The Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Awards (PIDAs) finalists across 12 categories have been announced and Opal has been recognised as a finalist for three Opal produced products across four categories. Source: Timberbiz
These categories are:
- Food
- Outside of the Box
- Labelling and Decoration
- Sustainable
Cadbury Roses Limited Edition Mother’s Day is a finalist for Food Category and the Outside of the Box Category Opal has been nominated for work in producing Cadbury Roses Mother’s Day chocolate packaging with Mondelez. The box features the creative artwork of First Nations Wiradjuri artist, Karen Lee titled, ‘Mandaang Guwu’, which means thank you in Wiradjuri, the art celebrates love and connection.
The Cadbury Roses box takes the brand from a flat standard chest style box to a vertical style carton. It demonstrates Opal’s die-cutting expertise and takes advantage of colour contrast and tactile depth with the brand’s iconic rose.
Opal’s limited edition Cadbury Roses packaging is a paper-based solution, providing an alternative to the traditional tin. Opal worked closely with Mondelez to produce a brown shelf-ready packaging solution for Cadbury Favourites.
The goal was to deliver the recognisable Cadbury Favourites brand on sustainable brown packaging board using recyclable material. Opal’s ability to successfully print the recognisable Cadbury purple and Cadbury Favourites branding onto brown packaging board ensured that the product can maintain its presence in the confectionery retail environment.
Opal worked with JBS to create a column-like corrugated structure solution to limit product movement during container transportation of meat exports. As a key paper and packaging supplier in Australasia, at Opal takes pride in its ability to develop sustainable packaging solutions through innovation. A big part of that is having the ability to design, manufacture and supply recyclable packaging to customers.
The PIDA Awards are coordinated through the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) and are designed to recognise businesses across Australia and New Zealand who are making an impact in their field. The awards will be announced on 8 July.
