2011 Vacuum Metallized or Vacuum Coated Product Guidelines

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Awards
The AIMCAL Vacuum Metallized or Vacuum Coated Product Competition features awards for technical and marketing excellence in the following categories:

• Packaging ( Food • Nonfood • Healthcare, Cosmetics and Toiletries)
• Label (Retail • Industrial)
• Decorative/Display
• Industrial
• Other

The competition’s highest and most prestigious award is the Peter Rigney Product of the Year. Mr. Rigney, now deceased, was the former publisher of Paper,Film & Foil Magazine and a strong supporter of the AIMCAL competition. This award is presented to the one entry voted most outstanding in material, technique and design. Because this is the top award, the winner is not eligible for lesser awards.

Winners receive plaques; are publicly announced during AIMCAL’s March Management Meeting; receive recognition in trade publications, industry trade shows and on the AIMCAL web site.

* Detailed award criteria can be found on the official entry form.

Eligibility

• An AIMCAL member must sponsor each entry and be a major contributor to the product.
• If publication and display of your entry will infringe the trademark, copyright or other rights of the end-user, you must obtain the written consent of the end-user prior to submitting the entry.
• The entry must contain a vacuum metallized or coated substrate.
• All products currently in commercial use are eligible, regardless of the market introduction date. However, prior winning entries are not eligible.
• More than one entry may be submitted.

Fee
A fee of $50 per entry, payable to AIMCAL, is required for this competition.

Judging and Confidentiality

• Judging will be conducted by a team of independent, nonaffiliated associates selected from diversified market areas selected for their expert knowledge and experience.
• Judges’ decisions in all categories will be final. In the event that the judges feel no entry in a particular category warrants an award, no award will be given. In the event more than one company submits the same entry, the judges may provide the award to one or more of the entering companies, at their sole discretion.
• Judges will refrain from discussing or voting on an entry if they have had prior involvement.
• Every effort will be made to maintain confidentiality, individual judges decisions, etc.

Entry Procedure

• AIMCAL members may submit unlimited entries.
• Each entry must be in English on an official entry form, or accompany an official entry form with the information provided in the same order and format as described on the official entry form.
• Each entry must submit 3 - 6 samples to facilitate judging and photography.
• Clearly label proprietary information as proprietary.
• Send entries with the $50 fee per entry to: AIMCAL Metallized or Vacuum Coated Competition, 201 Springs St, Fort Mill, SC 29715.

Deadline for Entry
Deadline for entries is December 18th, 2010.

Have Questions?
Call Steve Sedlak, Awards Committee Chairman at 800-833-7608 or Craig Sheppard, AIMCAL Executive Director, at 803-802-7820.

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