Vessl™ Wins the Prestigious 'Marking Award' at Food and Beverage Innovation Forum in Shanghai, China

TEMPE, Ariz., June 11, 2018 (Newswire.com) - Each year, a global packaging design competition called the Marking Awards, commissioned by the Food and Beverage Innovation Forum (FBIF), gathers for their awards ceremony in Shanghai, China. The Marking Awards brings together world-class designers in a high-level global summit generating an ecosystem of creative packaging designs. 

This year, founder and CEO of Gizmo Beverages Walter Apodaca accepted the Marking award for innovative technology on behalf of his company's patented closure the Vessl™. This prestigious award is granted to products that disrupt the market via groundbreaking technology. When asked what he thought about winning the award, Mr. Apodaca had this to say: "It was an honor enough to even be in a competition with so many great products from some of the world’s largest companies, but to actually win and be recognized for our contribution to the environment went beyond all of our expectations. I founded this company on the principle that the Vessl™ technology will help to break the disposable bottle paradigm. The Marking Award is confirmation that a panel of highly knowledgeable industry professionals from around the world recognize this potential as well."

It was an honor enough to even be in a competition with so many great products from some of the world's largest companies, but to actually win and be recognized for our contribution to the environment went beyond all of our expectations. I founded this company on the principle that the Vessl™ technology will help to break the disposable bottle paradigm. The Marking Award is confirmation that a panel of highly knowledgeable industry professionals from around the world recognize this potential as well.

Walter Apodaca, Founder and CEO

Winners of the Marking Award are first filtered through a public election online and are then presented to a panel of authoritative expert designers aimed at promoting designs that are both innovative and practical. The purpose of this panel is to find emerging packaging talents, push forward communication in design originality, share packaging design resources and motivate worldwide food-packaging designers. It is no surprise the Vessl™ caught the panel’s attention.

The owners of Vessl™, Gizmo Beverages Inc. is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. They hold the worldwide exclusive rights to the patented Vessl™ technology. Vessl™ is a pressurized bottle cap that employs an oxygen-depleted and nitrogen-pressurized delivery chamber to create a preservative-free storage environment for a variety of applications such as beverages, nutraceuticals, aeration, hygiene, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and much more. The Vessl™ technology is also is used in other beverages and skin care products produced by third parties in 32 countries around the world. For more information, see www.vesslinc.com, www.kalvara.comand www.teaofakind.com.

For inquiries and questions, contact: Karin Gerlach, Director of Marketing, at [email protected] or 859.462.1820 

Source: Vessl