16th DuPont Award Winners 2003 Awards Competition

The DuPont Awards for innovation in food processing and packaging technology is an international industry competition, inaugurated in 1986. DuPont sponsors the competition in cooperation with Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association in Gloucestershire, England, and the National Food Processors Association in Washington, D.C.

Entries are evaluated on the following overall criteria:
• Degree of innovation
• Breadth of application
• Significance/impact on industry or consumers
• Marketing innovation of the packaged product
• Impact of the packaging on consumer or industry buying decisions

The DuPont Awards recognize industry innovations that utilize plastic packaging materials in food and non-food categories. The food category recognizes advancements from all parts of the food chain that are made possible, or more productive, by the use of plastic packaging. The non-food category recognizes innovations that use plastic packaging in industrial, cosmetic, medical, or other non-food-related industries. The competition's most significant new development receives the prestigious Diamond Award. Entries need not include a DuPont product to be eligible.

Entries are judged by an international panel of qualified experts representing food processing and packaging industries, graphics experts, equipment suppliers, academia, the trade press, and governmental, environmental, and trade organizations.

The 16th DuPont Awards Ceremony was held at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, PA, on August 8, 2003. Since its inception in 1986, the competition has received more than 600 entries from over 33 countries. During that time, over 120 innovations have been honored.

CLP Industries Ltd. (USA and Israel), Select Marketing Group Ltd. (USA), Steve Werblow Communications (USA), California Wild Rice Growers Assoc. - USA Fall River Wild Rice Retort Stand-Up Pouch

	CLP Industries Ltd. (USA and Israel), Select Marketing Group Ltd. (USA), Steve Werblow Communications (USA) Fall River Wild Rice Retort Stand-Up Pouch Gold Award
	Fuji Tokushu Shigyo Co. Ltd. (Japan) Gravure Printing Process Uses Aqueous Ink and Laminating Process Gold Award
	LM Packaging, Inc (USA), Graphics Packaging (USA), Valley Packaging Supply Co. Inc. (USA), RytWay Industries Inc. (USA), Nordenia USA Inc. (USA) ASAP Popcorn Microwave Bags Are the Perfect Party Maker Gold Award
	Sealed Air Corp. (USA), Smithfield Packing Company (USA), Multivac Inc. (USA) Cryovac Simple Steps Heat and Serve Package Gold Award
	Tetra Pak Inc (USA), Tetra Pak Plastics Packaging R&D (Germany), Dover Brooks Associates (USA) Tetra Plast Aseptic Filling Technology With Open-Neck Bottles Gold Award
	Foster Farms (USA), Cryovac (USA), Multivac (USA), Fineman PR (USA) Foster Farms Fresh & Easy Chicken Individual Pouches Silver Award
	Owen-Illinois Plastics Group - Food & Beverage Products (USA), H.J. Heinz Company (USA), Karen Baker Public Relations (USA) Heinz Easy Squeeze Inverted Ketchup Bottle Silver Award
	Alcoa Flexible Packaging (USA) Alcoa Sure-Peel Patented Cohesive Peel Lidding Silver Award
	Hassia USA, Inc. (USA), ConAgra Grocery Products Company (USA) Aseptic Stick Snack Package Silver Award
	Curwood Inc. (USA) Bone-In Shrink Bags Silver Award
	International Dispensing Corp (USA) Aseptic Gravity Flow Valve Silver Award

B. Braun Medical Inc. (USA) Duplex Drug Delivery System Flexible Plastic IV Container Gold Award
GlaxoSmithKline (USA and United Kingdom) Advair Diskus Inhalation Powder Easy-to-Use Dispenser Gold Award
Graham Packaging (USA) Graham Flex-Tube Squeezable One-Piece Tube Gold Award
Pechiney Plastic Packaging (USA) Desiccating Sealant Film Moisture Barrier Pouch Silver Award
Rexam Healthcare Flexibles (USA) Core-Peel Pouch Silver Award
Rollprint Packaging Products Inc. (USA), Taut Inc. (USA) Cholangiogram Catheter Package Silver Award
Sealed Air Corporation (USA) Inflatable Bubble Wrap Packaging System Silver AwardFood Category Special

Kraft Foods North America (USA), Plastipak Packaging Inc (USA), Creative Packaging Corporation (USA) Grated Parmesan Cheese Restaurant Style Shaker Bottle and Closure

	Pechiney Plastic Packaging (USA), PCI Services - A Cardinal Health Company (USA) Del Pouch Single-Dose Applicator with Frangible Seal
	Viskase Corporation (USA) Nojax AL Antibacterial Casing