Starpack Industry Awards 2010 - winners by category
Starpack Champion 2010 - Event Can (Full Aperture SuperEnd®) 
Entrant: CROWN Bevcan Europe & Middle East
"Technical innovation - makes drinking from the can a new pleasurable experience. Practical and time saving for event bars. A breakthrough innovation." - judges' comments
Also takes Gold in the Alcoholic Beverages category
As a fantastic extra prize, Starpack's overall winner this year, the "Starpack Champion" will be entered into the Global Packaging Competition, Worldstar, paid for by IOM3 (usual cost €650).
This year's categories have been chosen to reflect key areas of packaging applications and packaging development.
Categories
The 2010 award categories are listed below.
Click on a category for winners' details and photos of the winning packs.
Food & Beverages - Fresh, preserved & frozen food, confectionery, non-alcoholic beverages
Health, Beauty, Toiletries & Personal Care – Supplements, cosmetics, perfumes, hair and body care, oral care
Luxury, Promotional & Giftware - Luxury packaging beyond the normal retail packs, seasonal packaging ie Easter eggs, Christmas biscuit tins etc
Consumer Products - Household, home & garden, automotive (oils, lubricants, vehicle and accessory parts), toys, clothing, DIY (paint etc), electrical products
Alcoholic Beverages - any fermented liquor, such as wine, beer, or distilled spirit, that contains alcohol.
Pharmaceutical, Medicines & Healthcare - Pharmaceutical and OTC medicines, healthcare & vitamins, self medication
Retail Ready Packaging – Point of sale, end of aisle, shelf ready and chilled distribution
Transit - Business to Business - Industrial (heavy duty) & distribution packaging - inter-company packaging
Transit - Business to Consumer - Direct to front door, postal packaging, internet sales
Environment - Optimised packaging (before & after)
Decoration - Printing techniques, surface treatment, graphics etc
Best Student of the Year (Diploma in Packaging Technology)- Gemma Seery
This award is made to the student who has achieved the highest overall mark in the Diploma in Packaging Technology
Loughry Packaging Student wins International Accolade
Loughry student Gemma Seery has won the 2010 Starpack Award for the top student of the year on the Diploma in Packaging Technology. Gemma studied for the Packaging Diploma at Loughry Campus, which is part of the College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise in Cookstown, Northern Ireland.
Gemma is employed as a Research and Development Manager for Irish Breeze a manufacturer of skincare products. Gemma commented "It is a great honour to be recognised with a Starpack award, the Packaging Diploma is an excellent way to access knowledge and experience in packaging materials, properties and emerging technologies. Loughry delivers the Diploma as a balance of classroom based teaching with practical site visits and the packaging facilities and staff at the campus are excellent. I would strongly recommend this course to anyone who wants to know more about packaging."
For further information on the Diploma in Packaging Technology and other packaging courses offered by Loughry Campus contact Ron Gardiner on 028 8676 8209 or e mail ron.gardner@dardni.gov.uk
Best Student of the Year (Certificate in Packaging) - Damien Cador
This award is made to the student who has achieved the highest overall mark in the Certificate in Packaging
Damien Cador started his career in packaging during his 4 years at Kraft Foods. He worked within the Procurement Department as an Assistant Buyer tasked with purchasing promotional and seasonal packaging.
Since leaving Kraft Foods Damien has worked as a Premiums buyer, sourcing products from the Far-east, Negotiating engineering services contracts for Stagecoach Bus and now works for the NW NHS Collaborative Purchasing Hub as a Business Services Buyer.