DuPont Announces 2017 Packaging Innovation Award Winners
Honorees highlight the packaging industry’s commitment to sustainability,
personalization and solving global challenges.
SARASOTA, FL – May 31, 2017 – : “The DuPont Packaging Awards honor innovations in the packaging supply chain that demonstrate excellence in technological advancement, responsible packaging and enhanced user experience while incorporating science, inspiration and creativity. “The 2017 winners are true representations of how companies innovate and collaborate to solve industry problems”, confirms Bernard Rioux, Global Packaging Leader.
Penta5 USA’s MosquitoPaQ™ LLC, based in Sarasota, Florida won a GOLD award at the 2017 DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. The patented Outdoor ZONE no-bite SPATIAL Attractant/Confounder/Repellent Pouch demonstrated a clever use of a frangible (breakable) sealed pouch for this new application of mosquito repellent. The pouch allows consumers to mix and activate the dry and wet ingredients at the time of use, without having to pour out or touch the contents. After activation, consumers can simply hang the pouch on a tree and leave it alone as the attractant/repellent is released over the course of fifteen days. With a holistic focus on customers, the Penta5 USA division also included graphics on the pouch itself that teach consumers how to use this innovative package. This package is a great example of an application of an existing technology into a new category – lawn and garden!
DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovations Bernard Rioux was,” thrilled to see innovators raising the bar each year.” DuPont believes that by collaborating with customers, governments, NGOs, and thought leaders we can help find solutions to such global challenges as providing enough healthy food for people everywhere, decreasing dependence on fossil fuels, and protecting life and the environment”. CEO of Penta5 USA, R.Charles Murray was happy to receive this prestigious award and supports Mr. Rioux and DuPont’s support for our environment. Mr. Murray stated “Nature inspires us with its beauty and its magnificence, and we are deeply committed to conservation and wellness. We want to preserve our world. Our natural products program that harnesses the functional and technical benefits of plants, offers natural alternatives to the global population. This includes insects, animals and food production from the overuse of harmful chemical products that could endanger future generations”.
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