Amcor Flexibles and Spanish packer Agrovalle scooped the Innovation Award in the fruit and vegetable category at the 30th anniversary of the Alimentaria food and vegetable exhibition, held in Barcelona.

The Amcor self-venting stand-up pouch scored the prize for the companies.

The award followed two Flexible Packaging Association 2006 Gold Awards for Packaging Excellence and for Technical Innovation.

The Amcor SelfVent stand-up pouch, first commercialised in the UK, was introduced to the French market under the brand C’Zon.

The products, packed by Vegpro in Kenya and distributed by IDS in France, won the Innovafel 2007 award for innovation in the fruit and vegetable section.