Show Coverage
Health & Beauty America (HBA), a premier trade show for the beauty packaging industry, returns to New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on September 28–30. Targeting beauty packaging professionals, the trade show will feature educational conferences, exhibits by packaging suppliers, and special events.
More
than 560 companies will exhibit their latest technologies for packaging,
promotional items, point-of-purchase displays, raw materials, ingredients,
equipment, and services such as contract packaging, contract manufacturing,
formulating, and private labeling. Packaging suppliers will showcase
everything from bottles and closures to applicators, cartons, compacts,
dispensers, jars, labels, sample packages, and more. International
pavilions will allow attendees to more efficiently browse the show
floor.
Conferences at the show can be a valuable resource for attendees. The conferences are divided into categories such as packaging, nutraceuticals, marketing, and product development. Packaging sessions include Understanding More About Packaging; Adding Value Through Great, Maybe Daring, Design; Labeling and Decorating; and Prestige Packaging Within Your Budget. Master classes are also offered to provide in-depth instruction in the areas of marketing and product development.
Packaging will be the highlight of many of the special events. Particularly noteworthy is the HBA Industry Awards program and dinner, taking place on September 28 at the New York Hilton hotel. The awards will feature the winners of the 5th Annual HBA International Packaging Design Awards, which honor innovative beauty packages.
Other specialized events include the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association's (CTFA) session on September 29. The session will feature a panel of experts who will discuss domestic and international issues affecting the development and marketing of cosmetic products in the U.S. and worldwide markets, as well as FDA's up-to-date regulatory issues. New regulations regarding the European Union will also be discussed.
To
open the trade show on September 28, this year's keynote speaker
will be Charles B. Strauss, who recently retired from Unilever as
president and CEO of Unilever's U.S. division, and director of Unilever
PLC and chairman of its North American Committee. Strauss will provide
insight on the global marketing strategies and business development
tactics behind major consumer brands.
For more information on HBA, visit www.hbaexpo.com
or call CMP Princeton Inc. (Princeton, NJ) at 609/452-2800.
EXHIBITOR PRODUCTS
Stylish
Stock Designs
A stylish new line of stock packaging is available from a supplier. The Josephine line features tapered, curved silhouettes designed for unisex appeal. It includes plastic bottles in sizes of 100, 150, and 200 ml, topped with pumps and overcaps; a 250-ml plastic bottle with a flip-top cap; a 50-ml plastic bottle with a snap-on cap; and tottles in sizes of 100, 150, and 200 ml, adorned with flip-top caps. The components can be customized with different materials, colors, closures, and decorations. Large surface areas on the containers accommodate labeling. The supplier's stock Laurie jar also blends in with the line. DieterBakicEnterprises, Munich, Germany.
Booth #2720
Single-Use
Tube
A supplier specialized in filling liquid, cream, and paste products offers its own packages, such as its single-use PrismaPak tube. The PrismaPak tube can be produced in a range of transparent colors. Various sizes and shapes are available. The tube can be tinted and printed with graphics from end to end. The tube's tip and bottom can be custom shaped. The supplier recently introduced a foil-laminate version of the tube. The foil laminate provides added protection against moisture and UV light for products such as sunscreen and specialty lotions. Unette Corp., Wharton, NJ.
Booth #365
Lotion
Pump
A lotion pump is designed with fewer moving parts than a conventional lotion pump, enhancing its performance. Suited for personal care products such as moisturizer, shampoo, lotion, and sun care products, the Simplicity pump dispenses product in a 4-ml dosage and has a standard 28-410 neck finish. Its soft-touch actuator is ergonomically designed. The pump also features a lock, as well as water-resistant features that make it suited for damp environments. The supplier also offers foam and dual-chambered dispensers. Airspray International Inc., Pompano Beach, FL.
Booth #2335
Oval Shape
Oval
bottles are suited for cosmetic, personal care, aromatherapy, and
cosmeceutical products such as shampoo, conditioner, and lotion.
The Capri Oval line includes an 8-oz PET bottle available in neck
finishes of 24-400, 24-410, and 24-415; and a 16-oz PET bottle in
neck finishes of 28-400 and 28-410. Stock colors include clear,
white, light amber, and cobalt blue. The bottles can be adorned
with silk-screening, labeling, and various closures and dispensers.
The bottles complement the supplier's wide-mouth PET jar, which
is offered in seven sizes ranging from 4 to 32 oz, with 70-400 and
89-400 neck finishes. Cosmetic Packaging Group, a div. of O. BERK
Co., Union, NJ.
Booth #941
Tube Variety
A
firm offers a variety of plastic and laminate tubes. Styles include
single-layer polyethylene and multilayer co-extruded tubes. A wide
range of color webs with superior barrier properties are available.
The company continues to offer its Tandem tube, a large-diam. oval
design that can be topped with the supplier's 2-in.-diam., flip-top
CebalCap. The CebalCap features rounded edges and can be bicolored
and debossed. It can also be wrapped with a printable, tamper-evident
plastic shrink band. Alcan Packaging Cebal, Norwalk, CT.
Booth #1319
Sliding
Trays
Too Faced Cosmetics chose a supplier's compact for its The Little Black Box lip and eye makeup palette. The compact houses a mirror and two product trays, one of which slides out to reveal the other beneath. The top tray features four product wells, while the bottom has three wells. The compact was produced in black and decorated with pink graphics. HCT Packaging Inc., Bridgewater, NJ.
Booth #727
Multiproduct Compact
An
acrylic compact can house two lip glosses, two round eye shadow
pans, and blush. It also features a mirror and two wells for applicators.
The compact's three panels fold up to form one convenient package.
Its clean, simple design was developed to appeal to the mass market,
and it can be customized to a brand's specifications. World Wide
Packaging Inc., Florham Park, NJ.
Booth #1609
Bottle
With Sprayer
A bottle with a white sprayer is suited for toner, fragrance, mist, and other liquids. Made from ultraclear PETG, the bottle holds 12 ml of product. The package is designed to be leak-resistant, convenient to carry, and simple to use. The supplier also offers such beauty components as swabs, brushes, jars, scoops, and spatulas. Qosmedix, a div. of Qosina, Edgewood, NY.
Booth #1721
Metal Packaging
A
supplier that specializes in metal lithography, metal fabricating,
and plastic injection molding offers various packages for the cosmetic
industry. Its tins are especially popular for cosmetic products
such as lip balm and lip gloss. Styles include metal talc and salve
tins. Decorating options include embossing, labeling, and specialty
textures such as glossy, pebbled, and matte finishes. J.L. Clark,
Rockford, IL.
Booth #1330
Fragrance
Bottle
A supplier produced all of the packaging components for the Ocean Pacific for Women fragrance, a follow-up to the Ocean Pacific for Men's fragrance, whose package the supplier also provided. The package comprises a glass bottle encased in a clear shell made of Eastman Chemical Co.'s The Glass Polymer resin. The outer surface of the glass bottle was molded with a wavy texture. Occupying the space between the bottle and the shell is a pink-and-clear liquid mixture. When the package is turned upside down, the liquid trickles through the spaces between the bottle and the shell. The space between the rim of the bottle and the shell was sealed with the supplier's Color Pour sealant. An anodized, matte-silver aluminum collar was silk-screened with the fragrance's logo. The supplier also provided the Surlyn overcap. CROWN Risdon, Watertown, CT.
Booth #1335
Resealable
Label
A resealable label's top panel can be printed on both sides. The P2S label's additional panel expands the label's printable area by 75%, accommodating brands that need extra space for print. The label is adhered using a proprietary formulation that seals the ink to the label, preventing it from transferring to a container's surface. Printing is done using digital plates on high-definition flexographic presses, a technique that offers vivid graphics, advanced colored management, and fully digital workflows. According to the supplier, PS2 labels are more cost-effective than multiple-panel or booklet labels. Prestige Label Company, Inc., Brooklyn, NY.
Booth #1752
Jars
and More
Plastic jars in sizes ranging from 1Zą32 to 21 oz are suited for creams, pressed and loose powder, glosses, scrubs, and other cosmetic and personal care products. They are available in low-profile, straight-sided, single- and double-walled, compartmented, and stackable styles. Materials options include PETG, SAN, GPS, polypropylene, and Urea. Jar accessories are also offered, such as caps, plastic spatulas, loose-powder sifters, and disc fitments. Decorating services include silk-screening, hot stamping, labeling, UV-coated vacuum metallizing, and color spraying. Three new jar lines are being introduced at the HBA trade show for spa and treatment products, in sizes ranging from 75 to 250 ml. Colt's Plastics Company, Inc., Dayville, CT.
Booth #1841
Dispenser
Options
Fine-mist sprayers and lotion pumps are offered in a variety of styles. The Portable Anti-Clog pump is a fine-mist sprayer with a unique door that can be relocked to prevent product from leaking. Another dispenser, called The Minis, features a bottle topped with either a fine-mist sprayer or a lotion pump with a relockable door. The convenient-to-carry bottles are available in eight sizes ranging from 7.5 to 30 ml. Finally, the company offers an EcoFoam Squeeze Foamer that dispenses liquid product as foam when a user squeezes the bottle. It is suited for one-handed dispensing. Emsar Inc., Stratford, CT.
Booth #1709
Ampule
With Sponge Applicator
A supplier of unit-dose ampules has introduced its newest design, a single-use ampule with a foam applicator. The Foam-Tip plastic ampule is suited for topical application of a range of cosmetic products. The foam applicator is housed in a chamber in the ampule and can be accessed once the user twists off the ampule's tip. The ampule is available in stock in polypropylene, in a size of 0.3 ml. Other sizes, resins, colors, and custom shapes are also possible. Unicep Packaging Inc., Sandpoint, ID.
Booth #352
Secondary Packaging
A
firm supplies upscale plastic and paperboard packaging for the beauty
industry. Styles include paperboard folding cartons, rigid set-up
boxes, and litho-laminated, fluted packaging. Packages can be produced
using paperboard, plastic, or a combination of both. The supplier's
latest innovations are its Image compacts, InSight visual packaging,
and Evolution box. AGI/Klearfold, a MeadWestvaco Resource, New York,
NY.
Booth #2313
Paper
Tubes
Paper tubes can make stylish secondary packages for cosmetic, gift, and fragrance products. The paper tubes can be produced with rolled edges for a smooth, sculpted look. For a luxurious image, the supplier offers seamless DisplayPak cartons, those it customized for Diane von Furstenburg's D beauty line. The DisplayPak features a display platform to showcase a product, and a rolled-edge lid. Decorating options include embossing, foil stamping, and die-cutting. Chicago Paper Tube & Can Co., Chicago, IL.
Booth #1948
Dispensing
Closure
A smooth-walled dispensing closure is designed to be easy to open. The 24-410 neck-size closure features a 0.166 orifice. The supplier also distributes continuous-thread, tamper-evident, child-resistant, and aluminum closures; glass and plastic bottles and jars; and metal and plastic tubes. Henry Pak Inc., Simpsonville, SC.
Booth #2105
Gravure Carton Printing
A
carton supplier has introduced its newest technology for printing
luxurious graphics. The company's sheet-fed 40-in. gravure press
can print rich metallic and deep, solid colors. The press's standard
40-in. width makes it compatible with offset presses, so companies
need only add cylinders where they are needed. The press's sheet
size is also compatible with hot stamping and embossing equipment.
According to the supplier,
three-color gravure printing is comparable in cost to five-color
offset printing. Wilco Inc., Candiac, QC, Canada.
Booth #255
Roll-On
Closure
A roller-ball applicator with a flip-top lid can add style to a cosmetic package. Made of polypropylene, the closure fits on bottle neck sizes of 13-415 and 20-415. Available in stock colors of black, white, and natural, the closure comes completely assembled with the roller ball attached. The closures are pictured on the supplier's 1-ml Nina polypropylene sample-sized bottle, the 1/3-oz Erin bottle, and the 1/8 -oz Devin Square bottle. ABA Packaging Corp., Holtsville, NY.
Booth #1527
Decorative
Brush Handle
A cosmetic brush supplier has introduced its newest patent-pending brush design. The brush features a clear acrylic handle, which can display a decorative design inside the plastic. A range of color combinations is available for the handle. The brush's hairs can be made from natural or synthetic fibers. A range of other brush styles is also offered, with brush hairs made from goat or pony hairs, or synthetic Taklon. All brush hairs are animal-cruelty-free. Other cosmetic accessories, such as promotional items and bath accessories, are also available. Anisa International Inc., Atlanta, GA.
Booth #401
Clear
Cartons
A
company specializes in producing eye-catching, transparent cosmetic
cartons. Material options include PVC, PET, and polypropylene. Carton
styles range from folding cartons to blister packaging and die-cut
plastic sheets. Decoration can be added using offset printing, silk-screening,
hot stamping, and frosted finishes. Custom packaging can also be
provided, with styles and dimensions created according to a brand's
specifications. HLP Clear Packaging Products Inc., Torrance, CA.
Booth #2257
Sample Package for Fragrance
A
company's patented TrueScent package offers customers a unique way
to sample fragrances. The sachet-style package includes a strip
of chemical-free blotter paper that can be doused with up to 0.06
ml of fragrance, enough for users to apply to their wrists and bodies.
To use the TrueScent strip, a user must simply tear open the sealed
sachet at its perforated area and pull out the strip, which is attached
to the torn-off area of the sachet. Suited for magazine inserts,
direct-mail pieces, or at-counter handouts, the TrueScent sampler
can be printed with graphics in up to six colors to convey a fragrance's
brand message. Klocke of America, Ft. Myers, FL.
Booth #2241
Ultraclear
Resin
Ultraclear
polymer simulates the look and feel of thick-blown glass. The Glass
Polymer Collection lets brands create elegant, thick-walled containers
with crystal-like clarity and strong chemical resistance. Companies
that have used The Glass Polymer resin include Merle Norman Cosmetics,
Matis, and Parlux Fragrances for its Ocean Pacific fragrance (pictured).
The newest addition to The Glass Polymer Collection is the Apothecary
Color series, which offer a range of colors with vintage appeal.
Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN.
Booth #2221
Package Variety
A
company offers a wide choice of stock and custom packaging solutions
for makeup and accessories, fragrances, promotional products, and
skin-care, hair-care, and toiletry products. From compacts and bags
to dispensers and lipstick containers, the company's offerings can
be designed to meet a brand's specifications. The firm's Innovation
Center is continually designing stock packages that reflect current
fashion and beauty trends. Techpack-Alcan Packaging, New York, NY.
Booth #1319
Crimp Pumps
A
supplier offers crimp pumps in stock. Sizes available are 13, 15,
and 20 mm. Gold and silver stock colors are offered. The company
also distributes other dispensers including lotion and spray pumps
in plastic, metal, or a combination of both, and in a variety of
neck finishes. The firm also provides bottles and jars to accompany
its dispensers and closures. Brad-Pak Enterprises Inc., Garwood,
NJ.
Booth #2105
Mascara Embellishment
A
beauty product formulator has introduced a water-resistant mascara
with unusually large-sized pearl pigments that measure 700 µm
each. According to the company, the ophthalmic-safe particles enhance
the mascara's visual effect. The firm also manufactures private-label
cosmetics such as powder, lipstick, and pencils; skin-care products,
including antiaging treatments; and bath and body products. Interfashion
Cosmetics Corp., Teterboro, NJ.
Booth #535
Roll-On
Applicator
A
supplier's roller-ball package can give a fresh new look to a brand's
product line. The roll-on applicator is now available on plastic
bottles, as well as glass. The plastic bottles are available in
sizes of 4, 5, and 8 ml. The glass versions are offered in sizes
ranging from 5 to 50 ml. Arrowpak Inc., Richmond Hill, NY.
Booth #719
Bottle Closures
A
glass packaging specialist offers a wide range of closures to complement
its nail-polish, fragrance, skin-care, and sample-sized bottles.
Closures are available in various shapes and neck finishes. Ribbed,
smooth, and other textures can be used to enhance the closures.
Further decoration can be added using bright colors, embossing,
holographic hot stamping, and metallizing. The supplier also offers
dispensers to complete a package. New High Glass, Miami, FL.
Booth #735