The 2019 WorldStar competition, organised by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) continues to endorse aluminium foil as one of the major packaging materials globally, considering its recycling and convenience values. Four aluminium foil products, which had already won the coveted Alufoil Trophy in 2018, picked up WorldStars awards for 2019. The winners were announced recently. 

Constantia Flexibles International, from Austria, received a WorldStar for the Cat Milk in Aluminium Portion-Pack in the food category. The company made packaging for Animonda´s Milkies portion-packs. Aluminium packs proved ideal, due to their excellent barrier properties and ability to protect the content for 12-month shelf life. Opening, dispensing and disposing of the totally recyclable packaging is very clean, hygienic and easy.  The long shelf life is a key advantage to consumers.

Huhtamaki Flexible Packaging Germany won another food category WorldStar award for its new 3-layer laminate, Lamineo, which uses extrusion rather than adhesive in the packing.  Between the PET and aluminium foil, an extrusion layer which increases the distance between these two dimensionally stable materials. This strengthens the rigidity and reduces the amount of PE by up to 20% without any loss of performance or rigidity. 

Ready2Cook® Skin Packaging Solution from Plus Pack AS of Denmark also received another award in the food category. The product won the award due to its consumer convenience, resource efficiency and simplified storage and distribution. Skin packaging onto aluminium containers offers a fresh solution for foods.  The container can go directly from the chilled cabinet to the oven or BBQ.

The Tetra Fino® Aseptic 100 Ultra MiM, from Tetra Pak Italy won an award for its ability to enable dairy and juice drinks to be distributed in carton pouches at room temperature and also can be stored frozen.

“The continued success, at the WorldStars, for the aluminium foil sector once again demonstrates the valuable contribution our Alufoil Trophy competition makes to improving packaging globally,” said Henning Grimm, Manager Communications of the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA).

He emphasised on the contribution of foil rollers and converters towards packaging innovation and design. The recognition from WorldStar according to him, reaffirmed the leading role aluminium foil plays in modern packaging solutions.