New Products
Read about more new products seen at Cosmoprof Bologna and Luxe Pack New York.
Packaging Variety
A supplier offers a range of injection-molded, injection-blow-molded, and extrusion-blow-molded cosmetic containers. Products include compacts, lipstick containers, jars, bottles, mascara containers, and tottles.
Libo Cosmetics
Dongguan City, China; www.libocosmetics.com
Cosmetic Tins
Tin boxes can be produced as secondary packaging for cosmetics. The tin pictured was created for the AB Spirit women’s fragrance by Lomani. Designed with feminine curves, the gold tin features a hinged double-walled door that showcases marketing images. The inside of the tin was lined with soft velvet.
Virojanglor S.A.S.
Le Blanc-Mesnil, France; www.virojanglor.fr
Thick-Walled Jars
Thick-walled PETG jars, both stock and custom, are alternatives to glass jars. Over-molding can be used to decorate the PETG jars. Stock or custom compression- and injection-molded closures can be provided in a variety of colors and decorations.
Portola Tech International
Woonsocket, RI; www.portolatech.com
Elastic Tag
ElastiTag can attach various marketing materials to cosmetic packages. The thermal plastic elastomer bands are available in more than 20 colors. Tags can be printed on a variety of substrates, including PS, PP, and paper. Eliminating the need for printing information on secondary packaging, ElastiTag offers a solution to reduce overall packaging.
Bedford Industries Inc.
www.elastitag.com
Metallized Board
Trucard Ice Silver Portabio board combines a supplier’s Trucard Ice paperboard line and environmentally friendly metallized film. Supplied by API Laminates, the metallized film is renewable, sustainable, recyclable, and compostable. The smooth, high-gloss board, coated with the film on one side, also boasts Forest Stewardship Council certification and is made from 100% elemental chlorine-free pulp sourced from sustainably managed forests.
Tullis Russell
Fife, Scotland; www.trg.co.uk
Sustainable Stock
Part of a supplier’s new Intrigue line of fine packaging papers, an 18-pt folding-carton stock is made from 100%-PCR fiber. The Intrigue line is suited for labels, retail bags, and boxes. Many of the line’s papers are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and Green Seal.
Wausau Paper
Wausau, WI; www.wausaupaper.com
Black Shade
Piano Black is a supplier’s new decorating technique for cartons. It is a rich, dark black color with a mirrorlike finish printed using the supplier’s biodegradable, recyclable CurtCoat UV coating. According to the company, the technique is less expensive and darker in color than black film lamination.
Curtis Packaging Corp.
Sandy Hook, CT; www.curtispackaging.com
Contoured Airless
A supplier’s new Kurve packaging line includes a piston-airless dispenser with a unique, curved bottle shape. The dispenser is offered in sizes of 15 and 30 ml. The line also includes an acrylic jar in 30- and 50-ml sizes.
Fusion Packaging
Dallas, TX; www.fusionpkg.com
Decorating Capabilities
A supplier is expanding its decorating capabilities to include spray coating and pad printing. The supplier also performs screen printing, hot stamping, and shrink and pressure-sensitive labeling on a number of materials, including glass, plastic, metal, and steel.
Kaufman Container
Cleveland, OH; www.kaufmancontainer.com
Luxury Shopping Bags
Luxury shopping bags can be made from coated and uncoated art papers, kraft paper, recycled and FSC-certified paper, and textured paper. PET laminates and UV and traditional offset printing can be applied, as well as hot stamping, embossing, screen printing, spot varnishing, and glossy and matte laminates. Handle options range from satin ribbons and PVC tubing to leather, jute, paper, Mylar, and cord.
Riverpack
New York City; www.riverpack.fr
Jars, Caps, Spatulas
A supplier offers plastic jars, caps, and spatulas. Stock jar styles include heavy-wall, double-wall, pressed-powder, loose-powder, compartmented, stackable, low-profile, and wide-mouth jars. Jar capacities range from 1/32 to 21 oz, and jar diameters are available as high as 100 mm. Most jars are available in a variety of plastic materials, including PETG.
Colt’s Plastics Company, Inc.
Dayville, CT; www.coltsplastics.com
Packaging Range
With facilities in the United States and China, a supplier offers airtight compacts, PETG jars, jar covers, jar discs, push-up deodorant containers, propel-repel deodorant containers, thermoformed inserts, and specialty closures. In-house services include silk-screening, hot stamping, spray frosting, UV lacquering, vacuum metallizing, tampo printing, shrink banding, and assembly.
ATP Health and Beauty Care
Stratford, CT; www.atpbeauty.com
Glass Expertise
With more than 100 years of experience working in glass packaging production, the Wheaton Brasil Group is continually seeking state-of-art technology to comply and anticipate the demanding global market. The company specializes in glass container production for perfumery and cosmetics, exporting to several countries. Wheaton Brasil Group operates with four nonstop furnaces for 21 different production lines.
Wheaton Brasil Group
São Bernardo do Campo, Brasil; www.wheatonbrasil.com.br