WorldStar Awards 2025 on 30 May during IPACK-IMA

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March 27, 2025

The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) has announced that the WorldStar Awards Ceremony 2025 will take place on 30 May at the Alcione Theatre in Milan, during the IPACK-IMA show taking place from 27-30 May. This event celebrates innovation in packaging and highlights groundbreaking industry achievements.

“WPO is thrilled to announce the winners of the WorldStar 2025 edition at a prestigious Gala Ceremony during IPACK-IMA 2025. This exceptional event will bring together industry leaders, design professionals, and brands from around the world,” WPO president, Luciana Pellegrino, said.

“The evening will shine a spotlight on packaging innovation, celebrating the achievements of our industry while encouraging professionals to push boundaries for a more significant positive impact. As we gather in Italy, we will write another chapter in the esteemed history of the WorldStar global packaging awards, showcasing the evolution of the packaging industry through innovation, creativity, technology, marketing, digital transformation, and sustainability.

“The WPO award ceremony at IPACK-IMA 2025 represents the most tangible sign of the level of internationalization achieved by the event, recognized as the ideal global stage to award the best packaging solutions,” states Valerio Soli, Ipack Ima President. “The event is a unique networking opportunity favored by the presence at the fair of the most relevant players in the sector, including machine manufacturers and end-users, who, together with the protagonists of the WorldStar represent a snapshot of excellence in the global packaging, processing, and innovative materials market,” Pellegrino added.

This year, the competition saw a record-breaking 550 entries from 40 countries, with 260 exceptional winners. In addition to the main awards, the ceremony will unveil the winners in highly anticipated special categories, including the President’s Award, Sustainability Award, Marketing Award and Packaging that Saves Food Award.

The program is being coordinated in cooperation with WPO’s local member, the Italian Institute of Packaging, the association that is a point of reference in Italy for the packaging sector, promoting innovation, sustainability, training and professional development.

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