The ‘Crescent and Stars of Packaging 2022 Competition’, organized for the tenth time this year by the Turkish Packaging Manufacturers Association (ASD), has been concluded. The competition, in which packaging manufacturers, brand owners and designers participated with their existing packaging for the last two years, attracted great attention from both domestic and international markets.
The members of the Selection Committee, who came together at the ASD Packaging Building on 23-24 June 2022, evaluated the applications in line with the 11 criteria included in the competition specifications. After the evaluation made from ease of use and production quality to environmental awareness, from design to originality, a total of 126 packages made it to the finals. In the award ceremony of the competition, which became a success story and became a brand throughout Turkey with its increasing participation; The winners of Gold, Silver, Bronze and Competency Awards among the packages that made it to the finals will be announced. Among the products that are entitled to receive the ‘Gold Award’, a maximum of 3 ‘Golden Packaging Awards’ will be given in cooperation with the Turkish Standards Institute (TSE).
In the competition, where applications from abroad have been accepted since 2015 and original packaging designs, different and innovative packaging applications that have left their mark on the industry worldwide, are awarded, the winners of the competition are WorldStar, accredited by the World Packaging Organization (WPO) and Asian Packaging Federation (APF), representing Turkey. It will also be able to participate in AsiaStar competitions.
“The way of value-added exports goes through design”
Underlining that they organized the tenth edition of the competition this year, Zeki Sarıbekir, President of the Turkish Packaging Manufacturers Association (ASD) said, “The way of value-added production passes through design. It is the design of the packaging that adds value to the value of the product and brings that product to the fore. As ASD, we attach great importance to supporting packaging manufacturers, brand owners and designers to develop innovative design ideas, and we help our industry to reflect its talents in this regard by organizing Crescents and Stars for Packaging, which is considered one of the most prestigious competitions in the industry. The increasing interest in our competition shows that we are on the right track, and the increase in participation from abroad shows that our efforts to make our country a center of attraction have paid off. This year, 3 of our awards went abroad.”