Strategy
Steklarna Hrastnik shutters tableware business to focus on packaging
In September, extra white flint glass packaging will make up 100% of the Slovenian glassmaker’s production. The move away from glass tableware had been in the works for some time now. Steklarna Hrastnik managing director Peter Cas told Luxe[…]
How beauty sampling is adapting to post-covid retail
With retail stores implementing social distancing measures, beauty brands are having to rethink the sampling experience. Sampling suppliers have been quick to develop new products or revisit existing ranges in a bid to enhance the in-store[…]
HCP looks to boost skincare offer with Pum-Tech Korea partnership
Beauty packaging company HCP (Baring Private Equity Asia) announced a commercial partnership with dispensing technology specialist Pum-Tech Korea (PTK) this spring. The company tells Luxe Packaging Insight about the first steps it is taking[…]
Interview: Cosfibel's Alain Chevassus forecasts spike in consolidation for brands & suppliers
Alain Chevassus, Cosfibel founder and packaging industry veteran, discusses the impact of the health crisis on the market and predicts consolidation for both brands and suppliers in the months to come. How is the market performing in light of[…]
Silgan finalizes Albéa Dispensing Systems acquisition
Silgan Holdings has completed the acquisition of Albéa’s beauty and personal-care dispensing division along with its Metal (Covit Europe and US) and Brazil operations. The businesses joined Silgan as of June 1st. Albéa will now focus on its[…]
MakeUp in's BeauteaMatch.com digital platform goes live
With the beauty industry adapting to the changed landscape in the wake of the covid-19 health crisis, Infopro Digital, organizer of the MakeUp in and Clean Beauty in London shows, has launched its BeauteaMatch.com b2b digital platform.[…]
EFP-Chavassieu signs with PBP
UK-based Preston Board & Packaging (PBP) has selected French import agent EFP-Chavassieu to market its products in France. PBP is aiming to develop its sales at export and has been rapidly expanding into the luxury and premium packaging segment.[…]
Cosmetic Valley launches post-covid industry initiative
French industry cluster Cosmetic Valley is initiating an action plan designed to help the perfume and cosmetics sector face the challenges of a post-coronavirus economy. “Responsibility, agility, solidarity and innovation will be the watch words[…]
Stoelzle Masnières restarts activity, postpones new production line
The Austrian glassmaker’s French site, specialized in fragrance and cosmetics, has re-opened two production lines. At the end of March, Etienne Gruyez, CEO of Stoelzle Masnières, told Luxe Packaging Insight that production lines at Masnières[…]
“Luxury in Brazil is at a standstill”
Luxe Packaging Insight spoke with André D'Angelo, a luxury-goods consultant in Brazil and author of Need, Don’t Need: Brazilian Marketing & Behavior in the Luxury Market, on the state of luxury in the country. How has Brazil’s luxury market been[…]
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The contribution of packaging to the environmental footprint of cosmetics products (source: Quantis)