Plastics/resins

Social mission-driven brands need great packaging too

After its growth was hindered for years by poor packaging, social mission brand Soapbox rebrands with a focus on the product quality, realizing sales increases from 40% to 90%.

September 24, 2018

Cosmetics/Personal care: Page 21

Closures

Leakage-preventing, e-commerce-friendly dispenser pump

By preventing leakage in the e-commerce channel, this new Dow award finalist pump closure for personal care products delivers a better consumer experience and protects brands against negative associations.

September 22, 2018

Sustainability

Paper bottle 2.0

An 8.5-oz paper bottle used by a L'Oreal startup called Seed Phytonutrients was named a Diamond Finalist in the Dow Awards competition.

September 19, 2018

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Dow Diamond finalist is a one-step form/fill technology

A ground-breaking technology that forms and fills bottles in one step using incompressible, consumable liquid, is recognized as a Diamond finalist in Dow’s Awards for Packaging Innovation.

September 17, 2018

Containers

New cap lets nail polish customers flip a tip for a true color match

New vegan nail polish brand lets consumers ‘try’ the product before purchase through the use of a custom cap fitted with a fingernail-style chip painted with the color of the polish inside.

September 9, 2018

Plastics/resins

Stackable, snappable jars facilitate mix-and-match makeup blends

U.K. company Trinny London launches a customizable makeup line, with products packaged in 5-mL jars that click together to create a portable stack of colors for specific consumer needs.

September 8, 2018

Cartons and boxes

Folding carton printing generates smiles—and purchases

Striking cartons for P&G’s Crest whitening therapy toothpaste and Elizabeth Arden's Jennifer Aniston Chapter One perfume win awards for Diamond Packaging.

September 4, 2018

Containers

Design software speeds time to shelf by 50%

Cosmetics marketer Mary Kay uses design rendering software to produce a photorealistic image of a unique, faceted fragrance bottle, eliminating the need for a physical sample.

September 1, 2018

Cosmetics/Personal care

Carex takes a ‘hands-on’ approach to package refresh

Iconic droplet device is used to create synergies across this U.K. firm’s 25th anniversary line of top-selling handwashes.

August 28, 2018

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Unilever Dubai meets end-of-line challenges with automation

The largest personal care plant in the Middle East-Africa, Unilever Dubai handles product collation, shrink bundling, case packing, and palletizing of eight shaped bottle sizes at 350/min, with a 10-min changeover.

August 20, 2018

Containers

Johnson’s Baby brand gets global restaging

Known all over the world as the brand parents trust when it comes to baby health and wellness, Johnson’s Baby just went through a reset that included a 70% reduction in the number of bottle and closure styles.

August 3, 2018

Containers

Sleek aluminum for Nivea

Nivea, one of the world’s most popular deodorants, has a new look for its female range in a tall, sleek, and shaped aluminum aerosol can.

July 6, 2018

Containers

Plastic makeup jar is stackable, portable

London makeup company Trinny devises a mix-and-match makeup collection enabled by 5-mL plastic pots with click-fit functionality that allows them to be stacked for portability.

July 1, 2018