Enter AmeriStar 2019 Competition by March 15

AmeriStar entries are accepted across 17 categories, and include three special top awards: Best of Show Award, Sustainable Packaging Award, and Design Excellence Award.

Matt ReynoldsEditor

Feb 5th, 2019

Entries are now being accepted for the Institute of Packaging Professionals’ AmeriStar 2019 Package Awards competition. AmeriStar is one of the industry’s broadest and most prestigious design competitions.
Winning packages are displayed at PACK EXPO, and all AmeriStar winners are eligible for the World Packaging Organisation’s WorldStar Packaging Awards competition.

AmeriStar entries are accepted across 17 categories, and include three special top awards: Best of Show Award, Sustainable Packaging Award, and Design Excellence Award.

AmeriStar, one of the packaging industry’s oldest and most anticipated packaging competitions, showcases the most ground-breaking, innovative packages of the year. It provides global recognition for the superb work of your team and positions your company as an innovative packaging leader in the industry. All entries in this year’s competition will once again be critiqued by an in-person panel of experts from around the packaging industry.

Entry deadline is March 15, 2019. Submit your entry here.

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