Silgan Dispensing, a global specialist in high-tech pumps and dispensing systems for the perfumery, beauty, personal care, health, home and garden markets, announces a new partnership with Avantade, a complete packaging supplier and innovator in turnkey solutions for consumer brands.
This collaboration aims to simplify and improve fragrance sampling for emerging and independent beauty brands by offering a complete, customizable solution, powered by Avantade's interactive 3D configurator, with Silgan's Sofix fragrance sampler.
The joint offering combines the Sofix sample - appreciated for its sprayability and ergonomic design - with Avantade's web-based platform. This allows users to create a complete sample or discovery set in a matter of minutes, including primary and secondary packaging, decoration and order quantity. The configurator also provides instant pricing, Eco Score reports and the ability to visualize the final product in a digital 3D environment.
"Sofix's mission is to create meaningful first impressions.said Sandy Gregory, Global Fragrance Marketing Manager at Silgan Dispensing. This partnership makes it easier than ever for brands to use high-quality, luxury samplers that reflect their identity, while meeting the growing demand for agility and speed."
Avantade's platform allows customers to choose from a catalog of compliant circular packaging solutions, offering material and decoration options for both primary (bottle and pump) and secondary (box or card) components. Users can simulate everything from box textures to stamped decorations, and even design brand scenes using built-in artificial intelligence tools or downloaded brand assets.
"We are delighted to partner with Silgan Dispensing to offer a fully integrated online technical solution for fragrance sampling.said Melanie Von Escher, co-founder of Avantade. Together, we give growing brands the tools they need to go to market faster, smarter and more sustainably."
Silgan Dispensing, EcoVadis Gold Medal winner Silgan Dispensing has once again been recognized by EcoVadis, which has awarded it a gold medal for sustainability.Silgan Dispensing's score places the company among the top 3 % companies worldwide, and in the top 2 % in the plastics manufacturing industry. EcoVadis evaluates companies according to four pillars: environment, labor and human rights, ethics and responsible purchasing. All these criteria have improved, contributing to the overall score. The assessment also highlights Silgan Dispensing's strengthened sustainability capabilities, which continue to progress thanks to the integration of the expertise of Weener Plastics, operating as Silgan Dispensing DBA. This entity's operations achieved EcoVadis Platinum status for the second year running, placing them in the top 1 % of companies assessed.
Aptar Beauty, part of the Aptar Group, celebrated the 60th anniversary of its Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton plant on June 13, 2025. The company took advantage of the event to highlight the site's production and innovation capabilities.
Société Technique de Pulvérisation (Step), founded in 1965 and based in Verneuil-sur-Avre, was acquired by Aptar subsidiary Valois in 1993, before the American manufacturer brought all its activities under the Aptar banner in 2010. On June 13, 2025, the site of Aptar Beauty, a global specialist in distribution systems for the perfumery and cosmetics markets, celebrated 60 years of activity in Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton, the municipality created in 2017 by the merger of Verneuil-sur-Avre and Francheville.
An industrial, multi-purpose site in the heart of a town with the "Petite Cité de Caractère" label: employing over 250 people, the 20,000 m2 plant boasts a test laboratory working in particular on container/form compatibility, and a production area with 42 molding presses, 36 assembly machines, as well as packaging and bottling equipment. Some 1.7 billion plastic parts are manufactured each year at Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton.
"This site embodies Aptar Beauty's DNA, in terms of precision, creativity, performance and ecological commitments. It also embodies resilience and adaptation to market situations - many products from the Verneuil site are, in particular, samples for the promotion of fragrances whose production is seasonal. The Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton plant is subject to major fluctuations in activity - more so than Aptar's other sites - and requires a great deal of agility".explained Marc Prieur at the 60th anniversary celebration.
Environmental concerns
Aptar Beauty takes action to limit its environmental impact. At Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton, the company is committed throughout the development process to recycling 95 % of the plastic used during production, to phasing out POM (Polyoxymethylene), gradually in old references and definitively for all new projects, to producing packaging incorporating post-consumer recycled materials (PCR) and to proposing recyclable solutions to optimize product end-of-life.
Aptar's ecological ambitions are also reflected in its production processes. The stated aim is to have 100 % of the molding presses on what the company calls its "Normandy platform" electrically powered by 2030. By using cleaner processes (with no oil pollution) that respect the environment, the group also hopes to save between 25 and 40 % on energy consumption at Aptar Beauty's three sites in Normandy, and benefit from reduced maintenance costs. "However, reducing our carbon footprint also involves optimizing assembly and utilities. The Aptar Group has a real determination to act, he told journalists during a tour of the plant.
In the assembly shop, pneumatic actuators are gradually being replaced by hydraulic actuators. The plant has, for example, a machine with electric actuators that handles products four by four, enabling it to reach speeds of around 220 parts per minute.
While the pump cores are manufactured at the Le Neubourg site, the Verneuil plant is able to carry out the assembly steps required to produce the finished products. Rings, casings, covers, tappets and tubes are assembled automatically, before robots pack the finished products into cartons.
At the Verneuil site, four machines are dedicated to the manufacture of the Easy sample tube. Plunger, ring, piston, spring and tube are assembled in a single step. Around 1.6 million Easy vials leave the plant every day. Tubes are filled in situ in the filling workshop before the pumps are added, and before being packaged for a turnkey service. The Normandy site's processing capacity for filling and inserting: 100,000 parts per day.z
Following the acquisition of iD Scent, the Verneuil plant also manages the production of an innovative range of paper perfume samples, recyclable thanks to its mono-material paper composition.
The plant has benefited from recent investments: an additional filling line, the first electric presses, and a strengthening of R&D functions working on airless and fragrance prestige innovations. The Nomad Refill, the first bag spray that can be refilled directly onto a perfume bottle in less than five seconds, launched at the beginning of 2025, is proof of the company's capacity for innovation!
Local roots and synergies
Three plants less than 100 km apart, all in the Eure region, make up Aptar Beauty's "Normandy platform".
Aptar Le Neubourg is a molding (70 presses) and assembly site for dispensing systems for the high-end luxury perfume and cosmetics markets.
Aptar Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton combines molding (42 presses, 200 to 215 molds in operation), assembly (36 machines), filling and packaging of mini-packs, airless products, aerosol valves, accessories and atmospheric pumps for the prestige and mass-market segments of the perfume and cosmetics markets.
Aptar Charleval has a molding activity (with some fifteen molding presses) and an assembly activity, as well as a decoration activity for small mini-packaging bottles and airless products. Some 70 people work on a shared basis at the three sites, with functions pooled and poolable for the three entities. For example, the Verneuil site includes a coloring activity with two extruders, one of which was previously located at the Le Neubourg site. More and more interconnections are also being established with Aptar Vaudreuil, a site dedicated to pharmaceutical products which employs 1,200 people.
A week or two is all it takes to restart production with molds from another Aptar plant. Molds which may also come from other Aptar European sites.
For Jean-Noël Coninx, Aptar Beauty's Director of Operations for Normandy, the ambition of this Normandy hub is to become, within five years, a global benchmark for its prestige customers in perfumery and cosmetics, in terms of innovation, quality and service.
Suppliers' Day 2025, dedicated to ingredients and formulations, has become a major event in the development of beauty and personal care products.
Organized by the New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists (NYSCC), Suppliers' Day was held on June 3-4, 2025 at the Javits Center in New York. This year's edition attracted over 11,500 attendees and 675 exhibitors from 74 countries.
"This supplier day was the largest and most diverse ever organized.said John Carola, President of NYSCC. The huge turnout and overwhelmingly positive feedback reinforces our mission: to be the meeting point for science and beauty, where innovation, education and business intersect."
Among the show's highlights, the Inspiration Hive, organized by Beautystreams, featured forward-looking exhibitors including Ashland, Croda Beauty and Lubrizol, and hosted its popular Innovations panel.
A keynote address by Stacey House, SVP at Coty's Agile Beauty, and a discussion with L'Oréal's Dominic Akerlee and Ying Chen on biotechnology and augmented beauty marked the show.
Another emblematic point: over 100 hours of training, with five advanced tracks developed by the NYSCC scientific committee on dermabetes, neuroesthetics, the microbiome, biotechnology and hair and scalp innovations.
Networking and business-building opportunities included the Catalyst Club breakfast for small businesses, the first-ever joint mixer of IA and NYSCC members, and the announcement of the IA Innovator Award: Recognizing Women in Science & Design.
The 9th annual Future Chemists Workshop attracted a record 140 students from the USA and Canada. The event was complemented by a mentoring forum, an academic track and a career fair, all designed to foster knowledge sharing and highlight the talents of the next generation.
The Indie360° pavilion highlighted emerging brands - including a Latina beauty capsule - and presented the inaugural Beauty Founder Lab award to Kayura Effects, as well as the People's Choice Award to Smitha Rao, founder of Pareva Beauty, for her clinically developed skincare line.
NYSCC Suppliers' Day also hosted the industry's annual awards evening on June 3 at the Classic Car Club NYC, where the CEW Supplier's Beauty Award finalists were revealed and the NYSCC community gathered to celebrate. The AI 2025 finalists are:
Aecothick GKL from AE Chemie
Algaktiv Exometics G by Algaktiv
Collapeptyl biofunctional by Ashland Inc.
DandErase by Givaudan
Liftilience by Silab
Natrineo CR8 from Croda Inc.
Sphingo'HAIR Drypure by Croda Inc.
Uplevity e-Lift peptide from Lubrizol LifeScience
The Ingredient Maverick Awards, presented by Sci-Comm influencers who visited the show, recognized the most outstanding ingredient innovations:
- Ginger King:
DSM- Etherwell Hair
Basf- Vitaguard
DKSH- Oceamide
- Manessa Lormejuste:
Probiotical- SB01
AcmeHardesty - Lyftalize
Provital- Pureblome
- Ramon Pagan:
Mibelle- Ameliosense
Hallstar- Hallsens' Dias
P2- Cirtopol DE-4
- Jane Tsui:
Cosroma- CDBH 004X
Mibelle- PhytoCellTec Exosomes
Momentive- HARMONIE NatuVel Gel
Join us on May 19 and 20, 2026 for the next Suppliers' Day!
In keeping with its 125-year creative tradition, Maison Berger Paris offers original lamps, candles and home fragrance diffusers every year.
For the 2025 season, Maison Berger Paris has entrusted its partner Bormioli Luigi with the development of the Echo and Cosy catalytic lamps, from the glass form to the set control. These two new models are the brainchild of the Parisian design agency De Vog. The Echo line features undulating curves and waves of softness. Available in pink, natural frosted or green. Cosy adopts a couture quilted style with rounded corners that are both soft and contemporary. Available in blue or brown.
Bormioli Luigi produced both designs, contributing its industrial expertise and recommendations for use. In line with the brand's aesthetic specifications, the Italian group managed the bespoke creation of the glass shapes, developed the molds and perfected the industrial processes. The decors are translucent and gradient external lacquers, available in the exact shades of the collection, i.e. five references.
Bormioli Luigi offers a complete range of ready-to-go products - candle jars, spray bottles and diffusers - to meet the needs of the home fragrance markets that have been developing since the Covid years.
Luxe Pack Monaco, the international trade show dedicated to high-end packaging to be held from September 29 to October 1, 2025, is launching The Col'lab, a new collaborative space.
" Together, we go further "This is the motto of this unique venue dedicated to consortia, collectives and associations committed to the sustainable transformation of the packaging and luxury goods industry.
At a time when environmental, technological and societal challenges demand collective responses, The Col'lab is an international crossroads for dialogue, inspiration and cooperation. The aim is to stimulate constructive exchanges between players who are often competitors, but who share a common ambition: to reinvent value chains and accelerate the transition to sustainable models.
Located in the new "Gallery Diaghilev" hall, The Col'lab will bring together pioneering collectives who are shaking things up from the inside. Already present are Spice, Reset, EcoBeautyScore, Eco In Pack, Circul'R, B Beauty (B.Corp) and the Italian Packaging Institute.
Conference presentations will fuel the debate and nurture collective intelligence.
"The Col'lab reflects Luxe Pack's DNA: to be a catalyst for ambitious, creative and responsible initiatives. By giving a voice to those who are joining forces to transform their industry, we hope to inspire the entire ecosystem to take action".says Fabienne Germond, Director of Luxe Pack Monaco.
Cosmetic 360, the world's leading trade show for innovations and trends in the perfume and cosmetics industry, will be held in Paris at the Carrousel du Louvre on October 15 and 16, 2025.
The theme of this 11th edition, 2025, is "Predictions" - predictions for a new revolution in science, industrial processes, performance optimization and impact management for the next generation of cosmetics, in a world that is set to change dramatically.
Organized by the Cosmetic Valley competitiveness cluster, the world's leading perfumery and cosmetics network and coordinator of the French industry for 30 years, the event will bring together 250 exhibitors from 18 countries and over 5,000 international decision-makers from 70 countries.
"The power of prediction, which goes far beyond trends, has already had and will continue to have a profound impact on the cosmetics sector and its offering.says Franckie Béchereau, Managing Director of Cosmetic 360. In fact, this will be the first time we've gone this far in our vision of the future at Cosmetic 360, for pioneering leadership in innovation."
In 2025, Cosmetic 360's Predictions theme will focus on :
six animation zones
a program of conferences
an Innovation Track dedicated to exhibitors working on the year's theme
a special Coup de Coeur du Jury prize for the Cosmetic 360 Awards
"The Predictions theme has two exciting facets. Firstly, to predict in order to act now to innovate and improve cosmetic solutions. Secondly, to predict for tomorrow, by projecting the transformation of the role of cosmetics in our lifestyles".emphasizes Franckie Béchereau.
On the conference agenda: information on the technologies transforming the industry, from predictive formulation to industrial process optimization with AI, from environmental impact simulation to early detection of consumer expectations.
Predicting the future, thanks to digital twins, precision agriculture, mechanochemistry, language models, sensor neurons and more. The conference program is divided into six chapters: AI, ingredients, formulation, packaging, process and testing.
"Cosmetic 360 audiences will be nourished by the brand-new knowledge and very concrete applications offered by predictivity".says Frankie Béchereau.
In addition to the Predictions theme and the discovery of the show's 250 exhibitors, this year Cosmetic 360 will feature six Innovation Challenges with Chanel, Estée Lauder, L'oréal, LVMH Recherche, Technature and Proya, for open innovation with start-ups, SMEs and researchers. A Research zone with academic scientific institutions will also be set up, as well as a village of 36 innovative start-ups and an OEM zone with industrial demonstrations.
In April 2025, BRC, an industrial SME specializing in the shaping of cosmetics and food supplements, announced that Irdi Capital Investissement and NMP Développement had joined its capital to accelerate the development of Niugreen, an innovative eco-washing station designed to extend the life of glass containers by reusing them.
This capital increase marks a decisive step for BRC, winner of a structuring call for projects dedicated to the reuse of perfume bottles. The consortium - led by Circul'R and We Don't Need Roads - brings together luxury goods manufacturers and retailers. The initiative has received major funding under a call for projects launched by Citeo. It will enable the company to finalize the construction of its industrial bio-CO₂ washing station, a breakthrough technology developed and patented after two years of R&D.
"Niugreen is a concrete response to the ecological and regulatory challenges affecting the entire luxury goods industry. This operation gives BRC the means to play a leading role in the decarbonization of packaging.says Marie Devaux, President of BRC.
Currently being tested with several key accounts, the Niugreen project is based on a supercritical bio-CO₂ washing process, without water or solvents, providing up to 72 % of CO₂ emission reduction and energy savings compared with conventional recycling channels. It meets the objectives of the Agec law, which requires a 10 % re-use rate for packaging by 2027.
"We're delighted to join forces with BRC, a Tarn-based SME that combines industrial expertise, environmental and social responsibility, and local roots. We look forward to accompanying Marie Devaux and her team in a new phase of growth and business development.said IRDI investor Sophie Juéry.
"We are proud to be associated with Marie Devaux in the BRC company and to support her in an innovative and structuring project, full of bright prospects, in the heart of our region".said Frédéric Sajas, investor at Crédit Agricole NMP Développement.
BRC will be exhibiting at Édition Spéciale by Luxe Pack, July 1-2, 2025 at the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris.
For almost 25 years, Alliance Consulting has sought to create sustainable value by forging human-centered, high-impact strategic relationships. A leading European executive search and strategic networking consultancy, the Swiss-based company announces the launch of its new brand identity.
"This new identity is the culmination of in-depth reflection. It clarifies our mission, affirms our values and reflects our desire to anticipate tomorrow's issues and challenges. Our new visual signature, bold and contemporary, pays tribute to our history while affirming our commitment to innovation".says Philippe Sibour, Founder & Chairman.
With a new, more fluid and intuitive website, Alliance Consulting Switzerland now presents all its expertise in a clear and coherent way. "Our vocation remains unchanged: to support companies in their growth with commitment and humility, and talents in their career paths - particularly in demanding sectors such as cosmetics, nutraceuticals and life sciences. This transformation is not a turning point, but a natural extension of what we are: a firm that is agile, visionary and resolutely focused on people".adds the company director.
A pioneer in plant biotechnology since its creation in 1992, the Greentech group develops and produces high-tech ingredients for cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, derived from the deep mechanisms of plants, algae, micro-algae and micro-organisms sourced from all over the world.
A pioneer in biotechnology, Greentech has announced that it has chosen the startup Vela, an innovator in fast, sustainable international transport by sail, for its weekly cross-Atlantic shipments to its American subsidiary. Interested since the announcement of the Vela project nearly two years ago, Greentech today confirms its commitment to Vela for the first routes from 2026, like several dozen other companies.
"A common DNA, a reasoned and reasonable goal, we're not changing the evolution of our civilization and we won't do less, but we won't do more, we'll do better, stresses Jean-Yves Berthon, CEO of Greentech. Lhe Greentech group's agronomic products represent an economical and ecological alternative - they cost farmers half as much as chemical fertilizers, while ensuring sustainable soil fertility without harming watercourses or groundwater. Similarly, the Vela sail transport solution reduces the carbon footprint by a factor of 40, while offering double the delivery speed."
"We would like to thank Greentech for their confidence from the outset. This contract marks a decisive step: it secures volumes on our first ship, in operation as early as next year, and paves the way for the next four. It's a visionary move, fully in line with our shared commitment and our ambitious strategy for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries".says Pierre Arnaud Vallon, CEO of Vela.
Croda Beauty Actives - Croda Le Perray has co-financed the Living Wage and Living Income study in Nepal, conducted by The Anker Research Institute. This study provides vital benchmarks for rural Nepal, establishing benchmarks for fair wages and incomes that guarantee a decent standard of living for workers and their families.
"Our contribution to this study reflects Croda's ongoing commitment to ethical and responsible sourcing of plant-based raw materials. As a member of the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT), Croda Beauty Actives - Croda Le Perray actively collaborates with partners to promote sustainability and social equity throughout our supply chains. Supporting initiatives such as the work of the Anker Research Institute aligns with our mission to foster transparency and improve livelihoods in the communities where we source ingredients."says Manon Gérard, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Croda Beauty.
By investing in this type of research, Croda Beauty Actives aims to help establish meaningful standards that guide the industry's sourcing practices. The aim is to ensure that social conditions and management practices such as the cultivation and harvesting of natural raw materials benefit not only the company, but also the people who depend on them for their well-being.
This commitment is in line with the company's objective: "intelligent science to improve life."
