Packaging News

A host of packaging experts from big-name brands have joined the judging panel for this year’s UK Packaging Awards

Packaging buyers and specifiers from  brand owners including Nestlé, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Mondelez, Taylor’s of Harrogate, Reckitt Benckiser, Muller Dairies, SAB Miller and PepsiCo will make this year’s panel the strongest in the competition’s eight-year history.

The announcement of this first part of the judging panel comes as companies across the industry prepare their entries for this year’s Awards ahead of the closing date of 1 June. For more details, visit www.ukpackagingawards.co.uk

This year’s brand-owner judges include:

- Arno Melchior, global head of packaging, Reckitt Benckiser
- Louis Lindenberg, global packaging sustainability director, Unilever
- Peter Singleton, principle engineer, package development, global B&R, Procter & Gamble
- Doug Hutt, global packaging consultant for metals, paper and print, SAB Miller
- Patrick Poitevin, senior associate principal scientist, Global Chocolate RD&Q, Mondelez
- Haulwen Nicholas, packaging development manager, Müller Dairies
- Conrad Hart-Brooke, supply chain packaging manager, Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate
-  Bruce Funnell, head of packaging, Nestlé PTC
- Elliott Orlik, R&D director – packaging development, PepsiCo

Packaging News brand director Josh Brooks said: “It’s a mark of the ever-growing importance of the UK Packaging Awards that we are able to attract these top names onto our judging panel.

“The presence of judges such as these, plus the heads of packaging of many retailers as well as packaging researchers and business experts, are a crucial element in giving the UK Packaging Awards gravitas and credibility.

“For entrants, of course, it’s all about winning but being chosen as a winner by some of the industry’s most influential trend-setters makes success in the UK Packaging Awards all the more meaningful.”

Watch a video of last year’s judging day below. For more information on entering the UK Packaging Awards, visit www.ukpackagingawards.co.uk