Reusable Packaging Association announces winners of 2022 awards

(Photo courtesy Alexandr Podvalny)

The Reusable Packaging Association has announced the winners of the 2022 Excellence in Reusable Packaging Awards.  This year’s awards feature three winners in the Reusable Systems category and celebrate a winner in each of the two new award categories – Design Innovation and Product Technology, according to a news release.

The three winners recognized for Reusable Systems are retailer HEB and suppliers NestFresh and IFCO Systems for a reusable plastic container (RPC) for eggs; automaker Rivian Automotive and supplier SSI SCHAEFER for implementing reusable totes and bulk bins made from recovered ocean-bound plastic; and automaker Volvo and supplier ORBIS Corporation for the AdjustaPak reusable container and dunnage system. The Design Innovation award goes to Paxxal, Inc. for their new PX3 pallet. Surgere receives the Product Technology award for their asset-tracking technology product and service.

“It is amazing to see the breakthroughs in reusable packaging benefits, product design and engineering, and technology enablement,” says Tim Debus, RPA’s president and CEO in the release.  “There is much excitement about how reusable packaging is creating high-performing, resilient, and digital supply chains and this award program highlights a few of the many impressive examples that were considered. Congratulations to our 2022 winners and thanks to all participants for sharing extraordinary case studies.”

These were the judges of the 2022 Excellence Awards:

  • Ziynet Boz, University of Florida
  • Michelle Fay, StopWaste
  • Laszlo Horvath, Virginia Tech
  • Rick LeBlanc, Reusable Packaging News
 

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