Strategy
Salinas rebrands, sets sustainability roadmap
Along with its newly minted identity, Salinas Packaging Group, the Spanish rigid box manufacturer, has outlined its sustainability goals for the years ahead. The year 2020 has been busy for Alicante-based box supplier Salinas. In March, just[…]
MultiScent 20: a tablet turned fragrance sampler
Brazilian scent tech start-up Noar’s MultiScent 20 is a patented technology allowing consumers to sample up to 20 fragrances via a tablet. Exclusively distributed by US-based sampling specialist Orlandi, the device is geared to retail and to[…]
Quadpack bets on sustainable solutions & collaborative innovation
Cosmetics packaging supplier Quadpack is targeting €400m in sales for 2025, up from €131m in 2019, and a global market share of 2%, up from 0.6% currently, making it one of the world’s top-five suppliers in its sector. To get there, the company[…]
Interview
ColorForge forges ahead with 3D-printed makeup formulas and packs
US-based start-up ColorForge won a Cosmetic Victories* award last month for its additive manufacturing technology that allows for the simultaneous production of powder-based color cosmetics and packaging. We spoke to ColorForge President John[…]
Covid-19: a catalyst for change for luxury, says Bain & Company
Heavily impacted by the covid-19 crisis, the luxury goods industry will have seen a double-digit sales decline in 2020 with profitability hard hit, highlights a report from Bain & Company published this month. However, the market is set to[…]
Weckerle in 2020: greener packs & new-generation filling lines
Despite a drop in turnover resulting from the current health crisis, German contract manufacturer Weckerle has a number of investments in the pipeline: MS3, its new filling line, packaging innovations Myconic, the supplier’s first 100% recycled[…]
Interview
Byredo talks strategy for debut makeup line
One of the first indie niche brands launched in the early 2000s, Byredo has since become a reference in the premium fragrance segment. The Swedish brand has similar ambitions for its very first color cosmetics collection, launched this fall.[…]
Qualipac’s restructuring plan to cut over 130 jobs
Following several years of decline and a failed acquisition negotiation with PSB Industries earlier this year, Groupe Pochet’s loss-making metal and plastics packaging subsidiary Qualipac is laying off more than 130 employees in France. The[…]
Sericyne expands offer: from raw material to finished products
Known for its creations for luxury maisons including Guerlain, and more recently Poiray, French artisanal silk producer Sericyne launched a range of decorative objects and accessories earlier this year. “Up to very recently, we sold our raw[…]
Paboco's gameplan to pioneer the paper bottle
Paboco, the Paper Bottle Company, is out to shake up packaging norms with its first branded paper bottle slated for launch in 2021. Currently in a start-up, scale-up phase, the Danish company’s “pioneer community” is a joint venture between[…]
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