WPO completes initial judging in WorldStar Packaging Awards 2016 competition
The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) completed the first stage of the judging process for the WorldStar Packaging Awards 2016 in October, during a board meeting in Mumbai, India. Seventeen WPO members, plus a member of the international trade press, participated in the judging, which involved 276 packages from 35 countries.
The Food and Beverage categories received the most entries—69 and 57, respectively. The other categories are Health and Beauty (38 entries), Transit (28 entries), Other (21 entries), Luxury (14 entries), Pharmaceutical & Medical (14 entries), Point of Sale (14 entries), Household (12 entries) and Electronic (9 entries).