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Who may participate?

The competition is open for all packaging solutions designed, constructed or manufactured in one of the Nordic Countries. Packaging solutions made in other countries but sold by a Nordic company or ordered by a Nordic customer may also participate. Packaging entries must be marketed before the entry date and must not have been in any previous ScanStar competitions.

Entries can be made by designers, constructors, manufacturers or buyers of packaging with an approval from the other stakeholders. Each company has the right to enter an unlimited number of packages that comply with the rules of the competition.

How to enter the competition?

Physical samples of entries must be sent by post by June 7th, 2023 in two specimens: One should be filled with a product (if possible) and the other one should be empty. The entries must be custom cleared with no costs for the receiver.

Address for competition entries:

Suomen Pakkausyhdistys
Johanna Nikunen
Rautatieläisenkatu 6, 00520 Helsinki, Finland

Choose the aspect your packaging should be judged by:

A new idea/new application
Protection ability
Price/cost savings
User friendliness
Design
Environment

The packaging should be entered by the following categories:

Consumer packaging
Transport/distribution packaging
Other packaging

The entries will be judged by a jury, and the winners will be announced on September 1st 2023. The Award ceremony will be held at PackSummit 2023 in Tampere, Finland on November 14th.

Good tips:

Describe why your packaging deserves a ScanStar in more than one sentence
Add photos, Power Point presentation etc.
Use your smart phone to make a short video presentation
More information:
Johanna Nikunen, +358503143562 johanna.nikunen@pakkaus.com