The Dow Chemical Company has announced the winners of the 2018 30th Awards for Packaging Innovation, which recognizes the packaging industry’s top achievements in innovative packaging designs, materials, technologies and process.
Procter & Gamble’s Air Assist received top honor, the Diamond Award. Air Assist is a breakthrough in performance and sustainability for e-commerce and in-store packaging. The liquid packaging technology uses compressed gas to provide tailored rigidity to create structure in flexible films. By using a proprietary one-way valve, the new packaging form delivers cleaner dispensing, more controlled dosing and more convenient one-handed use while still being tough enough for e-commerce shipping without extra protection. Air Assist also uses 50 percent less plastic than a traditional rigid bottle and has a 360-degree palette for design, making it a more resource-efficient solution.