TAPPI/AICC’s 2024 Box Manufacturing Olympics Winners Announced

(ATLANTA) October 9, 2024 –The winners of the second TAPPI/AICC Box Manufacturing Olympics (BMO) were announced at the recent SuperCorrExpo® in Orlando.
Winners of the first, second and third place awards, as well as honorable mentions for each category were announced on Monday, September 9. The Best of the Industry for both the Structure and Printing categories, as well as the Attendees’ Choice Award winner, were announced prior to the final Keynote Address by NFL Hall of Famer Cris Carter on Thursday morning.
Arvco Container Corp. won this year’s Attendees’ Choice Award for its custom food tray entries, including one that was shaped like a football stadium. Their entry also earned the judges’ first place award in the Corrugated Structure, Innovative Structural Design – Consumer Focus category.
Vanguard Companies won the Best of Industry – Corrugated Printing prize for a PopSockets Grip & Go Target endcap display. The display also won the judges’ first place in the category.
Peachtree Packaging & Display won the Best of Industry – Corrugated Structure prize for their BODYARMOR Stadium. The entry also earned first place in the Corrugated Structure, Floor Displays & Standees – No Product category.
First held at SuperCorrExpo® in 2021, BMO is a combination of TAPPI’s CorrPak Competition and AICC’s Design Competition. The panel of judges evaluated entries on a number of levels, including design, quality, graphic excellence, technical difficulty and innovative application, among others.
Nineteen companies and one packaging school participated in this year’s BMO for a total of 66 entries across all 41 categories. Royal Containers Ltd. and Peachtree Packaging & Display both earned five medals in the competition.
The competition was open to all TAPPI and AICC members from around the globe who produce corrugated, rigid box and folding cartons, as well as their suppliers. Packaging schools and universities were also invited to participate in the competition.
The competition was judged by a panel of 15 industry experts representing the diverse fields and industries of corrugated, folding carton and rigid box. The judges, led by the Box Manufacturing Olympics Chairman Colten Freeze, Bennett Packaging, had a combined 537 years of industry experience and most had previously judged other industry competitions. Freeze was assisted by outgoing Chairman Cordes Porcher, retired, who oversaw the 2021 BMO and had served as TAPPI’s CorrPack Chair for many competitions.
Visit the Box Manufacturing Olympics page on SuperCorrExpo.org to see full list of winners and learn more about the competition.
About TAPPI
TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide paper, packaging, tissue and converting industries and publisher of Paper360° featuring CorrFocus, Tissue360° and TAPPI Journal. Through information exchange, events, trusted content and networking opportunities, TAPPI helps members elevate their performance by providing solutions that lead to better, faster and more cost-effective ways of doing business. For more information, visit TAPPI’s website.
About AICC
AICC, the Independent Packaging Association represents the independent North American manufacturers of corrugated, folding carton and rigid box packaging products and the suppliers to the industry. AICC offers a number of services to its members, including national and regional meetings, industry information and specific training programs for industry professionals. For more information, visit AICC’s website.
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