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Alcan Packaging CEO steps down

09-Apr-2009 - Ilene Gordon has stepped down as head of Alcan Packaging to take up the reigns at Corn Products International.

News in brief

SGD Group calls in the bankers to renegotiate debt

07-Apr-2009 - Creditors of SDG Group, French glassmakers for the beauty and pharmaceutical industries, are in talks to hire debt advisors in order to renegotiate terms for the loans taken out to buy the company two years ago.

MWV launches new airless dispensers at Cosmoprof

03-Apr-2009 - MeadWestvaco (MWV) launched three new airless dispensing systems at Cosmoprof, Bologna, along with showcasing new design possibilities for its fragrance bottles.

Sales remain steady at Gerresheimer

02-Apr-2009 - Gerresheimer has held its sales steady in the first quarter but suffered a drop in operating profit due to capacity adjustments and the poor performance of the Technical Plastics segment.

Congress uncovers aerosol trends and innovation

27-Mar-2009 - Sustainability, artwork techniques and the art of spray were core topics at the Aerosol Forum in Paris this month.

Lumson launches glass packaging with airless dispenser

26-Mar-2009 - Italian packaging company Lumson is about to unveil it latest glass packaging with built in airless dispenser at the forthcoming Cosmoprof show in Bologna.

SGD launches glass bottle range for Cosmopack

24-Mar-2009 - SGD is launching a new range of glass bottles and jars for the cosmetics market at the Cosmopack exhibition in Bologna next month.

Weekly comment

Do we really need all that packaging?

24-Mar-2009 - Secondary packaging can serve to protect a product and also to give it a more up market appearance, but with consumers becoming both more eco- and budget-conscious its demise could be imminent.

Tube manufacturers need to be flexible to survive the crisis, says trade body head

20-Mar-2009 - ‘Flexibility, flexibility, flexibility’ should be the mantra of all European tube manufacturers if they want to weather the current economic storm, says the head of their trade body.

MWV closes two factories and reduces secondary packaging production

19-Mar-2009 - Marking a move away from secondary packaging, MeadWestvaco (MWV) is closing two factories in Virginia and Puerto Rico with the loss of 278 jobs.

Rexam targets promotional campaigns with new mini dispenser

19-Mar-2009 - Personal care players launching promotional programs with trial products are the target of Rexam’s new mini dispenser.

News in brief

PLF International appoints new sales director

19-Mar-2009 - PLF International has appointed a new sales director to drive organic growth and take the packaging machinery firm into new market sectors.

Recycling logo for consumer packaging launched in UK

18-Mar-2009 - Major UK supermarkets have signed up to a new recycling logo for consumer packaging, aiming to present how much of the packaging can be recycled and where.

RPC Beauté launches two new decoration methods

17-Mar-2009 - RPC Beauté has launched two new decoration techniques called HotFix and EcoCoat that are both targeted at the luxury cosmetics market.

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Profitable growth opportunities remain in beauty packaging

12-Mar-2009 - The economic crisis has eaten into the turnover of leading packaging firms but the president of personal and beauty care at MeadWestvaco (MWV) insists that profitable growth opportunities remain.

Kautex launches blow moulding equipment for clear packaging

12-Mar-2009 - Kautex Maschinenbau has developed new blow moulding equipment for the manufacture of highly transparent cosmetics packaging.

Zorbit expands global packaging footprint with new facilities

05-Mar-2009 - Beauty packaging company Zorbit has expanded its packaging manufacturing capabilities through a joint venture with New York-based Paul T. Freund Corp.

Companies must look out for green packaging traps

27-Feb-2009 - Manufacturers must be wary of the environmental credentials of green packaging materials and avoid using them just for their marketing benefits, says one research group.

Alcan innovation director evaluates green packaging pathways

26-Feb-2009 - Nicholas Thorne discusses the different methods that Alcan Packaging Beauty is exploring to combine sustainability and luxury.

Alcan innovation director discusses marrying luxury and sustainability

26-Feb-2009 - Luxury and sustainability may appear irreconcilable but beauty packaging firms are working on ways to combine the two concepts.

ColorMatrix targets cosmetics with colour matching system

25-Feb-2009 - ColorMatrix Group is adding features to its new colour match and delivery system targeting the fast-moving plastic beauty packaging market.

Rexam's sales growth in personal care slows

20-Feb-2009 - Rexam says reduced consumer demand in the last two months of the year hit personal care and closures harder than healthcare.

DuPont says overmoulding innovation opens up new possibilities

17-Feb-2009 - DuPont claims that its new Surlyn overmoulding technology has wider cosmetic applications than previously imagined.

Industry won't stray from sustainability despite recession, say beauty packaging leaders

16-Feb-2009 - Sustainability can be expensive but leaders in the beauty packaging industry claim they cannot afford not to go green.