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Bennett Packaging and Displays Receives Eighteen Multiple Top National Honors for Innovative Package Design and Printing

The 2010 CorrPak Competition brought us the prestigious Corrbie in Printing for our exceptional production of the 'enlyten' Energy Drink box (view the award-winning box.) This competition is open to all corrugated manufacturers worldwide, and the Best-of-Show is called a Corrbie. In addition, we garnered 7 other awards for flexo printing. These were for our Schlafly Beer and Liberty Fruit customers.

In other industry news, the 2010 Flexo Technology Association (FTA) Awards presented us with 7 Gold and Silver Medals for flexo printing on corrugate and for graphic design. The awards were won in three categories: Screen, Direct Print, and Process – thereby underscoring our printing broad expertise and wide range of equipment.

In 2009 we also several top honors at the 14th International Corrugated Packaging Design Competition in Las Vegas. We won the prestigious Judge's Choice, which is the Best-of-Show award, for our newly patented anti-theft design for on-shelf packaging. We also took First and Second Place in the Innovative Structural Design/Consumer Focus category for our Zyrtec Display, and Third Place award for Flexo Printing on Combined Brown Board category for our Schlafly Oktoberfest containers.

Other Honors, Memberships, and Business Community Recognition:

  • 2011 Outstanding Business Leader Award, Northwood University
  • 2008 Top Women Entrepreneurs in North America, by Enterprising Women magazine
  • Recognized by the Kansas City Business Journal as one of the Top 25 Woman-Owned Businesses, 2006 and 2007. The award honors businesses that have achieved significant growth, employee interaction, and community involvement.
  • Recipient of the 2005 Women Who Mean Business Award, by the Kansas City Business Journal, to owner Kathy Bennett
  • WBE Certified by the National Women's Business Owner Corporation (NWBOC), the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), and the State of MO
  • Gold Level, Kansas City SmartPort
  • Member, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, Chamber of Commerce, Lee's Summit
  • Benefactor Level Member, Chamber of Commerce, Lee's Summit Economic Development Council
  • National Partner, Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP)
  • National Partner, American Business Women's Association (ABWA)
  • Member, Women Presidents Organization (WPO)
  • Member, Kansas City Council of Women Business Owners, (KC-CWBO)
  • Member, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)

 Left and Right: The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce awarded Bennett Packaging and Displays the coveted Small Business Top 10 in 2006 and 2007.
Middle: Bennett Packaging and Displays has obtained WBE Certification from both the National Women Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC) and the Women's Business Enterprise (WBENC).