WorldStar Award 2026

PAPACKS Fiber Box Wins WorldStar Award: Special Prize and Three Categories

Cologne, May 8, 2026 PAPACKS won four awards at the WorldStar Packaging Awards 2026 with its Fiber Box: the „Special Award for Packaging That Saves Food“ as well as the categories „Food,“ „Packaging Materials and Components,“ and „Transit.“.

The award ceremony took place on May 8, 2026, during interpack in Düsseldorf, the world's leading trade fair for packaging. The WorldStar Packaging Awards are presented annually by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO). A jury of 48 international judges evaluated over 481 entries.

Since 1970, the World Packaging Organisation has organized the WorldStar Awards, honoring numerous packaging designs from around the world. Each year, the WPO recognizes the „Best of the Best“ among packaging innovations globally. The WPO's goal in hosting the WorldStar Awards is to raise awareness of the importance of packaging for a better quality of life, as well as to acknowledge the innovations and achievements of brand owners, designers, students, and branding agencies – both in developing future packaging solutions and in addressing new challenges and global trends such as sustainability, hygiene, and other developments. worldstar.org

Transgourmet Seafood has brought the Fiber Box into operational use as a first mover. After extensive testing, the company switched its packaging solution to the Fiber Box this year. The solution is also available to other users.

„Seafood cold chain logistics is one of the most technically demanding applications in food logistics. The fact that the Fiber Box is receiving international awards here confirms the technical maturity of this solution. Scaling for us doesn't mean delivering everything from one plant – but making this technology available where it's needed. Our licensing program makes exactly that possible: local production, worldwide,“ says Tahsin Dag, CEO and founder of PAPACKS.

About PAPACKS®

PAPACKS® industrially produces fiber-based packaging from paper, wood, and industrial hemp fibers with plant-based coatings for food packaging, bottles, and containers, as well as transport and protective packaging for product manufacturers and industry. The manufacturing process uses several molded pulp methods and takes place at the BRCGS-certified sites in Arnstadt (Germany) and Appingedam (Netherlands), with a capacity of over one billion molded parts per year. The company holds more than 120 patent families worldwide and manages its expansion from its headquarters in Cologne through licensing partners in target markets such as Europe, North America, South America, and Australia – with know-how transfer and local production. Since 2022, PAPACKS has received the WorldStar Packaging Award annually.

Dieline Awards 2026: PAPACKS Fiber Box Wins Two Categories

PAPACKS received two awards at the Dieline Awards 2026. The Fiber Box, a fiber-based transport packaging for seafood under refrigerated logistics, won first place in the „Plastic Free“ category and third place in the „Food“ category. The first user of the solution in operational use is Transgourmet Seafood.

Joint appearance with TransGourmet Seafood at Fish International

TransGourmet Seafood will be using the PAPACKS® Fiber Box as transport packaging for fish and chilled products from 2026. The two companies made a joint appearance at fish international 2026 (February 22-24, Messe Bremen) to present the cast fiber packaging, which has been tested in real-life operation, to the fish industry.