Packaging Innovation: Creative new solutions

COSSMA’s selection shows some of the latest solutions ranging from glass and caps to folding boxes – also with eco-friendly approaches. Caps – from elegant to colourful Linhardt and RPC have introduced an extruded tube with a Zeller Plastik coloured flip-top cap with marble effect. This effect is obtained by using one base colour and … Read more

Silgan Announces Agreement to Acquire WestRock’s Specialty Closures and Dispensing Systems Business

Silgan Holdings Inc., a leading supplier of rigid packaging for consumer goods products, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with WestRock Company to acquire its specialty closures and dispensing systems business. This business is a leading global supplier of highly engineered triggers, pumps, sprayers and dispensing closure solutions to major branded … Read more

Henkel entwickelt neue Lösungen für 3D-Druck

Der 3D-Druck ist eine schnell wachsende Technologie, die von Designern in fast allen Industriebereichen intensiv genutzt wird, um neue Konstruktionen zu ermöglichen und die Produkteinführungszeit zu verkürzen. 3D-gedruckte Teile werden hauptsächlich für den Bau von Prototypen eingesetzt, um Form und Funktionalität eines Entwurfs zu überprüfen. In einigen Fällen sind die 3D-gedruckten Strukturen selbst Teil des … Read more

Henkel to develop new solutions for 3D Printing

3D Printing is a fast growing technology leveraged by designers across nearly all industries to help enable new designs and accelerate time to market. 3D printed parts are used for prototyping to validate fit and function. In some cases, the 3D printed assembly itself is part of the final assembled good, which is typically referred … Read more

Stölzle Glass Group: PRIVATE COLLECTION – die neuen Standards der Luxusklasse

Das Hauptaugenmerk der Stölzle-Glasgruppe liegt auf der Produktion von exklusiven Verpackungen für den weltweiten Parfümerie- & Kosmetik-Glas-Markt, geprägt von lückenlosem Service und optimaler Unterstützung in allen Bereichen der Verpackungsentwicklung. Maßgeschneidertes Design, Qualität ohne Kompromisse, Flexibilität und exzellentes ServiceIm Bereich Parfümerie & Kosmetik setzt die Stölzle-Glasgruppe bei über 80 Prozent aller Aufträge ein kundenspezifisches, maßgeschneidertes Design … Read more

O.Berk acquires VPI Packaging

O.Berk Company has acquired the assets of VPI Packaging and its complete line of capabilities and products for the Personal Care market to broaden the company’s capabilities. VPI will transition its customers and supplier relationships to O.Berk. The company will integrate and offer VPI’s Personal Care products through existing sales channels and sales force specialists. … Read more

Merger of Collcap and Quadpack

UK Packaging company Collcap and Quadpack have merged. The combined group which retains the Quadpack name is now a leading presence in Europe for the manufacture and supply of packaging solutions to the beauty industry. The two companies bet on their respective complementary strengths to grow as a leading presence in Europe for the manufacture … Read more

Digitally empowered packaging

Karel Golta’s scenario shows how digitalisation might impact cosmetic packaging in future. Mr. Golta is Managing Director at Indeed Innovation in Hamburg, Germany. Read more in our article from COSSMA 10/2016. Evolving technology will transform the cosmetics industry Have you wondered about the exponential development of technology? Artificial intelligence in the form of special algorithms … Read more

Rising Global Spending on Cosmetics to Boost Demand for Innovative Cosmetic Packaging

In the highly competitive global cosmetic packaging market, innovation remains the key to success as excellent aesthetic value and appeal of packaging products continue to be richly awarded by cosmetic manufacturers, observes Transparency Market Research in a recent report. Key manufacturers are focusing on the introduction of attractive and innovative packaging products such as the … Read more

RAKO, X-label, Baumgarten: Powerhouse der Etikettenherstellungsindustrie

RAKO, X-label und Baumgarten sind stolz darauf, die Vertragsunterzeichnung über einen Zusammenschluss bekannt zu geben, um eines der weltweit führenden und innovativsten Unternehmen ihrer Branche zu werden und sich nachhaltig in den Wachstumsregionen und -märkten ihrer Kunden zu etablieren. Gemeinsam werden sie ihren Kunden ein breites Produktportfolio, effizientere Prozesse und innovative Lösungen bieten. Der Zusammenschluss … Read more

Multicultural Beauty with “Tones of Beauty” at Cosmoprof Worlwide Bologna 2017

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, the leading international exhibition for beauty trends organized by Bologna Fiere Group, will celebrate its 50th anniversary from 17 to 20 March 2016. As one of the main initiatives, the first edition of Tones of Beauty, a multicultural beauty showcase.Tones of Beauty will be held inside COSMOPRIME, a preview of Cosmoprof Worldwide … Read more

Alltub acquires Karl Höll

Alltub Group ("Alltub" or “the Group”), a global leader in collapsible aluminum tubes and owned by Aurora Capital Group, announced the successful acquisition of Karl Höll GmbH & Co. KG ("Karl Höll" or ‘the Company”). Headquartered near Düsseldorf in Germany, Karl Höll is a specialist for collapsible aluminum and laminate tubes with annual production capacity … Read more

SGD Perfumery becomes Verescence

SGD Perfumery, global manufacturer of glass bottles for the perfumery and cosmetics’ industries, is changing its name to Verescence. Now independent, the company is solely focused on the perfumery and cosmetics. The new name with its French and prestigious sound reflects the company’s origins. The name combines the glass skills [Ver] and the [escent] suffix, … Read more

Edelmann erwirbt US-Verpacker Bert-Co

Edelmann, Anbieter von Verpackungslösungen aus Karton und Papier, hat das amerikanische Verpackungsunternehmen Bert-Co Industries in Ontario/California und Pulaski/Tennessee übernommen. Damit ist das Heidenheimer Unternehmen auf dem weltweit größten Verpackungsmarkt  mit zwei eigenen Produktionsstandorten vertreten. Ein Vertriebsbüro für die USA wurde bereits im Juni 2015 in New York eröffnet. Schwerpunkt von Bert-Co, gegründet im Jahr 1930, … Read more

High-end injection-moulding line arrives at Quadpack Plastics

The arrival of a high-end injection moulding machine in June signifies the start of two-year plan to deploy state-of-the-art injection moulding equipment at Quadpack Plastics.  The new machine will allow larger cavitation moulds to be operated. Since its incorporation into Quadpack Group in April this year, the production experts of the Manufacturing Division have been … Read more