AION wins 2 WorldStar Packaging Awards!

AION is proud to announce that we have won two WorldStar 2025 awards from the prestigious World Packaging Organization! AION's robust and reusable pallet won in the following categories: 

Category 1) Transit

Category 2) Packaging Materials and Components 

Recognized as a winner because it uses up to 100% high quality recycled plastic packaging, reclaimed from Norwegian aquaculture, an industry with a large environmental footprint and huge volumes of plastic waste. This pallet is designed specifically for use in this same industry, to replace its annual use of over 4,5 million single-use wooden pallets. All pallets are returned at end-of-life to be recycled and used to manufacture new pallets again for the same purpose.

AION have recycled industrial plastic waste also from this industry - FIBC bigbags used to transport fish feed, into high-quality material which is then used to manufacture our pallets. Everything in this value-chain is traced by AION, from the material origin of collected packaging, with insights on composition, contamination and quality - to tracking pallet production in Denmark, and information on the return of discarded pallets for re-manufacturing.

This value-chain traceability is key in creating a fully circular product. This product has increased resource utilization and recycling, is now eliminating thousands and of single-use packaging items associated with deforestation and habitat loss, as well as reducing CO2 emissions, with a total CO2 reduction calculated to be around 85% for the solution. 

This product is also a winner due to the large improvements in design and quality over similar packaging products. Designed to optimize return logistics with its superior nestable feature.
49 AION pallets fits in one stack (1617 per truck). Resulting in less air being transported per truck and increased storage.

Large improvement in quality and strength for all the parts of the pallet has also been a key focus, but still with a lightweight design of only 10,2kg and made without reinforcements or a mix of materials that would hinder recycling. This pallet is designed to be easily grinded down at the end-of-life. Ensuring multiple reuses is key to reducing GHG emissions.

Extra material reinforcement in pallets corners reduces breakage,
and with 50mm ribs inside each of the legs which further increase strength, this ribbed design distributes force better than a smooth surface. A ribbed design around the outside of the legs also avoids that it freezes to the surface underneath if wet.
Diamond pattern on the surface with small ribs to avoid getting slippery. All corners of the pallets have elevated edges to have good stability of goods stacked on the pallet. There are conical entering slots on all 4 sides of the pallet, 4-way entry, and it has two slits on the short side of the pallet for easy attachment of cling-film used for wrapping goods. Finally, the pallet has RFID-recessed areas on all 4 corners of the pallet to avoid tear.

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