The Horners Bottlemakers Award, which exists to recognise the achievement in polymer-based packaging and bottles, has begun accepting entries.
The Horners Award Dinner
Any plastic packaging innovations featuring a closure are welcomed candidates. The award, run jointly with the British Plastics Federation, celebrates technical, design and sustainability innovations that show commercial potential.
Last year’s winner, The BootBuddy, provided a quick and easy way to clean muddy trainers. The nozzle on the tip of the innovation makes it easy to get into the hardest to reach parts of muddy footwear.
Previous winners included an innovative digital printing technique which could be applied directly to a bottle’s surface, and a glass-like bottle developed through injection stretch blow moulding.
Genius in a bottle
The Bottlemakers award commends the UK plastic bottle-making and plastic packaging industries’ efforts to continually innovate, staying abreast of the modern demands.
Stephen Hunt, BPF’s Membership Services Director, said: “Plastic bottles and packaging are vital for preserving food, drinks and many other liquid or solid products. It’s exciting to see the developments in the industry being recognised by the Horners Bottlemakers Award. This award does a great job of highlighting the very best of UK innovations.”
With the award open to all plastic packaging with a closure, this means various sectors within the industry are eligible to apply, particularly the thermoforming, injection moulding, rotational moulding, blow moulding and flexible plastic packaging fields.
The winners will be announced at the Worshipful Company of Horners Annual Banquet at Mansion House in London.
Candidates are invited to visit www.hornersaward.co.uk or email marketing@bpf.co.uk with submissions by July 26, 2019.
Established in 1933 the British Plastics Federation is the most powerful voice in the UK plastic industry with over 500 members across the plastics industry supply chain, including polymer producers and suppliers, additive manufacturers, recyclers, services providers, end users, plastics processors and machinery manufacturers, representing over 80% of the industry by turnover.