Packaging awards

The judging for the PPMA Group Industry Awards has now been completed and the finalists announced.  Steve Gee Managing Director Manufacturing Division of Close Brothers Asset Finance Ltd, Lead sponsor of the event said  “we are delighted to be associated with the awards particularly with such strong interest from the industry in terms of the number of entries that have been received, there has been a healthy representation of companies in every category ” 

Gary Wyles Managing Director from Festo added “we welcome the return of the PPMA Awards and are pleased to see that the awards are open to everyone within the industry which gives a greater representation of excellence”. 

The gala dinner event will take place on the first night of the PPMA show on September 25th at the National Motorcycle Museum adjacent to the NEC in Birmingham (GB). Everyone is welcome whether a member of the PPMA or not from Suppliers to end users. The event will be hosted by Comedian Bobby Davro and Skye and BBC presenter Amy Garcia.

The Finalists in Each category are as follows:

Most Innovative Processing or Packaging Machine 

• Endoline Machinery

• Ishida Europe

• Linx Printing

• SB Plastics Machinery

• Tekpak

• T Freemantle

Processing and Packaging Machinery Manufacturer of the Year

• Easypack

• Makro

• Matcon

• Pacepacker  Services

• PFM Packaging Machinery

Most Innovative Machine Vision Project:

• Olmec

• RNA Automation

• Stemmer Imaging

Most Innovative Automation System:

• UPM Conveyors

• Summit Systems

• Tekpak

• T Freemantle

Polymer Equipment Manufacturer of the Year:

• Motan-Colortronic

• Premier Moulding Machinery

• Sumitomo (SHI) Demag

• TH Plastics

Exporter of the Year:

• Endoline Machinery

• Industrial Washing Machines

• Lock Inspection Systems

• Matcon

• Pacepacker Services

• Russel-Finex

Exceptional Sales Growth Award:

• ABB Robotics

• Conveyor Systems (CSL)

• Fortress Technology

• Matcon

• Mettler-Toledo Safeline

• Proplast Group

• Winkworth Group

Partnership Award:

• Endoline Machinery/Sealed Air 

• Findel Education/Packsize

• Matcon/Lock Inspection Systems

• Motan-Colortronic/CRC -Evans

• Stemmer Imaging/Marel

• TNA Packaging Solutions/ Mettler-Toledo Safeline

Excellence in Customer Service:

• Conveyor Systems (CSL)

• Easypack

• Logopak

• Pacepacker Services

• Stemmer Imaging

The PPMA Group Industry Awards are organised by The PPMA Group of Associations comprising:

PPMA - Processing and Packaging machinery Association

BARA – British Automation and Robot Association

PMMDA – Polymer Machinery Manufacturers and Distributors Association

UKIVA – UK Industrial Vision Association