2017 Coated Product Competition Guidelines
Awards
The AIMCAL Coated Product Competition features awards for technical and marketing excellence in the following categories:
Winners will receive plaques and are publicly announced at ICE (International Converting Exposition) 2017 in Orlando, FL on April 27th, as well as receiving recognition in trade publications, industry trade shows and on the AIMCAL web site.
* Detailed award criteria can be found on the official entry form.
Eligibility
Judging and Confidentiality
Deadline for entries is December 31th, 2016.
Have Questions? Call Craig Sheppard, AIMCAL Executive Director, at 803-948-9470.
The AIMCAL Coated Product Competition features awards for technical and marketing excellence in the following categories:
- Packaging (Food • Nonfood • Healthcare, Cosmetics and Toiletries)
- Label (Retail • Industrial)
- Decorative/Display
- Industrial
- Other
Winners will receive plaques and are publicly announced at ICE (International Converting Exposition) 2017 in Orlando, FL on April 27th, as well as receiving recognition in trade publications, industry trade shows and on the AIMCAL web site.
* Detailed award criteria can be found on the official entry form.
Eligibility
- An AIMCAL member must sponsor each entry and be a major contributor to the product.
- If publication and display of your entry will infringe the trademark, copyright or other rights of the end-user, you must obtain the written consent of the end-user prior to submitting the entry.
- The entry must contain a Coated Product.
- All products currently in commercial use are eligible, regardless of the market introduction date. However, prior winning entries are not eligible.
- More than one entry may be submitted.
Judging and Confidentiality
- Judging will be conducted by a team of independent, nonaffiliated associates selected from diversified market areas selected for their expert knowledge and experience.
- Judges’ decisions in all categories will be final. In the event that the judges feel no entry in a particular category warrants an award, no award will be given. In the event more than one company submits the same entry, the judges may provide the award to one or more of the entering companies, at their sole discretion.
- Judges will refrain from discussing or voting on an entry if they have had prior involvement.
- Every effort will be made to maintain confidentiality, individual judges decisions, etc.
- 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.
- Each entry must submit 3 - 6 samples to facilitate judging and photography.
- Clearly label proprietary information as proprietary.
- Send entries with the $50 fee per entry to: AIMCAL Coated Product Competition, 201 Springs St, Fort Mill, SC 29715.
Deadline for entries is December 31th, 2016.
Have Questions? Call Craig Sheppard, AIMCAL Executive Director, at 803-948-9470.

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