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Awards Home | Categories | Timetable | Judging 2008 Awards Sponsors WRAP (the Waste & Resources Programme is a not-for-profit company that works with a wide range of organisations, including retailers, brand-owners and local authorities to promote recycling and waste minimisation. Our work with retailers, brands and their supply chains is focused on using materials more effectively to reduce household packaging and food waste. Sponsor of the Environment award – awarded for excellence in environmental effectiveness. WRAP are sponsoring the Starpack awards for the fourth consecutive year. www.wrap.org.uk  DHL Exel Supply Chain is the world leader in supply chain management, providing customer-focused solutions for a range of industries. DHL Exel Supply Chain is delighted to sponsor the Best Drinks Design award which recognises innovation in the packaging industry. DHL Exel Supply Chain offers retailers and FMCG manufacturers a contract packaging (co-pack) solution to support product launches, promotions and local market customization. We have a successful track record with the world’s leading FMCG companies, where we offer a total project-based solution spanning concept to fulfillment, including pack design & reconfiguration, purchasing of packaging & consumables, product labeling & ink-jet printing, preparation of point-of-sale assemblies, shrink wrapping and rework & returns. Customer benefits from our co-pack solution include:
 Alcan Packaging is a world leader in value-added speciality packaging, with global reach, unsurpassed expertise and the leading market positions in all four core segments. Alcan Packaging is No.1 in food flexible, pharmaceutical, beauty and tobacco packaging. Sponsor of Best Consumer Pack - Food and Drink. Alcan Inc (NYSE, TSX: AL) is a leading global materials company, delivering high quality products and services worldwide. With world-class technology and operations in bauxite mining, alumina processing, primary metal smelting, power generation, aluminium fabrication, engineered solutions as well as flexible and specialty packaging, today¹s Alcan is well positioned to meet and exceed its customers¹ needs. Alcan is represented by 65,000 employees in 61 countries and regions, and posted revenues of US$20.3 billion in 2005.  PPMA SHOW The PPMA Show is the UK's annual showcase for processing and packaging machinery. Now entering its 20th year, the event continues to provide exhibitors with a valuable opportunity to demonstrate their equipment and technology live, to the single largest gathering of industry professionals in the UK who come from every industry sector including food and drink, chemical and pharmaceutical. Incorporating the widest range of machinery and a high quality free seminar programme covering the major issues in the machinery sector, the PPMA Show enables visitors to make all the right purchasing decisions. Jointly owned and managed by the Processing and Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA) and Reed Exhibitions, The PPMA Show runs from 30th September - 2nd October 2008 at the NEC, Birmingham. For more details visit www.ppmashow.co.uk  “Business, Innovation, Outlook” are the watchwords for the 38th World Packaging Exhibition which will be held in Paris from 17 to 21 November 2008. Placing visitors at the heart of the packaging event EMBALLAGE 2008 offers:
Located in the heart of the exhibition, the 3rd International Pack.Vision Congress, will provide insights into the latest cutting-edge trends and tomorrow's packaging strategies with the close support and experience of the leading international packaging design agencies. Together with the Trends Area, which will once more stage the exhibitors' most significant new products, these exhibition highlights will represent a valuable complement to the visit - a must for all professionals in search of ideas to highlight their products. For additional information: www.emballageweb.com Supporter The British Brands Group is a membership organisation that provides the voice for brand manufacturers in the UK, championing the positive contribution of brands to consumers, the economy and society while addressing those policy issues that affect the ability of brands to deliver value and innovative solutions to consumers. It is the UK arm of AIM (the European Brands Association) and part of an integral network of similar national organisations around the world. 
MPMA, the Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association, exists to promote the growth and competitiveness of the UK Metal Packaging industry and to protect the interests of its members. It represents the manufacturers of light metal containers, closures and components and their suppliers in the United Kingdom. The MPMA develops Industry Standards, Guidelines and Codes of Practice, and represents members’ views to Government and other regulatory bodies. It promotes the use of metal packaging through all parts of the media, arranges packaging competitions and attends trade shows. Media Supporter Packaging Europe The only packaging magazine that is truly European in content and readership, Packaging Europe brings analysis, reports, interviews, news and features from all over the continent. www.packagingeurope.com provides the world's most comprehensive packaging news service, around the clock, in six languages.  The Packaging Professional is the bi-monthly magazine for members of IOP: The Packaging Society, a Division of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Focusing on technology, innovation and design in packaging, the magazine serves a community of industry professionals, from packaging technologists to product designers and marketing specialists. By delivering the latest information in a clear and fresh manner, the magazine attracts feature writers at the cutting edge of their field. We run also a news section, innovation pages, an events diary, and updates on training courses run by the Institute Media Sponsor Media Supporters
 
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