SHIFT 22 Conference and the Asian Packaging Excellence Awards finish 2022 in style

Over the course of the two days, close to 400 people attended both the SHIFT 22 conference, the Packaging Excellence Awards dinner and as a special treat for the 2022 event, a winners private dinner river cruise by invitation only to finish 2022 in style!

Over the two days, close to 400 people attended the SHIFT 22 conference and the Packaging Excellence Awards dinner. And as a special treat for the 2022 event, a winner's private dinner river cruise by invitation only to finish 2022 in style!

The packaging event of 2022 was held at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel Bangkok at the start of December. After the judging, the gold, silver and bronze winners were notified that they had successfully won “something”. They were invited to a private river cruise on Thailand's most famous river, the Chao Phraya River. They were welcomed by the sponsors of this event - Miracoln, Glunz and Jensen, XSYS, UTECO, CGS ORIS, Windmöller & Hölscher, Tesa Tape, PackPrint International, Corrutec Asia, DRUPA, HP, IST, MPS, The Thai Corrugated Packaging Association, The Thai Packaging Association, and the Thai Print Association.

90 people were hosted to a feast, with food and drinks flowing for 3 hours. It was a great networking opportunity, finishing with brilliant fireworks display before heading back to the hotel.

The second day started with the annual SHIFT Packaging Conference, where a line-up of world-class presenters shared trends, developments, and insights into where the industry is heading. Suppliers, Packaging companies, Associations, Label companies and brand owners shared the stage for the full-day conference event, finishing with ample time to catch up before the region's only Labels and Packaging Awards dinner commenced with cocktails at 6pm and then followed by the award gala dinner.

The ballroom for the awards dinner was full, with many more companies booking tables as well as industry people arriving to see first-hand what the best in Packaging looks like, and with many new categories such as Security print, Packaging Innovation seeing stunning work be rewarded with Gold Silver and Bronze.

It was great to see so much networking, laughing, and socializing again after the impact covid played over the last few years. The awards will continue to expand with new categories for the 2023 event such as Hybrid Printing Category being added along with some other new categories. A full list of the winners with photos are below and on the following pages.

If you would like to download the conference presentations, please go to
https://www.printinnovationasia.com/copy-of-asian-packaging-conference