This year’s packaging festival FEST.A CROPAK took place June 13-14 in hotel Kralj in Donji Kraljevac, Croatia. The event was organized by the Institute of Packaging and Graphic Arts Tectus – IatT, Croatia, Tectus company and trade journal Ambalaža/REGprint from Zagreb, gathering over 120 participants. The general patron of the festival was World Packaging Organization, while European Packaging Institutes Consortium – EPIC, Croatian Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection, Croatian Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds, as well as Croatian Chamber of Economy gave their patronage to the event.
The partner and the host of the festival was Tehnix Ltd. from Donji Kraljevac, a leader in techniques and technology of environmental protection on the market of the region and further. A two-day event included a conference “On the Threshold of the EU: Packaging, Legislation, Sustainability...”, where novelties and legislative requirements awaiting Croatian packaging industry upon accession to the EU were presented through a series of expert lectures by eminent professionals, that have proven to be very useful according to the participants’ feedback.
CROPAK and REGPAK awards for the best packaging on the Croatian and regional market were presented. This year proudly celebrates a 10-year anniversary of CROPAK award. In this period over 629 products and 232 series were nominated, which constitutes to over 1230 products. A total of 140 prizes were awarded to the best packaging and 13 projects were acknowledged with the EKO CROPAK award for the general contribution to the environmental protection.

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