Crown Wins Big at 2017 Award Ceremonies

Crown’s innovations have been recognized with a number of prestigious awards in 2017.

Gold Award

At the 29th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, Crown received a Gold Award for packaging innovation.

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Crown’s Peelfit^™can, which enhances convenience, lightweighting and product protection, was highlighted as a standout product in the ‘technological advancement’ and ‘responsible packaging’ categories of the global competition.

At the 2017 IMDA Annual Conference, Crown received four Excellence in Quality Awards.

Best of Category

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Crown Closures North America was honored for the production of 82mm Twist metal closures for Margarita's Amigos salsa, taking home an award in the “Best of Category.”

Excellence in Quality Award

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The second award was delivered to Crown in the Craft Cans category for its work with London Beer Factory’s (LBF) Paxton IPA. Crown’s European Design Studio played a pivotal role in reprographics and design development for the package. The brewery was also the first in the United Kingdom to adopt Crown’s 360 End^®.

Best of Category

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Crown Beverage Packaging North America’s partnership with Brickstone Brewery also yielded an award. They received “Best of Category” honors in Craft Cans for their McCormick Place Everyday Ale 12-ounce standard diameter can.

Digital Printing Category

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The fourth award earned at IMDA was in the Digital Printing category for Crown Beverage Packaging North America’s 16-ounce package prototype developed using Pipeworks Brewing Company’s (Chicago, IL) Passion Fruit Guppy India Session Ale.

You can see more of Crown’s award-worthy innovations here.