41 WINNERS OF THE ARAB STUDENT STARPACK COMPETITION

Arab Student Starpack, the first regional packaging design competition in the Middle East open to university students in all Arab countries, has crowned 41 winners at an award ceremony at the headquarters of the Union of Arab Chambers. The event was organized by the Lebanese Packaging Centre (Libanpack) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The competition’s main objective is to promote creativity and innovation in this field. The president of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists, Fadi Gemayel, said that the award ceremony “shows the importance of the packaging industry and the many prospects it can offer to our region and our youth.” He called for intensified Arab industrial cooperation and intra-arab trade, adding: “As the president of the Arab Union for Paper Industries, Printing and Packaging, I will spare no effort to achieve this goal.”