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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[…]

HCP invests in ex-Rusi plant, makes strides in sustainability

Following the acquisition of mascara specialist Rusi in 2017, HCP is aiming to make the Germany-based operation its “packaging platform”. The cosmetics packaging supplier is also innovating on the sustainability front with EcoWood, a bio-based[…]

LUXE PACK in Green Awards 2020: the shortlist

Luxury polybags, glass that embraces imperfections, a champagne coffret made of molded cellulose pulp, recycling residual PET….this year’s jury* has unveiled the shortlist of entrants to the LUXE PACK in Green Awards. Visitors to digital[…]

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[…]

X-Label: a new-generation luminous label

Billed as the market’s first removable and rechargeable backlit label, X-Label is the brainchild of French packaging supplier Dapy. Geared to the nightlife market, the patented solution offers a lifetime of up to six hours. Dapy’s luminous[…]

The Liquors by Kilian: fragrance or spirits?

Blurring the lines between scent and spirits, luxury fragrance brand Kilian’s (The Estée Lauder Companies) art deco-inspired The Liquors collection pays tribute to founder Kilian Hennessy’s cognac heritage. For this major launch, the heir to the[…]

Interview

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[…]

Shiseido to launch in-store refills, biodegradable packs

A new in-store refill service and a lip palette said to be biodegradable “even in sea water” are among the first packaging developments to come out of Shiseido’s newly released Sustainable Beauty Actions initiative. The Japanese beauty group is[…]

Interview

Rémy Martin outlines plans to reduce secondary packaging

In keeping with its guiding principle of “L’Exception Durable” (Sustainable Exception), premium cognac brand Rémy Martin, part of Rémy Cointreau group, is also working to reduce the environmental impact of its packaging. This year, the brand[…]

A bottle made of carbon emissions? L’Oréal & partners embark on “world-first”

A collaboration between L’Oréal, carbon recycler LanzaTech and energy giant Total, the project aims to “make single-use carbon a thing of the past”. L’Oréal aims to launch a first packaging application by 2024. A first step in what could well be[…]