WorldStar Awards
At a recent meeting of the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) in Sri Lanka, the WPO agreed to award the contract for running the prestigious WorldStar competition for at least the next three years to the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) based in the UK. Read the full news story
WorldStar Industry Awards
WorldStar Awards 2009The World Packaging Organisation is a not for profit, non-governmental, international federation of national packaging institutes, regional packaging federations and other interested parties including individuals, corporations and trade associations.
Now in its 41st year, the pre-eminent international award in packaging, WorldStar, illustrates the continual advancement of the state of our packaging art and creates a living standard of international packaging excellence from which others may learn.
WorldStars are presented only to those packages which, having already won recognition in a regional or national competition, are compared by an expert panel of judges to similar packages from around the world.
To apply to become a recognised competition please apply to Rachel Brooks for an application form. For a list of existing recognised competitions see the
Recognised Awards to enter Worldstar page on the WPO website.
The 2010 WorldStar Awards details will be released shortly. To read more about WorldStar in the meantime please go to WorldStar Industry Awards.
WorldStar Student Awards
The WorldStar Student Awards are run by the World Packaging Organisation. This is a not for profit, non-governmental, international federation of national packaging institutes, regional packaging federations and other interested parties including individuals, corporations and trade associations.
Further information including 2009 award winners: WorldStar Student Awards website