Since January 2018, PforPack has been integrating a design department within its company to create 3D visuals for its customers prior to production launch.
PforPack, manufacturer of made-to-measure luxury packaging, is expanding. The team now includes Diane, a designer in charge of modeling customer requests. From the creation of a logo, to the modeling of a specific order, she will meet customers' expectations and propose different alternatives.
Change of visual identity
At the beginning of January, PforPack also adorned itself with a brand new visual identity for 2018: a rounder, more modern and streamlined logo, a graphic website with a pinch of humor.
The new customer brochure has also been redesigned by the designer in line with the new graphic charter.
Verescence, the world leader in glass bottles for the perfume and cosmetics industries, has created an exceptional bottle with SCULPT'in technology for Arizona, the first fragrance of the fashion brand Proenza Schouler, under license from L'Oréal.
The Arizona bottle demonstrates Verescence's innovative capabilities in glass forming and finishing.
To create this artistic bottle, Verescence used a unique and breakthrough glass forming technology, Sculpt'in, which allows for an asymmetrical distribution of the glass base. "This patented technology revolutionizes the laws of forming by pushing back the limits of blowing and allows the creation of unique shapes inside a bottle with a standard perfumery ring," explains Samuel Joachim, Director of Innovation & Development at Verescence.
Arizona is magnified by a gradient coral-colored pad printing that highlights the faceted angles and unique design of the bottle. "The pad printing with a gradient effect also represents a technical feat achieved in our finishing site in Abbeville (Hauts-de-France region)," comments Samuel Joachim. The name of the product is silk-screened in black on the face of the bottle.
"We are very proud of this disruptive innovation on the bottle of Proenza Schouler's first fragrance. This was made possible thanks to a close partnership between L'Oréal and Verescence teams" says Samuel Joachim.
The Arizona bottle was manufactured in France at the Mers-les-Bains glassworks, Verescence's center of excellence for innovation, and will be launched in February in three sizes: 30ml, 50ml and 90ml.
iD Scent imagines, designs, manufactures and markets innovative fragrance supports. It has developed an avant-garde technology called Scentest.
The result of 10 years of R&D, Scentest is a scented paper support that combines innovation and respect for fragrance.
At ADF&PCD Paris 2018, iD Scent put the spotlight on this innovative olfactory experience on paper.
Scentest offers many advantages. By integrating the fragrance directly into the paper fibers through air compression, fragrance reproduction is faithful, stable and homogeneous over several months or even years. Scent diffusion is powerful and instantaneous. Scentest also offers a wide range of finishing possibilities. The fragrance does not interfere with the print, and vice versa. Fragrance can be partially or totally applied to the substrate. Scentest is also an ideal solution for export. The absence of alcohol facilitates international logistics and reduces regulatory constraints.
For the consumer, Scentest makes it possible to repeat the olfactory experience. Consumers can smell the fragrance as many times as they like in optimal conditions. They can also share the scented medium with friends and family to "validate" their choice. The contact cost is attractive, as the scented support can be used to touch several people several times.
This technology is already available in press and retail samples, training materials, press kits, mailings, emailings...
With a growing number of exhibitors, Cosmopack 2018 will again this year attract a large number of international players to Bologna, who will come together over 4 days of intensive networking to discover new opportunities and promising partnerships. Cosmopack 2018 represents the broad spectrum of companies from across the beauty supply chain: raw materials, machinery, OEM / ODM, contract manufacturers and private labels, applicators and primary and secondary packaging.
Cosmopack 2018 will this year introduce Cosmo Perfumery & Cosmetics, a new zone where exhibiting perfumery and cosmetics brands will meet industry buyers and distributors.
Cosmopack 2018 will also confirm its role as the ideal show to highlight innovations and new technologies with:
- New projects in the AI zone
- Explore new solutions and meet service providers
- Great sessions on the latest beauty essentials
- Views and perspectives from key players and visionaries
- The ability to connect effectively with the world's best companies
On the program,
Cosmopack Factory will present "Powderful", a unique and complete experience of the production of a luxury make-up product, from the first sketch to in-store display.
Cosmotalks will focus on the issues most relevant to today's beauty community, stimulating new thinking and inspiring action, through entrepreneurs, innovators, trendsetters and designers.
Cosmopack promotes meetings with the world's most influential buyers thanks to a carefully structured "International Buyers Program".
Line Daigneau joins Cosmogen as Sales Manager France. Her mission is to support French brands in the development of specific, differentiating and tailor-made packaging and application solutions, adapted to their high-tech formulas. Line Daigneau has 20 years' experience in the luxury goods sector, having held sales and purchasing positions at Qualipack, Thierry Mugler Parfums (Clarins Group), CH. Wauters & Fils, Diana De Silva Paris, Courrèges Parfums, Groupe Pierre Cardin, Division Parfums.
For more than 25 years, DuPont Surlyn has been a leading product in cosmetics and personal care packaging. Combining lightness, crystal clarity and natural shine, this ionomer resin remains a preferred solution among brands and manufacturers today.
What is less well known, however, is that in recent years, DowDuPont Transportation and Advanced Polymers (T&AP), one of DowDuPont Specialty Products' business segments, has broadly expanded its offerings in other types of cosmetic applications to help customers meet new challenges and emerging market trends.
To meet the key requirements of cosmetic and personal care packaging, T&AP offers a wide range of resins: Delrin, Crastin, Hytrel, Hytrel RS, Zytel, Zytel RS and Sorona - all high-performance, semi-crystalline engineering resins that can be used in both rigid and flexible applications.
See the comparison table of the different solutions proposed.
Delrin, Crastin, Hytrel, Hytrel RS, Zytel, Zytel RS and Sorona meet even the most stringent cosmetic and food contact regulations. The world's leading cosmetic brands also specify T&AP's resins because they provide high mechanical properties and excellent chemical resistance, while offering the decorability and glossy surface that contribute to the beauty of many end products. These resins are also specifically designed to enhance performance and come into direct contact with formulations, inspiring the creation of packaging that perfectly combines beauty and functionality.
T&AP's commitment to providing leading-edge solutions to the cosmetics and personal care industries is driven by several key market trends.
First of all, T&AP is a pioneer in the increasing use of polyester at the expense of polyoxymethylene (POM) in cosmetic packaging. An excellent example is PBT Crastin, a high-performance polymer that offers more decoration possibilities and is used for dispensing systems, mascaras and lipsticks.
DuPont Crastin PBT is particularly popular with customers because it provides superb surface appearance and a good balance of stiffness and toughness, reducing the risk of shrinkage. Finally, the mechanical properties of Crastin PBT allow for decoration techniques such as painting, hot stamping or metallization - all qualities that help cosmetics producers surprise and delight their customers.
The second trend that T&AP is fully committed to is the growing need for more cost-effective and environmentally responsible packaging solutions, both in terms of design and resource use. The development of bio-based polymers, such as the Hytrel RS, Sorona and Zytel RS brands, is at the heart of T&AP's efforts. The use of these biobased resins contributes significantly to reducing the global carbon footprint of brands and manufacturers. T&AP also offers polymers that can be recycled in PET streams, such as Sorona, which enables the development of products that are part of the circular economy.
For the future, T&AP is exploring ways to produce simplified packaging structures in which high-performance materials allow for the integration of multiple functions - resulting in fewer components for a single product. T&AP is already applying function integration in other sectors such as healthcare, and looks forward to leveraging its expertise to further advance packaging solutions for cosmetics and personal care products. Indeed, covering the needs of brands and manufacturers is not only about responding to market trends, but also about pioneering.
Finally, real innovation can only be achieved through collaboration. First, in addition to the most diverse portfolio in the industry, T&AP offers more than 20 years of application development expertise in packaging and distribution systems. But what makes it unique is its approach to developing innovative solutions for brands and manufacturers, maintaining a connection with channel partners and working closely with them from the earliest stage of a simple idea to the final invention. This allows the company to capture trends and proactively anticipate needs from the start. T&AP is always looking to share its cutting-edge technology and in-depth knowledge of tooling with its customers, so that it can develop the right solution in the right place. Throughout the process, T&AP works with partners to learn and discover the right innovative solution for each particular need.
Another crucial element of T&AP's approach is its dedicated team that focuses on the cosmetics and personal care industry. This team offers worldwide technical expertise in application development, design capabilities and technical support to help customers optimize tooling, select the best product from existing ranges and support them through the various phases of the production cycle.
All of these factors help the company stay ahead of the curve and fulfill its commitment to finding solutions for its customers in the cosmetics and personal care industries.
Recognized on the market for the premium manufacture of 100 % cardboard boxes made in France, Alliora is entering a necessary stage of reorganization of its activity.
At the end of 2017, Alliora Coffrets, now called Alliora, became part of the GPack Group, which has been pursuing a development strategy in Europe for several years.
Alliora is recognized by the major beauty and wine and spirits brands for its industrial expertise. However, the company responds to a highly competitive market in which it must be a leader.
Faced with a production made cyclical by the movement of promotional campaigns, the company must inevitably reduce its fixed costs and gain in productivity.
A new organizational project
As part of the GPack buyout, a €7 million recapitalization of Alliora was completed in November 2017. At the same time, a first unprecedented investment phase of €1.9 million was also carried out. Four latest-generation Emmeci machines will be installed as of April to replace older models. At the same time, specific cutting equipment dedicated to the manufacture of right-angle boxes will be added to the machine park at the Fougères site. This new equipment, combined with the reorganization of the assembly workshop, will increase the rate and quality of production. Alliora is reproducing a model that has been successfully tested in Italy within the Gpack group.
In order to achieve this strategy, Alliora's management has launched the information-consultation and negotiation process with the staff representatives concerning this reorganization project, as well as the implementation of a job protection plan. Aware of the social and human difficulties that this situation generates, Alliora favors exchange so that the change takes place in the best conditions.
As a leader in active cosmetic ingredients, one of the fastest growing segments of the cosmetic ingredients market, Seppic has created the wesource brand, which brings together all of its active cosmetic ingredients derived from plant chemistry, marine biotechnologies and botanical extraction.
wesource embodies the richness and diversity of cosmetic actives, and responds to the needs of consumers seeking naturalness. With this brand, Seppic wants to bring a better understanding to its customers and give coherence to its portfolio of actives. wesource will be both inspiring and performing by offering customers vibrant stories, dedicated services and technical, scientific and biological expertise.
wesource embodies the curiosity and passion of Seppic's teams who are constantly exploring new horizons and learning from nature. wesource combines Seppic's scientific expertise with its knowledge of the cosmetics markets to support and provide personalized services to its customers worldwide.
Mariane Tavares , Marketing Director of Seppic: "With wesource, we put forward our scientific expertise and responsible innovation, to offer our customers powerful active ingredients with inspiring stories and unique solutions to serve consumers. When we talk about Beauty, we believe there is no greater inspiration than nature itself: our active science is inspired by the materials that make up life to create solutions that reveal Beauty."
ADF&PCD Paris 2018, the trade event dedicated to packaging solutions for aerosols, spray/dispensing systems and cosmetics, has just closed its doors and recorded another success. Visitor traffic, innovations proposed by exhibitors, Awards ceremonies...
All the indicators are green and confirm the positioning of this exhibition, which has become over the years a must for all the actors of these sectors.
Organized on January 31 and February 1, 2018, ADF&PCD Paris 2018 exceeded all of its objectives, both quantitatively (visitors, exhibitors) and qualitatively. Nearly 500 exhibitors, players in the packaging industry, were present in Paris, an increase of more than 25% compared to the 2017 edition.
The visitors were also there with no less than 7224 professionals who came to discover the innovative and diversified offer proposed on the stands and to take advantage of the many new highlights of the show (General Manager, Packaging Manager, Innovation Manager, Purchasing Manager, R&D Manager, Designer, Marketing & Development Manager...).
"We had very clear objectives in preparing this edition: visitor satisfaction through the quality of the offer and services provided at the show (new venue, accessibility, welcome, hospitality, catering, conference cycles), satisfaction of our exhibitors through the showcasing of their products and the quantity and quality of visitors," explains Christelle Anya, Director of the ADF&PCD Shows. "We would also like to thank all of our partners who enabled us to offer a great showcase for the packaging profession.
The ADF and PCD Awards
This new edition was once again marked by the ADF and PCD Awards which rewarded the most outstanding innovations of the year. Among the 73 applications in competition and examined by two juries of professionals including experts, professionals and journalists, 9 Awards and 11 diplomas were awarded for PCD and 8 Awards and 6 diplomas were awarded for ADF.
The PCD Awards audience also enjoyed this year's COTY Luxury opening conference on "Craftsmanship at the heart of fragrance launches" by Gaël Le Bourgès, Director R&D Luxury Packaging Europe, Coty, where the group's latest launch was announced exclusively.
Next meeting: January 30 & 31, 2019
Porte de Versailles - Hall 7
In order to expand and complete its portfolio of strong brands while meeting its growth ambition, particularly outside the euro zone, the Rocher Group announces the signing, this February 2018, of an exclusive agreement to acquire the company "Arbonne International". Arbonne, a leader in the English-speaking countries, in Direct Sales, of beauty, health and wellness products based on botanical ingredients, offers a wide range of skin care, nutrition & cosmetics.
The Groupe Rocher's social partners have issued a favorable opinion on this operation.
Founded in Switzerland in 1975 and established in the United States in 1980, Arbonne was born out of Petter Mørk's desire to manufacture and sell natural cosmetic products that were more respectful of the consumer and the planet, but also to give a whole population the opportunity to achieve financial autonomy through the direct sales network.
More than 40 years later, Arbonne is a global company with revenues of more than €470 million ($550 million). Headquartered in Irvine, California, Arbonne has one manufacturing facility and four integrated distribution locations. Approximately 800 employees and more than 250,000 Independent Consultants work together to ensure the success of a naturally positioned brand that is marketed in the United States, Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Poland.
Why this acquisition?
There are many similarities between the Rocher Group and Arbonne: strong brand concepts that share true values, with high standards of quality and innovation.
With this transaction, Arbonne will be able to benefit from the resources that the Rocher Group can offer, thanks to the strength of its network (client portfolio, suppliers, partners). Thanks to the latest investments made in the digitalization of Arbonne's direct sales network, this acquisition is a real lever to support Groupe Rocher's growth.
As Bris Rocher, CEO of the Rocher Group, comments: "This new acquisition is a real asset for strengthening our position in the direct sales network, a network of the future that has seen a real rebound in recent years. Access to employment has always been one of our fundamental concerns, and our respective know-how combined with close collaboration can only serve the growth of our brands.
Kay Zanotti, CEO of Arbonne International, said, "We share with Groupe Rocher not only a commitment to sustainability, naturalness and nature-inspired products, but also a long-term vision based on strong and reliable family values. We are delighted with the sensitivity of the Groupe Rocher to the strength of the direct sales network. We both believe in the power of this business model and are convinced that this new partnership will bring positive human and growth benefits.
This acquisition (for which the amount of the transaction has not been communicated) thus completes the Breton group's brand portfolio, strengthening its positioning as a manager of strong brands. The Rocher Group is more than ever a dynamic player that has demonstrated its ability to reposition itself over time, thanks to its strategic distribution choices and its historical commitments as an integrated company.
