Highlights from Paris Packaging Week

30 Jun 2022
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Beauty Packaging's team—and beauty industry executives—are at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles for Easyfairs' Paris Packaging Week. Here are highlights.

It's Paris Packaging Week 2022—and Beauty Packaging's publisher Jay Gorga and editor-in-chief Jamie Matusow, shown above, are visiting exhibitors.

The latest sustainable packaging innovations are on display, and more. The event is taking place at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. 

Organized by Easyfairs, the event brings together three co-located shows:
 

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Alcohol Packaging: Changes and its Causation

Alcohol Packaging: Changes and its Causation

30 Jun 2022
GraniaJain
Alcohol Packaging: Changes and its Causation

Alternative packaging in the beverage industry, especially the alcoholic beverage industry, has been received with dissent. The resistance, or rather, reluctance of the customer base to accept significant changes has been backed by an almost blind love for glass bottles. While cans and “wine-in-a-box” options have also positioned themselves in the market by dint of cost and convenience, they are still only second to the classic glass bottles that one wishes to showcase in their home bar.  

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Cutting plastic – Mondi develops new sustainable packaging for Kao’s salon hair cosmetic brand Goldwell

30 Jun 2022
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Mondi creates new recyclable, lightweight packaging for leading Japanese consumer goods company Kao and its salon hair cosmetic brand Goldwell
Professional stylist hair lightening products now packed in an innovative stand-up pouch, reducing plastic by 80% compared to the former packaging
Pouch replaces rigid plastic box and helps Kao work towards its Zero Waste goals as part of its overall sustainability strategy

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FASTEN Introduces Sustainable, Luxury Refill Concept Ideal for Makeup and Skincare Products

30 Jun 2022
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Recharge Luxury Refill, made entirely from PP and PET, combines luxe appeal with sustainability.

FASTEN, an IBG (Innovative Beauty Group) company and a leading global beauty solutions provider, has introduced its Recharge Luxury Refill, a sustainable cosmetic refill system ideal for makeup and skincare products. Available in several sizes including 30 ml and 100 ml, the series combines upscale appeal with eco-friendliness.

 

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MULTIVAC awards the prize to a microplastics researcher

30 Jun 2022
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Wolfertschwenden, 28 June 2022 - Microplastics in food: The spectre that haunts the media. But what is the truth about fears, that particles from plastic packs could contaminate food? Luisa Kristina Murer, a student at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has addressed these questions in her work for her Masters degree. She has been awarded the Hans-Joachim Boekstegers Prize 2022 by MULTIVAC for her commitment to safe food.

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PACK gives BACK is Back at PACK EXPO International

30 Jun 2022
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PACK EXPO’s annual event PACK gives BACK, returns to PACK EXPO International (Oct. 23-26; McCormick Place, Chicago) bigger and better than ever! For the first time in its Chicago history, the event will be a musical performance, with headlining band STYX taking center stage at McCormick Place, according to show producer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. Rockwell Automation returns as title sponsor and proceeds will benefit the PMMI Foundation.

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At COSMOPROF North America, WIPOTEC-OCS to Demo Innovative Revolving, In-Motion Checkweigher for Cylindrical Cosmetic Products

30 Jun 2022
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Capable of handling up to 400 pieces per minute, the HC-A-IS Checkweigher efficiently helps eliminate reputation-damaging underfills or costly overfills.

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PACKAGING ESSENTIAL: ADHESIVES – PART 3

29 Jun 2022
GraniaJain
ThermoP lastiv Adhesives

In previous blogs, we detailed adhesives in terms of their classification and application. In this piece, we will talk about different chemical compositions and structures. So, let’s begin!
Adhesives can either be natural or synthetic based on their source. Natural adhesives include animal, plant and mineral-derived adhesives. Albumin, casein, dextrin, soybean protein, starch, amber and paraffin are a few components that comprise of category that is natural sources of adhesive materials. 

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New Anti-fouling additive for the PP and PE polymerisation process – Palsgaard introduces Einar® 981 to replace existing regulatory compromised chemistry

29 Jun 2022
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Palsgaard has announced the introduction of an efficient new plant-based, food-grade anti-fouling additive for the polypropylene and polyethylene polymerisation process. The new product, Einar® 981, has been developed to remove severe concerns about the ethoxylated amine chemistry currently used. Einar® 981 will officially be introduced to the market at K 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

 

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How to minimise waste through packaging

29 Jun 2022
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In committing to halve the food waste that reaches landfill by 2030, the Australian government’s National Food Waste Strategy has sparked much conversation in the food and beverage industry around how to achieve this. According to the latest National Food Waste Baseline, 2.5 million tonnes of food waste was created in consumers’ homes, 2.3 million tonnes in primary production, and 1.8 million tonnes in the manufacturing sector.

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