|
Awards
Sustainability has been generally defined as the capacity to maintain a certain process or state indefinitely. As it relates to criteria for the AIMCAL Sustainability Award, submissions must demonstrate equipment, materials, processes, and/or end user benefits resulting in net savings for energy, fuel, waste, and and/or environmental hazards. Justification must be made that improving one or more criteria is not at the expense of others creating an overall negative effect.
With a major barrier to sustainability being acceptance of historical circumstances, judges will look for proactive efforts to improve upon previous standard practices. Other justifications for sustainability resulting from the member companyys expertise will be considered at the discretion of the judges.
Winners are publicly announced during AIMCALys March Management Meeting , receive recognition in trade publications, industry trade shows and on the AIMCAL web site.
* Detailed award criteria can be found on the official entry form.
- Packaging ( Food • Nonfood • Healthcare, Cosmetics and Toiletries)
- Label (Retail • Industrial)
- Decorative/Display
- Industrial
- Other
Eligibility
- Sustainable technology, developed by an AIMCAL member, introduced within the last 5 years.
- Defined broadly, new technology includes any product, material, service, process, equipment or system of scientific or technical origin.
- An entry previously submitted, but not winning, may be resubmitted.
- More than one entry may be submitted.
Basic Criteria on which Entries are Judged
- Sustainability contribution of product or service
- Impact on the Industry
- General technical importance, uniqueness and usefulness.
- Degree of technical contribution by the applicant company to the sustainable technology (when more than one company contributed to the sustainable technology).
Fee
A fee of $50 per entry, payable to AIMCAL, is required for this competition.
Judging and Confidentiality
- Judging will be conducted by a team of independent, nonaffiliated associates selected from diversified market areas. The AIMCAL Awards Committee Chairman acts as a non-voting Moderator.
- The AIMCAL staff receives the entries, dates and forwards to the Moderator and Judges for review.
- The AIMCAL staff may generally describe the entry for AIMCAL procedural purposes but avoid specific descriptions that may give away proprietary information.
- Judges are instructed to maintain the confidentiality of entries at all times.
Entry Procedure
- AIMCAL members may submit unlimited entries.
- Each entry must be in English on an official entry form, or accompany an official entry form with the information provided in the same order and format as described on the official entry form.
- Descriptive literature and photographs of the technology may be included. Please include 8 copies of each item.
- Clearly label proprietary information as proprietary.
- Send entries with the $50 fee per entry to: AIMCAL Technology of the Year Competition, 201 Springs St, Fort Mill, SC 29715.
Deadline for Entry
Deadline for entries is December 18th, 2010.
Have Questions?
Call Steve Sedlak, Awards Committee Chairman at 800-833-7608 or Craig Sheppard, AIMCAL Executive Director, at 803-802-7820.
|
HOME
Your guide to the converting industry, online and in print.
Download the latest Issue in PDF format.