SmartSeal sponsors closures category of World Beverage Innovation Awards

SmartSeal has been announced as the sponsor of the ‘Best closure’ category in FoodBev Media’s World Beverage Innovation Awards 2015, now open for entry at www.FoodbevAwards.com.

Based in Norway and Switzerland, SmartSeal develops and sells innovative beverage closures. With 14 worldwide patents, SmartSeal’s technology has been developed to provide spill-proof and convenient closure solutions for on-the-go consumption of beverages. The technology can be adapted to a range of containers, spanning from PET bottles to cartons and pouches.

World Beverage Innovation Awards

Now in its 11th year, the World Beverage Innovation [email protected], 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 Brau Beviale, attracted over 325 entries from 40 countries in 26 categories.

“We are delighted to welcome Hiperbaric as a category 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. Category sponsors include: Austria Juice, Hiperbaric, PET Engineering and SmartSeal. Sponsorship packages are still available.