Cosmetics/Personal care

Boosting Employee Engagement While Confronting COVID-19

For this year’s View from the Top feature we checked in on Colgate-Palmolive.

December 1, 2020

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E-commerce

Colgate: Packaging’s Day Has Come

Colgate-Palmolive has made sustainable packaging a key priority. From recyclable toothpaste tubes to aluminum bottles for mouthwash, they’re locked in on eliminating plastic waste and delighting consumers.

December 1, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Unilever Launches its Largest Ever Refill Trial

New Asda store in Leeds, U.K., pioneers sustainability store, offering a number of Unilever household brands available in reusable packaging through three refill models.

November 27, 2020

Sustainability

Cosmetic Packaging Company Adopts Eastman’s Cristal Renew

Eastman Chemical Co.

Qualiform, a France-based cosmetics packaging manufacturer, launched a line of bottles integrating Eastman Cristal Renew copolyester.

October 12, 2020

Flexible packaging

E-Comm Mailer’s Luscious Lip Graphics Serve Social Media Set

Subscription makeup company LiveGlam makes a pair of red, glossy lips the signature graphic element on its new bubble mailer to generate consumer excitement and inspire social media sharing.

August 25, 2020

Operational Excellence

Packaging Will Help Drive Men’s Skincare Product Market

Premium products with organic and natural ingredients are the latest trend, resulting in the growing popularity of more sustainably sourced packaging materials.

August 18, 2020

Robotics

Robotics Special Report: Vision Enables Tube Picking/Placing at 160/min

A new SCARA robotic cell developed for the collation of cosmetic tubes uses vision software and specially designed end-of-arm tooling.

August 7, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Biodegradable and Compostable Packaging

Despite COVID-19’s unwelcome intrusion into our lives this year, sustainability continues to be a substantial area of opportunity for brands and retailers. Increasingly, consumers around the world are demanding more environmentally-friendly packaging.

August 5, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Wild Bamboo-Based Deodorant Refill Pack

Subscription-based e-comm company Wild unveils a new reusable packaging platform for its natural deodorant product that includes a first-of-its-kind refill pack made of bamboo pulp.

July 13, 2020

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Reduced Material E-comm Play for N.A.E., Henkel's Organic Beauty Brand

Henkel’s organic-certified beauty brand N.A.E. (Naturale Antica Erboristeria) is piloting an Amazon-backed e-commerce project that features reduced packaging material and optimized supply chain methods.

July 7, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

AIR Bottle for Personal Care Line Reduces Plastic by 50%

New personal care line, MyKirei by Kao, reflects the company’s Kirei, or ‘beautiful,’ Lifestyle Plan, with sustainable packaging that uses two pouches to create a ‘revolutionary’ rigid bottle.

June 22, 2020

Sustainability

Perfume Carton the Result of Sustainable Thinking

New Finnish luxury fragrance brand selects a lightweight, durable paperboard for its new line of products that mirrors its brand concept and values.

June 19, 2020

Plastics/resins

BIC Uses Plastic Packaging Materials to Produce PPE

Global CPG BIC gears up to produce 2,000 medical-grade face shields per day at its Connecticut facility, using plastic packaging materials and scrap plastic from its lighter products.

May 18, 2020