The Benelux Packaging Award De Gouden Noot

Winner De Gouden Noot 2010
The 25^th edition of the Packaging Award De Gouden Noot has been won by the Histor Paintcan of PPG Coatings Nederland BV.

The Zilveren Noot 2010 was won by the Christina J of SCA Packaging, Synprodo was the winner of the Bronzen Noot 2010 with its BioFoam® crates. 36 packaging innovations entered the competition in 2010. Ten entries made it to the final judging round, click here for an overview.

Finalists

Jury

In 2012 the Benelux Packaging Award De Gouden Noot will be organised for the 26^th time. Since the first edition in 1958, more than 2000 packaging innovations have competed for De Gouden Noot.  For more information about De Gouden Noot or to request an entry form, please contact Ger Standhardt. 

With De Gouden Noot the NVC Netherlands Packaging Centre stimulates innovation of packaging and packaged products. Retailers, producers of packaged products, design agencies or packaging suppliers: they all have the chance to win De Gouden Noot. Because working closely together is essential for most packaging innovations it is also possible to enter the competition together, for example as producer of the product with the supplier of the packaging. Winning this competition brings the company a lot of international publicity and acknowledges the work put into the packaging. The unique trophy with a solid golden walnut is the symbol of this competition.

Judging
All entries are judged by an independent jury, based on the information supplied by the participant. The jury consists of professionals that work in the entire supply chain of packaged products, from raw material supplier to retailer. The jury is chaired by prof.dr. Onno Omta, Professor Management of Innovation at Wageningen University and Research. Click here for an overview of the members of the jury of 2012.

During the first round all entries are judged individually by the jury members (day 1) and discussed in a plenary session (day 2). At the end of this round the jury chooses the ten entries that proceed to the final judging round. All entries that do not proceed to the final receive a confidential report from the competition secretariat with the comments of the jury. The jury judgement is binding. In the final judging round  the finalists get to present their packaging innovation to the entire jury, after which the jury decides who wins De Gouden Noot. The finalists can win the Bronzen (bronze), Zilveren (silver) or Gouden (gold) Noot, or receive a Finalist trophy. The winner is announced during the NVCPackaging Innovation Dinner which takes place on the first evening of the Dutch packaging exhibition Macropak.

International promotion
All finalists will be promoted by the NVC for two years, from the moment they have reached the final. This will be done through press and internet, but also on trade fairs and conferences. As a start, the ten finalists will be presented at www.degoudennoot.nl as soon as it is announced which entries have made it to the final round. The finalists will be announced both in Dutch and English through the more than 300 national and international press contacts of the NVC. The finalists will also be published on the EPIC European Packaging Website www.epic-packaging.org, just like the other winners of European packaging awards. EPIC is the project-organisation of the national packaging institutes of Europe.

Promotion through trade fairs will be executed through presentations by the NVC, but the finalists themselves
will also have the opportunity to present their packaging innovation. A central role is reserved for Macropak
(2-5 October 2012), where the ten finalists will be exhibited at the NVC-stand near the entrance of the trade fair. Other trade fairs that are on the programme are Empack Brussels 2012, Innopack 2012 (Madrid) and Empack Den Bosch 2013. The finalists are also visually promoted at the NVC-stand during the interpack (Düsseldorf). The exact form of promotion will vary per trade fair, depending on the available opportunities.

The finalists are allowed to enter the WorldStar Packaging Award. In this competition winners of all the
national packaging awards compete with each other for worldwide recognition.

De Gouden Noot Trophy
The competition for De Gouden Noot is a stimulating experience for all employees of your company. On top of that the winner of the competition receives the unique trophy with the solid gold walnut, symbol of a sustainable, effective and innovative package.

Award Ceremony
The award ceremony will be held during the 9^th NVC Packaging Innovation Dinner, on 2 October 2012 in
the Holland Casino Utrecht. Here the innovative top of the Benelux packaging scene is gathered together.

Registration
Registration for De Gouden Noot 2012 will be open until 31 May 2012. To enter the competition for The Benelux Packaging Award De Gouden Noot 2012 NVC-members pay € 329,- and non-members pay € 494,-. In the case of nomination, both members and non-members will be charged € 2150,-. These prices are ex VAT. If you are interested in entering your packaging innovation into the competition, please contact Ger Standhardt to request an entry form. Click here to download the General Terms and Conditions.