In its sixth year, the Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge has become a prestigious competition within the packaging industry.
FPA’s Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge honors the 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.
First place winning entries of past competitions include a flexible shoe box, an aseptic milk pouch for children, flexible single-dose capsules for cough medicine, a flexible stand up pouch for shampoo and conditioner and a flexible package for frozen pizza. Second place winning entries include a single serving flexible package for razor blades, a bread “loaf” with individually packaged slices of bread, a flexible cereal pouch, a flexible package for emergency or protective gear and flexible packets for hot chocolate.
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 the introduction of cut 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, the students are encouraged to work on the design in conjunction with their packaging schools. FPA members will 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 2, 2009. The submission deadline for the flexible packaging prototype/bench sample is November 23, 2009. Winners will be announced March 10, 2010 at the Welcome and Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Dinner held in conjunction with the 2010 FPA Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.
The student or team that develops the first place winning entry will receive $1,000. The student or team developing the second place winning entry will receive $500.
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. |
