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MakeUp in Paris cancels 2020 edition, launches digital platform

Beauty trade show Make Up in Paris has cancelled the 2020 edition of its show as a result of covid-19. The event was due to take place at Paris’ Carrousel du Louvre on June 18-19. “In order to not put additional pressure on the teams and budgets[…]

Pochet Group & PSB Industries end negotiations for sale of Qualipac

Citing the current crisis and a “complex and uncertain” climate, Pochet Group has announced the cessation of its exclusive negotiations to sell Qualipac, its plastics and metals business, to Texen owner PSB Industries. The French glassmaker had[…]

Sparring Capital snaps up majority stake in Pure Trade

French private equity firm Sparring Capital has acquired a majority stake in Pure Trade, French supper of luxury packaging and promotional products for cosmetics and fragrance. Former investors Initiative et Finance and Isatis Capital have[…]

Interview

Exclusive interview: Cosmogen's Priscille Caucé on dispensing, coronavirus & trends

Priscille Caucé, CEO of packaging applications specialist Cosmogen, talks to Luxe Packaging Insight about its newly announced merger with dispensing company PYC, how the company is faring in the coronavirus crisis and her plans for future[…]

Cosmogen & dispensing supplier PYC join forces

French applicator specialist Cosmogen has integrated supplier PYC’s dispensing offer to build a full range of beauty packaging solutions. Cosmogen, owned by holding compay MBO & Co since 2016, has merged with PYC, a supplier of “turnkey and[…]

Gainerie 91 & Authentic Material team up to drive packaging innovation

Premium packaging supplier Gainerie 91 and Authentic Material, specialized in the creation of upcycled materials and sponsor of the 2020 Formes de Luxe Awards, have announced a partnership. “This collaboration will allow Authentic Material to[…]

Edition Spéciale by Luxe Pack reveals new dates

Paris trade show Edition Spéciale by Luxe Pack has unveiled new dates. The luxury packaging show will now take place from November 30 - December 1, 2020, at Carreau du Temple in the French capital. Like its inaugural edition in 2019, this year’s[…]

Covid-19 to cause biggest drop in US beauty market in 60 years

The coronavirus pandemic is predicted to cause a 2.5% drop in the US beauty and personal care market in 2020, according to Kline—the biggest drop in the more than 60 years the market-research firm has been tracking the industry. This decline[…]

Luxe Pack New York reschedules for fall

Idice, organizer of Luxe Pack New York, has just announced it will now hold the 2020 edition of the show in September. We give you a roundup of the latest new dates for the industry's trade shows impacted by the coronavirus. Luxe Pack[…]