Arab Student Starpack 2019

The Arab Student Starpack 2019 award ceremony took place at the Union of Arab Chambers in Beirut on June 26 under the patronage and in the presence of H.E. the Minister of Industry Wael Abou Faour

Organised by the Lebanese Packaging Center (Libanpack) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the initiative is aimed at promoting creativity and innovation in the field of packaging.

The competition features three categories: structural, visual and food safety packaging. It also includes the Unipak member of Indevco Group and Banque du Liban awards. More than 900 students from 13 Arab countries participated in this year’s competition, with 47 winners selected. The Pan Arab winners were from Tunisia, Palestine and Lebanon.

In her opening remarks, Soha Atallah, director of Libanpack and vice president of WPO, announced the launch of a new professional competition, titled Arab Starpack Pro 2019, which will see industrial enterprises and professionals in the Arab world competing for the best packaging of their existing market products. Commenting on the industry’s key role, Atallah said, “Packaging is a cornerstone of any industrial and commercial activity and is an added value to our local products… packaging in short means a better industry and better agriculture and thus more exports and a prosperous economy.” She also highlighted the important role of packaging as a marketing and sales tool as well as its functional role in protecting the products.

Dr. Fady Gemayel, president of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists, praised the important role of the competition as a strong bridge between students, universities and industry. He said, “The packaging industry is the industry of the future as it gives products added value. It is the silent salesman of locally produced goods, of which we are proud, as we are of what Libanpack is doing on the local, regional and international level by promoting the Lebanese packaging and paper industry.”