In its eighth year, the Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge has become a prestigious competition within the packaging industry.
FPA’s Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge honors flexible packaging solutions developed by students. Flexible Packaging is used to package a wide variety of items. From retail food to medical and pharmaceutical products, the packaging possibilities are endless. The only limit is your imagination!
Winning entries of past competitions include a flexible shoe “box,” an aseptic milk pouch, a flexible package for frozen pizza, a bread “loaf” with individually packaged slices of bread, a cereal pouch, hot chocolate packets, a single serve orange juice concentrate package and a windshield washer fluid package.
The Challenge for students is to develop a flexible package solution that addresses a packaging issue, such as consumer convenience or the protection of food. The package should advance the use of flexible packaging; make an improvement over an existing flexible package; convert a non-flexible package into a flexible package; package a new product or package a product that is not currently available in flexible packaging (such as salads in flexible packaging).
Students are asked to submit a concept outline prior to the actual development of the flexible packaging prototype/bench sample. The concept outline will be evaluated and approved by a panel of industry experts and packaging school professors. Once the concept outline has been approved, students may begin development of the package. Students can work on the design in conjunction with their packaging schools. FPA members may be available as mentors to students advancing to the flexible packaging prototype/bench sample development round of The Challenge.
The deadline to submit a concept outline is October 7, 2011. The submission deadline for the flexible packaging prototype/bench sample is November 21, 2011. Winners will be announced on February 22, 2012.
The student or team of students who develop the first place winning entry will receive a $1,000, and the student or team developing the second place winning entry will receive $500.
The Challenge rules, instructions and criteria are described in the following FPA Student Flexible Packaging Student Design Challenge Call for Entries. If you have any questions or require further assistance, please call FPA at (410) 694-0800 or email the association at fpa@flexpack.org.
We look forward to receiving your entry and wish you the best of luck in The Challenge.
The Challenge rules, instructions and criteria can be found in the FPA Student Flexible Packaging Student Design Challenge Call for Entries. If you have any questions or require further assistance, please call FPA at (410) 694-0800 or email the association at fpa@flexpack.org. |
