DuPont award jury includes Brazilian packaging

For the third consecutive year, a Brazilian jury award is part of DuPont packaging innovation, one of the most renowned events in the industry. Antonio Carlos Dantas Cabral (pictured), professor and coordinator of the postgraduate course in packaging Engineering of Mauá Institute of technology, will meet with other professionals in the industry to assess the entries in the 25th edition of the prize, which this year has as its central theme technologies that contribute to the reduction of food waste.
"The prize, open to professionals who design, create, manufacture and packaging, is one of the landmarks of the international packaging market, given the seriousness and consistency of your criteria. For this reason, it is with great pleasure that I shape the jury this year ", says Antonio Cabral.
Agha Borghi, packaging development manager of Grupo Pão de Açúcar, and Alvaro Azanha, Chief Technology Officer at Sadia, have integrated the juries of 2012 and 2011 editions, respectively.
The winners of the 25th DuPont Award for Innovation in Packaging will be honored on May 16 during a special ceremony that will be held in Wilmington, Delaware (USA). In addition, the authors of the winning projects will have the opportunity to participate in an educational program with the jury of the prize, opportunity to exchange experiences. The deadline for entries in the award is up to February 28, 2013.