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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 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.

PCD Congress exposes green contradictions

11-Feb-2009 - Sustainability was so high on the agenda at the PCD Congress in Paris last week that even the carpets and stands were green.

Marketing of green packaging should be avoided, says professor

06-Feb-2009 - Green marketing of sustainable packaging materials can be a boomerang that comes back to hit brands in the face, says professor.

PCD Awards picks out the bold and the brave from 2008

05-Feb-2009 - Classical designs sat alongside bold innovations in the winner’s circle at the Perfumes, Cosmetics and Design (PCD) Awards held in Paris yesterday.

ENSO targets green packaging trend

04-Feb-2009 - In line with the trend for natural ingredients, consumers are also demanding green packaging, something that ENSO Bottles it tapping into.

New RFID tag perfect for cosmetics, claims manufacturer

27-Jan-2009 - The new RFID S-tag is perfect for small items like cosmetics and healthcare products, says manufacturer Avery Dennison RFID.

PKB launches new vibrating bowl perfume pumps

22-Jan-2009 - PKB’s new generation of vibrating bowl perfume pumps promise to fill fragrance bottles quickly with greater reliability.

Cosmetics makers tap into Rexam Prodigio lotion pumps

16-Jan-2009 - Following its recent launch, Rexam says that an increasingly diverse array of European personal care providers have included its Prodigio airless pump.

Packaging launch promises to reduce costs of new designs

08-Jan-2009 - Sun Chemical and Keating Specialist Cylinders have launched a concept after years of research and development to help brand owners to apply different packaging effects more cost-effectively.

New Packer handles RSC and wraparound blanks

12-Dec-2008 - A combined side-loading system for case packing, labelling and palletizing of cosmetics and food products in cartons has a small footprint and enables greater efficiency in terms of multipack handling, says Cermex.

Environment is the star at PCD's packaging congress

05-Dec-2008 - All things green will take centre stage at the 2009 Perfumes, Cosmetics and Design packaging congress.

Intertek acquires safety testing lab in Poland

02-Dec-2008 - Safety and quality expert Intertek has purchased a Polish testing laboratory that will serve the consumer goods industries in the region.

Valois launches world's smallest fragrance dispenser

28-Nov-2008 - France-based Valois claims to have released the world’s smallest fragrance dispenser measuring less than 1 cm.

Airlessystems launches new Eden packaging for cosmetics

27-Nov-2008 - Airlessytems has released a fully recyclable airless packaging system for cosmetics products.