Amcor Wins 2 WorldStar Global Packaging Awards

Amcor has won two WorldStar Global Packaging Awards 2026 for its AmPrima Recycle-Ready packaging for shredded cheese. 

The awards, presented by the World Packaging Organization, recognized the solution in both the Food and Packaging Materials and Components categories.

Designed to meet Australasian soft plastics recycling standards, the packaging is permitted to carry the “Check Locally” logo under the Australasian Recycling Label (ARL). The Perfect Italiano shredded cheese pack now features this logo in Australia.

For shredded cheese applications, AmPrima Recycle-Ready packaging replaces traditional structures that rely on materials such as PET or PVDC with a mono-material polyethylene film. 

The solution is engineered to deliver the barrier, sealing, and food-grade performance required to protect shredded cheese while maintaining pack integrity on high-speed production lines. 

The solution was previously awarded Silver at the 2025 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Awards (PIDA), qualifying it for WorldStar entry.

“Shredded cheese packaging is a technically demanding flexible packaging format. It needs strong pack integrity, high barrier performance, reliable sealing, and fast production speeds. That’s why it’s usually made with multiple materials that can’t be recycled,” said Phil Van Houts, R&D Director ANZ, Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific. “With AmPrima, we’ve created a simple, recycle-ready solution. It’s a step forward that helps our customers make the transition without changing how they operate, while maintaining pack performance, appearance, and food-grade standards.”