Awards Categories
Active Chemicals
Key chemical components in personal care products responsible for primary functions like cleaning, moisturising, sun protection, directly reacting with skin or hair to produce specific effects.
☐Moisturising & Repairing ☐Soothing & Calming ☐Oil Control & Acne Removal ☐Spot Removal & Whitening ☐Anti-aging, Wrinkle Reduction, Firming ☐Sun Protection ☐Anti-pollution ☐Hair/Scalp Care ☐Personal Cleansing ☐Oral Care ☐Other Active Ingredients
Functional Chemicals
Chemical components used to improve product texture, stability, and user experience, playing a crucial role in ensuring product performance and user experience without being directly responsible for the product's primary functions.
☐Surfactants ☐Thickeners ☐Rheology Modifiers ☐Softeners ☐Emulsifiers ☐Stabilisers ☐Colourants ☐Sensory Enhancer ☐Fragrances ☐Preservatives ☐Delivery Systems ☐ Other Functional Ingredients
Packaging Materials, Equipment & Design
Containers and machinery for storing and dispensing personal care products, protecting the products from contamination and impacting consumer experience and brand image.
☐Packaging Equipment ☐ Packaging Materials ☐ Packaging Design
Testing & Services
Services and solutions responsible for ensuring product safety and efficacy, validated through various skin and clinical tests.
☐ Testing Equipment ☐Testing Techniques
Manufacturing
The actual manufacturing process of the product, including the mixing of raw materials, processing, and quality control techniques, services, and solutions.
Selection & Judging Process
1st Stage: Entry & Nomination | Apr 18, 2024
The Awards is open to any company with an innovative product/technology. The panel of judges may also nominate companies.
2nd Stage:Judging & Online Voting | May 6-31,2024
Entries for each innovation Awards category are short listed by the panel of judges.
3rd Stage: Winners Announcement & Awards Ceremony | ( Awards Ceremony: July , 2024)
Winners will be announced at the Awards ceremony on July , 2024 which will be held in conjuction with Personal Care Technology Summit & Expo 2024 . The Awards ceremony will bring together the winners, judges, industry professionals and media.
Selection & Judging
1. Eligible Entries: Only innovative products or technologies launched between 2022 and 2023 are eligible for participation.
2. Limit on Entries: Each company is restricted to a maximum of three entries, and each product or technology can be entered in only one category.
3. Entry Criteria:
Innovation: Innovation is key to driving the personal care industry forward. New ideas and technologies that offer effective, safe, and eco-friendly products to meet the evolving market and consumer needs are essential. Criteria include:
a. Safety: Backed by safety assessment reports and relevant data.
b. Efficacy/Performance: Either surpasses other similar products or is a first in the industry, supported by relevant data.
c. Cost-Effectiveness: Superior to other similar products.
d. Green/Sustainability: Sustainable methods/technologies used in all stages from raw material procurement to final disposal, supported by relevant data/reports/certificates.
Industry Impact: Must contribute to the advancement of the industry.
Market Performance and Customer Feedback: Must demonstrate positive market and customer responses.
4. Intellectual Property Requirements:
Originality: The technology/product must be an original design of the submitting company and must not infringe upon any third party's intellectual property rights or violate any laws.
Legal Responsibility: The entrant company is solely responsible for any legal issues related to the technology/product, including but not limited to issues concerning rights to reputation, copyright, portrait rights, trademark rights, and patent rights. If the organizing committee finds any instance of plagiarism, infringement, or any claims, demands, lawsuits, or claims by third parties, the committee reserves the right to withdraw the entry and revoke any awards. The entrant company is responsible for all compensations arising from third-party infringement claims.
Promotional Rights: The committee has the right to freely promote, report, and display all entered products.
Copyright Responsibility: Information provided for the technology/product must be true and accurate. The entrant company is fully responsible for any copyright or patent issues related to the product.
Additional Notes:
a. For products/technologies developed jointly by two or more companies, obtain written consent from all parties before submission and include this information in the entry materials.
b. If the jury has doubts about an entry, the entrant may be required to provide written explanations and evidence to prove eligibility.
Why You Should Enter?
The Awards is widely promoted among industry leaders and professionals through Ringier’s multi-media platform of magazine, online, mobile marketing (iPad/iPhone, Android Apps), as well as other major industrial and general media.
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