Mondi celebrates eight WorldStar Awards for outstanding packaging solutions

Mondi, one of the global leaders in sustainable packaging and paper products, has received eight awards in five categories at this year’s WorldStar Global Packaging Awards recognizing the best ideas, innovations and technologies on the market, with a focus on sustainability, product protection and end-user convenience.

Mondi has been recognized for Mono Formable PP, a recyclable high barrier modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) technology, created from mono-material polypropylene (PP). Featuring a printed top web and a complementary thermoformable semi rigid bottom web, the fully recyclable packaging weighs around 30 percent less than a comparable polyester (PET) tray at the same thickness while offering the same high-level of product protection. The innovative solution can substitute the industry standard of multi-material non-recyclable PET trays and is recyclable in existing recycling streams for mixed polyolefins.

Another product is RetortPouch Recyclable, which is able to withstand high temperatures during the retort process used in food preparation and is suitable for a wide range of applications in the ready-made food and pet food industries. It is made of polypropylene (PP)-based mono-material, offers exceptional shelf life and reduces potential food waste. The innovative packaging can replace complex multilayer unrecyclable packaging that uses aluminium or metallised layers to provide high-barrier food protection. The new mono-material retort packaging is fully recyclable, offering a solution that protects the product, provides exceptional shelf life for a mono-material solution and reduces potential food waste.

The remaining Mondi’s 2023 WorldStar Award winners are:

• EasyTray, category: Fresh fruits and vegetables
• NoTamperBox, category: ecommerce
• Corrugated-board Wedge, category: transit
• TrapezeBox, category: food
• Turbocharger, category: transit
• Eco Multi Rack, category: other

‘We are very proud to have our sustainable and innovative packaging solutions recognised,’ said Markus Gaertner, CEO of Mondi corrugated packaging. ‘Together with our valued customers, we work hard to create distinctive solutions that serve societal needs, and receiving prestigious awards like these is incredibly satisfying for our hard working teams! We are already excited about making many more of our ideas a reality over the next year.’

‘We are honoured to be recognised by the WorldStar Awards,’ added Thomas Ott, CEO of Mondi flexible packaging. ‘Our award-winning products illustrate Mondi’s commitment to developing packaging that is sustainable by design. Our broad range of product innovations help our customers reach their sustainability goals, since we always evaluate what the best solution is for our customers, our planet and the end-user. Using paper where possible and plastic when useful, we are determined to make packaging part of a circular economy.’

The Awards Ceremony and Gala Event for the 2023 WorldStar Packaging Awards will be held in May in Dusseldorf, Germany.