International Magazine for Cosmetics and Fragrances
Green packaging concepts dominated the new developments presented at this year’s PCD show in Paris. In addition, new solutions for dispensing, scent sampling, packaging and decoration as well as options for reduced lead times were on show.
Following the guiding thread of sustainability and the circular economy, the key theme of the 2019 edition of Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, Cosmopack as the packaging section of the show will give visibility to new industrial solutions for reducing the environmental impact of cosmetic production.
Aliplast supplies the recycled plastic for this year’s Cosmopack Factory, see box, for the production process of a sustainably produced scalp oil. Carlo Andriolo from Aliplast explains what makes the material so special.
Production by all European tube manufacturers totalled a remarkable 15.5 billion tubes in 2018. The member companies of the European tube manufacturers association, Etma, contributed the lion’s share of this figure: 10.9 billion tubes and thus around 70 per cent of the total. When adjusted for the tubes produced by its new members, the association’s … Read more
Cosmopack | Hall 19 will also host the 7th edition of The Cosmopack Factory. This year’s topic is NO.CO. – No Compromise: a scalp oil with environmentally-friendly solutions. Thanks to the natural origins of its ingredients, only a third of the usual amount of water is needed to remove it. The primary packaging will be … Read more
The show adds new Areas and new innitiatives dedicated to the future of the supply chain. Innovation will be the key theme of Cosmopack 2019, occurring Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 March 2019. The show dedicated to contract manufacturing and private label, process and packaging machinery, primary and secondary packaging, applicators ingredients, and raw materials … Read more
Neopac, a global provider of high-quality packaging for a broad array of industries and applications, will showcase a new recycled plastic tube at Packaging Innovations Birmingham – booth F42, February 27-28. The new tube is the latest addition to Neopac’s EcoDesign line of products, which the company created to satisfy customer desire for more sustainable … Read more
Packaging | Sampling plays an ever-increasing part in marketing. Read about the latest options in product sampling.
Events | Eco solutions for compacts and tubes, new dispensing options and process improvements are the new developments to be presented at this year’s PCD exhibition from January 30–31 in Paris
Events | The new developments shown at this year’s Luxe Pack in Monaco are bound to be inspiring enough to come up with plenty of new product concepts for 2019.
Sustainability | Green packaging is very fashionable at the moment, and yet such a challenging issue. Take a look at the latest developments.
Production | Ludger J. Fischer et al. explain that the exact analysis of the behaviour of laboratory equipment and production machines is a prerequisite for achieving reproducible results and thus a reliable scale-up when dispersing in emulsion production.
Packaging | Droppers used to be just a side issue, but now they are taking the world by storm. Rosa Porras from Virospack explains why.
4 years ago Lessonia decided to invest on premises dedicated to sheet masks production for European and the North American markets. To face the real emergence of these markets Lessonia did a lot of R&D around sheet masks and made the decision to build a performing factory that complies with European quality norms. The company … Read more
Inteview | What are the challenges concerning the sustainability of aerosol cans and what is the future potential for increasing their sustainability? Leopold Werdich from Tubex explains.
Aerosols | How is the market doing and what are the latest developments? Together, the members of the international organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (Aerobal) produced nearly 3.3 billion cans in the first half of 2018, substantially more than in the same period the year before. Adjusted for the production output of new member companies, this figure represents remarkable market growth of about 5%.
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