World Corrugated Awards

Shaping the future of Corrugated

Organized by Reed Exhibitions, strongly backed by the world’s most prestigious and comprehensive industry associations and world-leading brand owners, the World Corrugated Awards is regarded as the milestone grand event in annual calendar to welcome and gather the global industry’s key planers to celebrate alongside SinoCorrugated 2023.

WHY WCA？

★ The opportunity to be on the same stage as the world's leading carton manufacturers, with the endorsement of authoritative institutions and major end-user brands
★ Reversing the perception of carton factories and raising the status of the packaging and printing industry
★ Leverage on global platforms with industry influence to build corporate image and achieve deep brand exposure
★ Zero-distance access to well-known terminal platforms to expand business opportunities and network
★ No threshold and zero cost of entry to help the carton industry move into the globalisation process

Innovative Design of the Year

Innovative Material of the Year

Innovative Application of the Year

Best Risk Management of the Year

Intelligent Production of the Year

Business Transformation of the Year

Top Five Outstanding People in the Industry of the Year

Most Influential Cardboard Mill of the Year

Award Categories

WCA2023 Award Categories
Category	Awards	Award Description	Judgment Dimension	Prizes and Honors	Delivery Content
Innovation Category	Innovative Design of the Year	With the innovation in the transportation and sales methods, the design of carton and paper case is becoming more and more diverse. A large number of outstanding cases of carton-type design has mushroomed in the carton industry, behind which lies the professional wisdom and hard work of many packaging design engineers. In order to encourage designers throughout the carton packaging industry to continue to present better ideas in the carton structure innovation, the committee of the World Corrugated Awards has set up this award to reward enterprises, teams or individuals who have made outstanding contributions in this area.	1、Design concept-20 2、Degree of innovation-20 3、Applicability and Diffusability-20 4、Ease of production-20 5、Degree of cost resolution-10 6、Environmental Values-10	Customized trophy, accommodation during the event, US$1,000	★Offer carton-type design scheme ★Patent registration documents (the sponsor can provide patent application and protection channels) ★Application cases
	Innovative Material of the Year	With the development of material technology, paper materials can change some material properties through technological means to meet the operating requirements of special functions and complex shaping requirements. Innovations in the performance of paper packaging materials not only maintain the basic characteristics of paper materials, but also compensate for their performance deficiencies to a large extent. This award is established to recognize the professional R&D teams and individuals who are committed to the innovation and breakthrough in material development of the paper and carton industries.	1、Degree of innovation-20 2、Market Application Prospects-20 3、Cost-effectiveness-20 4、Environmental Values-20 5、Degree of cost resolution-20	Customized trophy, accommodation during the event, US$1,000	★rovide original paper sample ★Patent registration documents (the sponsor can provide patent application and protection channels) ★Application cases
	Innovative Application Award	Marketing, as an important tool for product circulation in the market, is an indispensable part for enterprises to improve sales performance. And the essence of marketing lies in creating value for consumers and addressing pain points for the industry in a targeted manner. In recent years, with the increasing awareness of environmental protection among consumers around the world, paper packaging products have been widely applied to all walks of life for their special environmental property, thus replacing some plastic, metal and glass packaging forms. This award is set up to recognize teams that have made breakthroughs in carton marketing as their innovation achievements have further opened up the application market and offered more opportunities for paper packaging industry.	1、Degree of innovation-25 2、Application-side market communication effect-25 3、User Experience-25 4、Market Value-25	Customized trophy, accommodation during the event, US$1,000	★Provide design samples ★Provide real-life examples of carton marketing ★Highlight description and marketing plan
Corporate Management Category	Best Risk Management Award of the Year	The risks of the operation of carton factories, whether the natural environmental disaster or the potential hazard caused by man, cannot be avoided by any enterprises. In recent years, the most common accidents that have been heard in carton factories and even throughout the packaging industry are fires in factories. Once an accident occurs, how to effectively reduce property losses and casualties, and how to respond to various problems in an orderly manner is a great challenge for the management team of enterprises. The Best Risk Management and Control Award is established to honor the management teams that fully demonstrate their coping capacity in an incident, or the leading teams who have built a sound and resilient risk management strategy for risk prevention of enterprises.	1、Score of project revenue-25 2、Execution score of the project execution-20 3、Design score of the strategic planning operation-20 4、Score of project cost control-20 5、Complexity score of the project-15	Customized trophy, accommodation during the event, US$1,000	★Exemplify what kind of empirical risks enterprises have experienced. What kind of wise solution does the management team adopt to resolve the risks? ★What contributions do various measures of the management team make in reducing property losses, casualties, and strengthening the team cooperation for the enterprise? ★What problems have the various measures encountered during the implementation phase? And finally, how to solve it? ★What is the most commendable behavior in the implementation of this strategy?
	Intelligent Production of the Year	The current increase in demand for equipment in carton factories has largely stimulated technological upgrades in corrugated equipment. Corrugated equipment with intelligent control and automation functions will gradually replace traditional ones as the mainstream of the future. Well-made, highly automated, low-energy automated equipment will create more value for carton factories while saving more time. The Global Corrugated Awards organising committee has established this award to recognise companies that have developed or used intelligent production equipment that has brought benefits and convenience to corrugated box plants.	1、Project Benefits-30 2、Intelligence level-30 3、Production efficiency-20 4、Labor cost savings-20	Customized trophy, accommodation during the event, US$1,000	★Solutions and strategies developed by companies for the automation of their plants ★Difficulties encountered in the process of automating intelligent production and how to solve them ★What changes have occurred in the management model of the company after the switch to the intelligent production model. ★How effective the intelligent production model has been (costs, benefits, efficiency)
	Business Transformation of the Year	With the rapid development of e-commerce packaging, the market demand for carton packaging is also changing. In order to meet the demand for cartons in the e-commerce era, more and more carton factories are no longer stuck in the traditional business model, but are trying to meet the changing needs of end customers as much as possible. More personalised and intelligent e-commerce packaging solutions, more diverse functional applications and so on are set to inject fresh blood into the corrugated industry as a whole. To encourage the entire corrugated packaging industry to look positively at business transformation, the organising committee of the Global Corrugated Awards has established this award to recognise outstanding corrugated packaging companies that have successfully upgraded and transformed their businesses.	1、Project Benefits-40 2、Market Value-30 3、Business upgrade difficulty-20 4、Environmental Value-10	Customized trophy, accommodation during the event, US$1,000	★What companies have done before upgrading and transforming their business? ★What difficulties did the company encounter in the process of business upgrading and transformation? ★What problems have the various measures encountered during the implementation phase? And finally, how to solve it? ★How effective the business transformation has been (cost, benefit, efficiency)
Social Value Category	Top Five Outstanding People in the Industry of the Year	The booming corrugated packaging industry cannot be achieved without the continuous research and refinement of each and every employee in the industry. The power of an individual may seem small, but it has the potential to stir up a thousand waves. The Global Corrugated Awards organising committee has created this award to recognise five outstanding individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the industry this year, in order to inspire all those working in the industry to continue to improve their personal skills and contribute to the progress of the industry in their respective fields.	Online Vote	Customized trophy, accommodation during the event, US$500	★List the contents of the year that reflect your industry influence and personal ability (original journals, leading projects, original social media content, media coverage, etc.) ★Personal information and photograph; main events of the year 2022 (within 400 words); relevant pictures; film material on self-presentation
Social Value Category	Most Influential Cardboard Mill of the Year	The Most Influential Mill of the Year Award is a brand new award introduced by the organising committee of the 2023 Global Corrugated Awards. The award will focus on the social contribution and influence of each mill, and select the most influential mill in the industry to serve as a benchmark for the corrugated industry for the year.	Online Vote	Customized trophy, accommodation during the event, US$1,500	★Introduction to the company, describing the scale of its business and corporate culture ★List of the company's social contributions and influential events in the year