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BASA Awards 2025 Application - Innovation

The winner of this Award will be, in the view of the judges, the company or organisation that has developed and delivered a successful project that has positively impacted manufacturing, product design or performance, waste management, or other related activities, with ground-breaking solutions, game-changing innovations, and positive impact on the business landscape. The project has to demonstrate commercial success and potential to scale and must have already been implemented in practice (i.e. it should be beyond the research stage).


ENTRY TO THE AWARD

The judges will be looking for a novel ideas that have been imaginatively implemented for commercial success and the benefit of the adhesives and sealants Industry.

The innovation activity can be in any area of a business related to the adhesives and sealants sector; this can include, for example, research and development, technology or operations. Judges will assess the business benefits of the innovation, exploitation potential, novelty value, benefit to the company, and contribution towards sustainable development.

In addition to your written submission, we encourage you to include any supporting material, pictures, and testimonials that you believe will help the judges.

You should also include an 800-character summary and high quality company logo (for publicity material).


JUDGING

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

  • Innovative manufacturing process and/or use of innovative new raw materials. (20%)
  • Usability and application innovation or novel application and delivery. (20%)
  • Significant or truly original performance innovation. (20%)
  • Novel product protection or added value to the brand. (10%)
  • Supply chain efficiency or recyclability of the product packaging. (10%)
  • Environmental impact, reduced waste or reduced material use. (20%)
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Contact Details of Applicant

Please give the name of the BASA member company applying.

If you are a PR/marketing company applying on behalf of a BASA Member, please enter your company name here. Leave blank if not applicable.

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Question 1

Describe the use of an innovative manufacturing process and/or use of innovative new raw materials in your project.

Max 1200 Characters (inc. spaces). 

Upload any supporting materials that will help the judges in their assessment of your application.

Maximum of 2 additional pages. 

Only material pertinent to the question should included. For example, do not attach a entire brochure, extract the relevant sentences/paragraphs/pages first.

20MB max

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Question 2

Describe any usability and application innovation or novel application and delivery within your project.

Max 1200 Characters (inc. spaces). 

Upload any supporting materials that will help the judges in their assessment of your application.

Maximum of 2 additional pages. 

Only material pertinent to the question should included. For example, do not attach a entire brochure, extract the relevant sentences/paragraphs/pages first.

20MB max

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Question 3

Describe any significant or truly original performance innovation within your project.

Max 1200 Characters (inc. spaces).  

Upload any supporting materials that will help the judges in their assessment of your application.

Maximum of 2 additional pages. 

Only material pertinent to the question should included. For example, do not attach a entire brochure, extract the relevant sentences/paragraphs/pages first.

20MB max

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Question 4

Describe any novel product protection or added value to the brand.

Max 1200 Characters (inc. spaces). 

Upload any supporting materials that will help the judges in their assessment of your application.

Maximum of 2 additional pages. 

Only material pertinent to the question should included. For example, do not attach a entire brochure, extract the relevant sentences/paragraphs/pages first.

20MB max

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Question 5

Describe any improvements to the supply chain efficiency or recyclability of the product packaging.

Max 1200 Characters (inc. spaces). 

Upload any supporting materials that will help the judges in their assessment of your application.

Maximum of 2 additional pages. 

Only material pertinent to the question should included. For example, do not attach a entire brochure, extract the relevant sentences/paragraphs/pages first.

20MB max

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Question 6

Describe the environmental impact, waste reduction or reduction in material use of your project

Max 1200 Characters (inc. spaces). 

Upload any supporting materials that will help the judges in their assessment of your application.

Maximum of 2 additional pages. 

Only material pertinent to the question should included. For example, do not attach a entire brochure, extract the relevant sentences/paragraphs/pages first.

20MB max

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Summary

Please include a summary of your application, max 800 characters (inc. spaces) for publicity material.

Please attach a high quality company logo (for publicity material).

JPG or PNG.

20MB max
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