The IFCA Star Awards 2023, hosted by the Indian Flexible Packaging & Folding Cartons Manufacturer Association (IFCA), took place on 27 October at the Mumbai Cricket Association in the bustling business district of Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai. The event drew the participation of representatives from leading packaging companies and key industry stakeholders.

IFCA, a national organization dedicated to addressing the needs of the flexible packaging and folding cartons industry for the past five decades, organized the IFCA Star Awards to provide a platform for showcasing the creativity and innovation of industry leaders. The 2023 edition witnessed significant enthusiasm from the industry participants.

The award categories for the IFCA Star Awards 2023 encompassed:

1. Flexible Packaging: Recognizing innovations and creativity, including shapes, new applications, and forms.
2. Carton Packaging: Honoring innovations and creativity, encompassing shapes, new applications, new forms, structural innovation, and graphic design.
3. Achievements in recycling and supporting the circular economy.
4. Branding categories.
5. Innovations.
6. Student categories.

The winners of the IFCA Star Awards 2023 were acknowledged for their exceptional contributions to the flexible packaging and folding cartons industry. Organizers declared the event a resounding success, underscoring IFCA’s ongoing commitment to promoting innovation and creativity within the packaging industry.

The IFCA Star Awards 2023 recognized a total of 48 winners, with Uflex, a packaging major based in Noida, securing the highest number of awards. The comprehensive list of winners is detailed below:

1. Brilliant Polymers
2. Paharpur 3p
3. Krsna Pac Kaging
4. Mandagini Agency
5. H.B. Fuller
6. Ecoplast
7. Hi Tech Inks
8. Propack
9. Siegwerk
10. Indo Straits
11. Toppan Speciality
12. Maker Polyfilms
13. JPFL
14. Jupiter Laminators
15. 3D Techno
16. Fujifilm Sericol
17. Edelmann
18. SB Packagings
19. Toyo Ink Arets
20. Packult Studio
21. The Shakti Plastics
22. Parksons Packaging
23. Dupont Specialities
24. Printmann
25. UFlex
26. Umax Packaging
27. IMS Global
28. Amcor Flexibles
29. Sb-Constantia
30. Print Dynamic
31. Oriflame India
32. Mahika Packahing
33. Vijayneha
34. Safepack Industries
35. GLS Films
36. TCPL Packaging
37. Huhtamaki
38. Ester Industries
39. Henkel
40. EPL
41. Mochem
42. ITC
43. Bobst
44. Orient Press
45. Yogeshwar Plaspax
46. Hubergroup
47. Shako Flexipack
48. Cosmo Films