PRO CARTON: Activities, interviews and publications.

Pro Carton Young Designers Award: another record number!

Over 800 entries this year from more than 100 universities: participation was absolutely overwhelming! What’s more, under the umbrella of the Pro Carton award, eight countries are also awarding national prizes, highlighting the wide appeal of the competition.

European Carton Excellence Award 2022: the Winner is …

In a glamorous event at our Award Ceremony in Krakow on 15 September 2022, the winners were awarded the most prestigious packaging design award: the best cartons on the market. Carton of the Year went to General/Snack Tomatoes, by Rutgers Printing & Packaging Solutions made out of cardboard from Stora Enso. This Award is not only about aesthetics – functionality also needs to persuade the jury. And there was a clear winner right from the start: the circular economy.

Two Sides Power of Print Seminar takes place on Tuesday 1st November

The Power of Print seminar attracts 200 leaders from the print, paper, publishing, packaging and media industries

4evergreen Alliance: Understanding the Challenges of Collection and Sorting

The environmental impact of production, use, and disposal of increasing quantities of packaging waste has highlighted the need for more efficient collection and sorting systems.

4evergreen Alliance Invitation: THE CIRCULARITY CHALLENGE: How Recycling Contributes Towards the European Green Deal

The 4evergreen Alliance is pleased to invite you to the hybrid conference: “The Circularity Challenge: How Recycling Contributes Towards the European Green Deal”

European Carton Excellence Award (ECEA) and Pro Carton Young Designers Award (PCYDA) receive record number of Public Votes.

Public Voting for the European Carton Excellence Award and Pro Carton Young Designers Award has now closed with a 10% uplift on votes compared to 2021.

4evergreen Alliance. A Journey through recycling of Fibre-Based Packaging

Recycling is one of the pillars to reach a more circular and sustainable future. When it comes to packaging, fibre-based packaging has the highest recyclability rate in Europe.

Pro Carton Presentation: Cartonboard and cartons in Europe – leading the way to circularity Challenges and opportunities in 2022 and beyond

Instituto De Embalagens, Sao Paolo, Brazil learned about Pro Carton activities on cartonboard via social media and asked Winnie Muehling to prepare a webinar for their students talking about circularity of cartonboard in Europe.

3 Key Industry Events for your September Diary

Pro Carton is delighted to be represented at 3 leading Industry Events this September: EuroPack Summit, ECMA Congress and Fachpack 2022

Voting opens for European Carton Excellence Award and Pro Carton’s Young Designers Award

Public voting is now open for the European Carton Excellence Public Award (ECEA), and the Pro Carton Young Designers Award (PCYDA). Members of the public can vote in the two sustainable packaging design competitions, where the winning entrants will be announced in September.

A Very Busy 2022!

Winfried Muehling, General Manager of Pro Carton, takes a look back at a very busy first half of 2022 and looks forward to some major events that are coming up in 2022.