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L’Oréal injects €50m in circular economy fund with packaging focus
With L’Oréal as the anchor investor, the €150m fund managed by France-based Demeter and Canada’s Cycle Capital aims to scale growth-stage circular innovations across packaging, materials, processes, logistics and recycling &...
Stoelzle expands decoration capacity in Poland, joins ZeroCO2Glas project
Growing its decoration capacities in keeping with market demand, Stoelzle has invested €1m in a new high-speed spraying line at its Czestochowa site in Poland. The Austrian glassmaker has also joined the ZeroC02Glas project to develop a...
Aptar breaks ground on French manufacturing site
Beauty packaging specialist Aptar Beauty + Home has begun construction on its ambitious new industrial site in Oyonnax in France. The new factory replaces five existing sites in the basin and reinforces the supplier’s commitment to Made in...
Stora Enso continues to divest paper production capacity
The Finnish supplier has announced it is to sell four of its five remaining paper production sites in Europe as it focuses on growing the packaging, biomaterials and building materials segments of its business.In line with its strategy of...
Quadpack invests in European production, catering to demand for local supply
An investment of more than €6m at its Kierspe, Germany site will enable beauty packaging supplier Quadpack to meet increased demand for ‘made in Europe’ solutions.Quadpack is channelling more than €6m into its German manufacturing...
With Tageos acquisition, Fedrigoni enters “smart label” market
Special papers manufacturer Fedrigoni Group has taken a majority share in French company Tageos, a supplier of RFID inlays and tags. This marks the Italian player’s diversification into connected solutions, while reinforcing its offer in...
L’Oréal and Emotiv tap neural responses to facilitate fragrance selection
Testing fragrances in-store is about to become a bit more futuristic. Beauty group L’Oréal is partnering with tech company Emotiv to equip Yves Saint Laurent flagship stores with a device that will record consumers’ neural response to...
FIP – France Innovation Plasturgie to spotlight material innovations
Plastics industry trade show France Innovation Plasturgie (FIP) is opening its doors in Lyon early April. Innovative Material Days, an exhibition dedicated to new materials, will be a fixture at the event for the first time.FIP - France...
Webinar
Exclusive Webinar: Beauty Packaging, Producing closer to Consumer Markets
In the third instalment of Luxe Packaging Insight’s Conversations webinar series, Alissa Demorest, Editorial Director of Luxe Packaging Insight, sat down with beauty packaging executives from Aptar Beauty + Home, Albéa and Quadpack to...
Assessing the impact: How will the war in Ukraine affect the packaging supply chain?
Store closures, idling factories, energy and raw material shortages and rising costs… The chain of events set off by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing shockwaves throughout the luxury market. Is the packaging supply chain at risk...
