PCA Best of Show Award

Award Criteria

The Best of Show is selected from the Gold winning entries. It is awarded to the entry that represents the greatest overall achievement in its category.

Entry Submitted By

O-I Australia

Package Title

Lean+Green™ Light Weight Wine Bottle Range

Package Component Manufacturer

O-I Australia (Adelaide Plant)

Package Designer Functional

Julian Ditchburn, Craig Ross

Package Owner

O-I Australia

Comments

The Judges specifically applaud the impact of the lightweight wine bottle range as a supplier initiative that benefits both customers and the industry as a whole. This innovation comes at a time when there is a confluence of imperatives at play. Issues of sustainability, missions, energy and moderation of packaging and resources are paramount, but so are matters of domestic manufacturing, economic viability and exports, and all are addressed through this solution. The saving of almost 20,000 tonnes of glass packaging a year has a massive flow-on benefit for industry and the environment. The reduction in cost, weight, energy and water usage from each bottle is staggering. The advances can potentially be applied to other products and, due to the sheer volume of the application, this design solution has the capacity to impact on millions of products worldwide.