Nampak clear winner at 2011 Gold Pack Awards

Regarded as South Africa's premier packaging awards programme, the Gold Pack Awards is a biennial competition that recognises leading design innovation in the packaging industry and offers development teams the opportunity to showcase their best packaging solutions.

Best in Category awards are given to the most exceptional packaging in the various award categories and four Nampak divisions were judged to have the best packaging in the following categories:

• Export: Camelthorn multipurpose 12-bottle carton produced by Nampak Cartons & Labels
  
• Promotional: SAB family pack, jointly produced by Nampak DivFood (aluminium bottle), Nampak Cartons & Labels (display carton) and Nampak Corrugated (corrugated shipper)
  
• Transit: Keen Bumbo Baby Seat stackable carton produced by Nampak Cartons & Labels

Gold medals

Nampak's ten gold medals were awarded across numerous categories, displaying the group's effectiveness in diverse specialist areas.

• Food category: Nampak Cartons & Labels' Nola Bobtail carton, Nampak Flexible's Simba Doritos crisps bag and Nampak Research & Development's internally printed food can ends
  
• Beverage category: Nampak Bevcan's full aperture Castle Lager can, Nampak Bevcan's Castle Lite thermo chromic beverage can and Nampak Cartons & Labels' KWV Immoya brandy gift pack
  
• Transit category: Nampak Flexible's 10 Litre lard dispensing bag and Nampak Megapak's lightweight bread tray developed for Sasko
  
• Technical (Other): Nampak Cartons & Labels' Sasri soil sample carton and the BAT Vogue cigarette carton also produced by Nampak Cartons & Labels

Star of Africa award (Best in Category) was for Nampak Hunyani Corrugated's Lake Harvest Tilapia shipper as the best pack produced by an African operation outside of South Africa.