BMT wins Best Presentation Award at NAFEMS World Congress 2025 for sustainable packaging simulation
We're incredibly proud that Dr Ross Blair received the Best Presentation Award at this year's NAFEMS World Congress in Salzburg, Austria, representing BMT in front of a global audience of engineering simulation specialists.
A prestigious recognition
NAFEMS is the International Association for the Engineering Modelling, Analysis and Simulation Community, a body whose World Congress brings together leading practitioners in finite element analysis, simulation-driven design, and digital engineering from across every sector, not just packaging. Being recognised here, among specialists working in aerospace, automotive, medical devices and beyond, is a significant endorsement of BMT's approach.
Ross's award-winning presentation, "Measure, Digitise, Execute: Streamlining Sustainable Packaging Design", was recognised among the top submissions at the Congress for its contribution to engineering simulation and sustainable product design.
A team effort
This recognition reflects the dedication and innovation of BMT's full simulation and characterisation team:
Dr Ross Blair
Dr Dimitris Papadimitrakis
Reece Armstrong
Alexander McKee
Professor Gary Menary
The breadth of expertise behind this work spanning materials science, simulation engineering and applied research, is exactly what allows BMT to bring genuinely rigorous, data-driven methods to an industry that has historically relied on trial and error.
What Measure, Digitise, Execute delivers
The team's award-winning work centres on BMT's Measure, Digitise, Execute methodology, applying advanced simulation technology and validated material characterisation to help businesses:
Minimise packaging waste through accurate, predictive virtual modelling
Improve bottle performance and durability before committing to production tooling
Meet sustainability goals through smarter, simulation-led design decisions
What this recognition means
Being recognised by NAFEMS, a body whose membership spans the most demanding engineering simulation applications in the world, is a meaningful validation of the rigour behind BMT's approach. It reflects our mission to deliver genuinely data-driven, eco-conscious solutions to the packaging and manufacturing industries, grounded in the same standards of simulation excellence applied across the world's most safety-critical engineering disciplines.
Congratulations to Ross and the whole team on this outstanding achievement.
Curious how BMT's simulation-led approach could support your packaging development? Get in touch with our team.