The New Jersey Packaging Executives Club (NJPEC) has announced the winners of this year’s competition for outstanding packaging design. Nearly 50 products, graphics, and promotions will be celebrated at the 38th Annual Package of the Year (POY) Awards Gala on Thursday, November 17th at The Madison Hotel in Morristown, NJ.

The evening’s events will include the awards presentation, Tricky Tray, live music and all the celebrated packaging on display. Advanced registration is encouraged as the event will sell out. Registration information can be found at www.njpec.com.

The annual NJPEC POY Awards recognizes the year’s best packaging designs and innovations, and this year’s program saw an impressive number of submissions. An elite panel of judges of top packaging executives from a broad spectrum of industries and brands selected the winners in 10 different categories. Packaging students also named a Student’s Choice winner.

Here’s a look at some of the top cosmetic/fragrance winners of the coveted NJPEC POY Awards for 2016 - see them in the slidehsow above. 

Batallure Beauty’s Robert Graham Blended Essence Launch Packaging (shown in the first photo above, middle) submitted by Metal Dynamics and Encore International for Package of the Year and Fragrance Gold honors

Norell Elixir by Norell Parfums New York for Student Choice Award and Fragrance Silver honors

Category winners for the top Gold award include:

Estee Lauder – Double Wear Cushion Stick by HCT Group for Color Cosmetics

Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Sequin Shadow Box for L’Oreal USA by Millenium3 Packaging Group for Gift Sets

NARS – Steven Klein Collection (shown in the first photo above on right) by HCT Group for Graphics

Clinique Pep-Start for Clinique (shown in the first photo above on left) by Albea for Health & Beauty

Silver, Bronze, Marketing Impact, Technical Merit, Visual Impact, Sustainability, Packaging Innovations and Honorable Mentions awards will also be presented and all the POY submissions will be showcased in a massive display during the event. 

The judges for the 2016 POY included Donna Estok, L’Oreal; Anthony Garaguso, Johnson & Johnson; Jay Gorga, Beauty Packaging Magazine; Terry Haeseker, Natures’ Bounty; Tricia Heinz, Avon; Brian Henry, Revlon; Jill Hilton, Estee Lauder; Nevenka Markovic, Reckitt Benckiser; Gina Rokose, Designer; Doug Silady, Boom!: Philip Tarrant, Coty and Rutgers University student judges, Gregory Fidler, Brian Loja, and Maggie McLean.

“This is an exciting night, where members of NJPEC and the entire industry come together to recognize and celebrate this year’s incredible achievements in packaging, design and engineering,” said Peter Gould, committee chair, of the NJPEC POY.

Here is a complete list of winners and photos.

Stay tuned to Beauty Packaging for videos from the gala, interviews with award winners and more.

Click here to make a reservation to attend the 38th Annual NJPEC Package of the Year Awards Gala. For more information on the POY Awards, please click here to email Peter Gould or Karen Hadden-Wolf. To donate to the Tricky Tray which supports the NJPEC scholarship program, click to email  Stacey Rimassa or Holly Benda.  For attendee bag donations contact Maureen Eustice.