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa
Converters: Extrupet, Alpla, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa
Brand Owner: The Coca-Cola Company
Award: Bronze
Health, Beauty, Medical and Pharmaceutical Packaging Medal Winners
Name of Entry: Velobiotics 16 Strains Probiotic Collagen Peptides
Entrant/Converter: Green Energy Packaging
Brand Owner: Velobiotics
Award: Silver
Name of Entry: Playboy Shower Wash Tottle
Entrant/Converter: T3 Plastic Packaging
Brand Owner: Amka
Award: Bronze
Name of Entry: Playboy Shower Wash Tottle
Entrant/Converter: T3 Plastic Packaging
Brand Owner: Amka
Award: Bronze
Household Products (including domestic goods and others) Medal Winners
Name of Entry: 100% rHDPE 750ml and 1.5-Litre Household Cleaner Bottle & Closure
Entrant/Converter: Mpact Plastics FMCG Pinetown
Brand Owner: Unilever
Award: Gold
Name of Entry: Woolworths Fresh Herb Fluted Pots
Entrant/Converter: Mpact Corrugated
Brand Owner: Woolworths
Award: Silver
Name of Entry: 750ml W.Lab All Purpose Cream Bottle
Entrant/Converter: T3 Plastic Packaging
Brand Owner: Woolworths
Award: Bronze
Transit and Secondary Packaging Medal Winners
Name of Entry: Returnable Crate for 1 250ml Glass Bottles
Entrant: Coca-Cola Beverages
Converters: Chespak, Mpact, Nampak, Jobe
Brand Owner: Coca-Cola Beverages
Award: Gold
Judges' Special Mention: Sustainability
Name of Entry: 100% rHDPE 750ml and 1.5-litre Household Cleaner
Bottle Entrant/Converter: Mpact Plastics FMCG Pinetown
Brand Owner: Unilever
Award: Gold
Promotional and Novelty Packaging Medal Winners
Name of Entry: The Art of Tea Premium Slide Box
Entrant: Cape Herb & Spice Converter Clifton Products
Brand Owner: Eat.Art – Cape Herb & Spice
Award: Gold
Name of Entry: Castle Double Malt Trade Presenter Packaging
Entrant/Converter: Green Energy Packaging
Brand Owner: South African Breweries
Award: Gold
Name of Entry: Solar Jar Export Packaging Sonnenglas
Entrant/Converter: Green Energy Packaging
Brand Owner: Sonnenglas
Award: Silver
The Fibre Circle Paper is Possible Award
Name of Entry: Woolworths Fresh Herb Fluted Pots
Entrant/Converter: Mpact Corrugated
Brand Owner: Woolworths
Award: Paper is Possible Gold
Name of Entry: Smarties Minis 152g and Mini Eggs 85g Packs
Entrants: Nestlé South Africa, Constantia Afripack Flexibles
Converter: Constantia Afripack Flexibles
Brand Owner: Nestlé South Africa
Award: Paper is Possible Gold
Substrate Excellence Awards
Name of Entry: Kraft Cores with Bullnose Closures
Entrant/Converter: Green Energy Packaging
Brand Owners: SRP Holdings, Velobiotics, South African Breweries
Award: Best in Paper Packaging Gold
Name of Entry: Aquellé VIV Power & Sports Drinks Range
Entrant: Ekhamanzi Springs (Aquellé)
Converters: Fontana Manufacturers, Polyflex, MCC Label
Brand Owner: Aquellé
Award: Best in Plastics Gold
Name of Entry: PETZorb Meat Tray
Entrant/Converter: Mpact Versapak
Brand Owner: Mpact Versapak
Award: Best in Plastics Gold
Star of Africa
Name of Entry: Pernod Ricard Imperial Blue Pack
Entrant/Converter: AR Packaging Nigeria
Brand Owner: Pernod Ricard Nigeria
Award: Gold
Student Gold Pack Awards 2021
Graphic Design Winners
Name of Entry: Bee Loved Honey Hexagonal Packaging
Entrant: Courtney Shelley
Institution: Durban University of Technology
Award: Gold
Name of Entry: Floof Tissues
Entrant: Michaela Naidoo
Institution: Durban University of Technology
Award: Silver
Name of Entry: Nestlé Nan Rebrand
Entrant: Charlize Golding
Institution: Stellenbosch Academy of Design & Photography
Award: Bronze
Packaging Technology Winners
Name of Entry: Woolworths Shirt Pack
Entrant: Nicholas Downes
IPSA Region: KwaZulu-Natal
Award: Gold Trophy
Name of Entry: Cape Cobra Wine Carton
Entrant: Luka Fernandes
IPSA Region: KwaZulu-Natal
Award: Silver
Name of Entry: Egoli Beer Enviro Grip Multipack
Entrant: Karishma Jokoo
IPSA Region: Northern Region
Award: Bronze
Food Science and Technology Winner
Name of Entry: Maizey Peach
Entrants: Erica Breytenbach, Tarien Riekert, Jana Lombard, Victoria Knott, Rene Wentzel, Luke Jeftha, Anja Lourens, Sinesipho Galada, Chane Steyn
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Award: Gold Trophy
View the full list of winners and finalists, and their respective entries, here.