Owens-Illinois (O-I) has been announced as an Associate Sponsor for FoodBev Media’s World Beverage Innovation Awards 2015, now open for entry at www.FoodbevAwards.com.
Owens-Illinois Inc (NYSE: OI) is the world’s largest glass container manufacturer and preferred partner for many of the world’s leading food and beverage brands. The company had revenues of $6.8bn in 2014 and employs approximately 21,100 people at 75 plants in 21 countries. With global headquarters in Perrysburg, Ohio, USA, O-I delivers safe, sustainable, pure, iconic, brand-building glass packaging to a growing global marketplace.
For more information, visit o-i.com.
O-I’s Glass Is Life movement promotes the widespread benefits of glass packaging in key markets around the globe. Learn more about the reasons to choose glass and join the movement at glassislife.com.
World Beverage Innovation Awards
Now in its 11th year, the World Beverage Innovation Awards@BrauBeviale is in association with BrauBeviale, the world’s largest beverage industry trade event.
The awards feature 26 categories from product categories, including: • Best juice or juice drink • Best functional drink • Best ready to drink coffee • Best new beverage concept
Plus, categories for: • brands • ingredients • packaging • design • manufacturing & processing • sustainability • marketing & communications
The 2014 awards, presented at BrauBeviale, attracted over 325 entries from 40 countries in 26 categories.
“We are delighted to welcome O-I as an Associate Sponsor for the industry’s most established awards scheme,” said FoodBev Media director Bill Bruce. “This is the 11th anniversary of our awards scheme in the international beverage industry and comes at a time when the pace of change has never been faster, or the challenges greater. We are expecting to see all the major trends from ingredients to packaging and environmental responsibility reflected in the entries, and look forward to celebrating the best innovation and creativity from around the world.”
FoodBev Media has signed a rolling agreement with Nuremberg Messe to stage the presentation of finalists and winners at a special event during the world’s largest beverage industry trade event, BrauBeviale 2015, in Nuremberg, Germany – and every fourth year at Drinktec in Munich.
Entries to this year’s competition are open now and will close on 22 September 2015. The awards ceremony will take place at BrauBeviale on 11 November 2015.
Rexam is the headline sponsor of the World Beverage Innovation Awards 2015@BrauBeviale.
Associate sponsors include O-I and ViCap.
Category sponsors include Austria Juice, Hiperbaric, PET Engineering and SmartSeal.
© FoodBev Media Ltd 2024