Herma InNo-Liner system receives WorldStar Award

The WPO jury, which included packaging experts from over 40 countries, reviewed 435 submissions. The critical evaluation criteria for the award included sustainability, creativity and innovation, as well as cost reductions and economy of the material.

The award ceremony will take place as part of the ProPak Asia trade fair in Bangkok, Thailand, in June of 2024.

Only packaging and packaging materials and technologies that have already received recognition in a WPO-recognized national or international packaging competition in the last two years are eligible for participation in the WorldStar Awards.

The Herma InNo-Liner system won the Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Award (PIDA) in 2023 in the Sustainable Packaging Design for Labelling category.

Previously, the same Herma technology received the German Packaging Award in the sustainability category.

‘We are very pleased about this additional award. It shows how solutions that have been proven to contribute to sustainable progress can now draw attention worldwide,’ said Dr Guido Spachtholz, managing director of Herma.

Martin Kühl, head of Herma’s labeling machines division, added: ‘The award is also a tribute to our Australian sales partner Result Group, whose managing director Michael Dossor recognized the market potential of the HERMA InNo-Liner at an early stage and successfully established it in his home market.’

The award-winning system enables complete dispensation with a release liner for shipping and logistics labels.

According to Herma, being able to save the siliconized backing material is an enormous environmental advantage reducing thousands of tons of material that is useless after application and currently still must be disposed of or recycled in a complex process.

With the elimination of the backing material, freight costs and the required storage space for the label material are also reduced.