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Lipoid Kosmetik renews its Platinum EcoVadis status for the fourth time

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Lipoid Kosmetik, a leading manufacturer of natural raw materials for the cosmetics and personal care industry, reports on its sustainability success, recognized by EcoVadis, the world leader in the assessment and rating of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development practices.

EcoVadis evaluates sustainability initiatives in various categories, including environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement. To date, over 100,000 companies across a variety of countries and industries work with EcoVadis. Despite the vastly increasing number of companies assessed, Lipoid Kosmetik has been ranked among the top 1 % performers since 2016.

"We are immensely proud to have once again received this prestigious recognition from EcoVadis, said Peter Röthlisberger, Managing Director of Lipoid Kosmetik. Sustainability is at the heart of our corporate philosophy, and this achievement underscores our commitment to implementing and maintaining sustainable practices, and having a positive impact on the environment, society and the industry as a whole."

A vibrant bag, thanks to its holographic finish

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Inspired by the biofabrication trend, where organic forms meet technology and AI, the bag's decor designed by Rissmann mimics the complexity of human cell tissue, thanks to the light that brings its colors to life, making them glow and vibrate with a thousand sparkles. 

This 3D rendering is achieved with a holographic finish on metallic hues, making this unique bag a work in constant evolution.

The bag, with its glued cotton handle, is made from 100 % recycled fibers, including 60 % from PCW materials. It is FSC-certified.

Rissmann creates, develops and manufactures exceptional paper packaging - custom-made bags, boxes and caskets - that display the unique character of luxury brands in fashion, cosmetics, perfumes, jewelry, spirits or technology.


Technical specifications of the vibrating bag :

  • 3D effect
    Offset printing, light violet
  • Transfer finish, dark purple, glossy and embossed
  • Glossy, glittering, reflective, flat holograms

Laboratoires Expanscience unveil their 1st mission report

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Laboratoires Expanscience, which became a mission-driven company in 2021, has published its first mission report. Having committed to becoming regenerative by 2040, this report marks an important milestone in the company's transition, and in the achievement of its CSR objectives.

"Helping people shape their own well-being is our raison d'être. We are convinced that good health no longer depends solely on individual choices and therapeutic treatments. The well-being of individuals and the health of the planet are collective and interdependent issues. The situation is urgent: our planet is facing unprecedented social, climatic and environmental challenges, and I'm convinced that companies are part of the solution. As such, we have made our raison d'être our backbone and our compass. This report shows where that compass is taking us, and more importantly, where we are. While I'm proud of how far we've come since signing the United Nations Global Compact in 2004, I'm also aware that wanting to become a better company for the world means doing even more.comments Jean-Paul Berthomé, Chairman of Laboratoires Expanscience.

A raison d'être, "Helping people shape their well-being

To translate its raison d'être into concrete actions, Expanscience relies on four statutory objectives and its impACT CSR program, co-constructed in 2021 with 40 employees.

The Mission 2022 report takes stock of Expanscience's progress in meeting its four social and environmental objectives. These include:

  • Design products and services that are useful for well-being, eco-socially designed, and increasingly inspired by nature and the living world. 

100 % of new Mustela products designed and manufactured in 2022 follow an eco-socio-design approach. All Mustela product ranges contain an average of 95 % of ingredients of natural origin.

100 % of Expanscience cosmetic active ingredients are of natural origin, and 33 % are certified organic, or equivalent, or fair trade.

  • Contribute to achieving global climate objectives and protecting and regenerating biodiversity

Expanscience has reduced its carbon intensity by almost 8 % in 2022.

Expanscience has pursued and reinforced its decarbonization and energy sobriety initiatives, notably at its production and R&D Innovation site in Eure-et-Loir: purchase of biomethane production certificates as part of its energy contract, shutdown of one of its three main boilers, ISO 50 001 certification.

All our employees worldwide have been trained in the Climate Fresco.

Expanscience is moving towards integrated carbon accounting to "count what counts" in its day-to-day operations and in its investment requests to guide its decisions.

  • Helping employees to play an active role in their own development and building a more inclusive and supportive company with them An equality index 

Women-Men rated 99 out of 100 in France A comprehensive benefits audit carried out in all Expanscience subsidiaries, with the aim of implementing a Care Policy by the end of 2023.

85 % of Expanscience subsidiaries certified Great Place to Work.

  • Mobilize our communities and ecosystem to build a business model with a positive impact on society, individuals and their environment. 

93% of Expanscience's strategic suppliers assessed their environmental and social practices on EcoVadis. Gradual transformation of the Mustela brand offering in line with Expanscience's impACT program and the roadmap defined by the brand at the Convention des Entreprises pour le Climat (CEC).

Expanscience is one of the 14 sponsors of the "Pulp in Action" consortium: a research and development project dedicated to packaging issues, focusing on the use of cellulose fibers as an alternative to plastic.

Towards a regenerative model

The report highlights the transformation undertaken by Expanscience to build a positive impact business model and become a regenerative company by 2040. With this in mind, Expanscience's objectives include:

To phase out the manufacture and marketing of Mustela wipes, which currently account for 20% of the brand's sales, by 2027.

Validate a trajectory for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (scopes 1, 2, 3) compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C by 2030 as part of its commitment to the SBTi (Science Based Targets initiatives).

Complete a biodiversity footprint by 2023 and define an action plan by 2024 to reduce the impact of our activities on ecosystems and help restore their capacity to regenerate.

To have all its subsidiaries worldwide certified Great Place To Work by 2025.

Deploy experiments to test new regenerative models (offers, services, partnerships, etc.) through its Lab impACT, which brings together internal and external players working to promote the transition of Expanscience and its ecosystem.

"Expanscience is a family-run ETI, and that's a real blessing. This governance allows us to make bold choices and rethink our business model to reduce and replace negative externalities. Our aim is to gradually shift, by learning, towards a business model that is compatible with planetary limits, and that regenerates living and non-living ecosystems. This first report confirms that we're on the right track... but that there's still work to be done!"says Karen Lemasson, CSR and Open Innovation Director at Laboratoires Expanscience.

Avek group acquires Fourignon and Reysset printing plants

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Since June 15, 2023, the Avek Group's growth has accelerated with the integration of two new entities: Fourignon Étiquettes and its subsidiary Reysset, located in Villefranche-sur-Saône and Bergerac respectively. This strategic decision marks an important step in the Avek Group's growth path, and reinforces its position as a key player in the printing industry.

Located in the heart of the Beaujolais and Bergerac wine-growing regions, Fourignon Étiquettes and Reysset are key players in the manufacture of self-adhesive labels for all wine professionals. They have also developed a strong industrial presence with well-known groups in the household appliances, automotive and pharmaceutical sectors.

For the Avek group, this is the guarantee of a new and varied clientele made up of craftsmen, shopkeepers, SMEs, multinational industries and, of course, winegrowers.

For Fourignon et Reysset, it's an opportunity to access new skills to foster innovation, stimulate excellence and create long-term value. Customer projects will be the focus of joint reflection, under the guidance of experts in printing techniques and graphic design.

"All these acquisitions confirm our ambition to support our customers in a global approach to adding value to their printed products".says Axel Lamotte, Group President.

The Avek group (8.7M turnover in 2022) brings together label and traditional print solutions printers, as well as a graphic design studio in south-east France. It will be present at Luxe Pack Monaco from October 2 to 4, 2023. It will be showcasing its latest innovations in terms of creative support, self-adhesive label printing, packaging and environmental protection.

A source of vitality for deficient skin 

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Revilience is a natural vitalizing active ingredient derived from the bacterium Sphingomonas panaciterraeThis new formula restores the skin's "vitality signature" by regulating the biological pathways involved in skin cell metabolism and protection. Thanks to its rapid action, the complexion's radiance is enhanced and hydration is improved after just seven days of application.

Ginseng is known to impose numerous modifications and deficiencies on its environment, impacting the availability of nutrients, particularly nitrogen. 

Sphingomonas panaciterraean incredible source of vitality

To survive in this hostile environment, the bacteria Sphingomonas panaciterraepresent in the ginseng rhizosphere, deploys protective mechanisms via the production of sphingane-type Exopolysaccharides (EPS). It thus displays bio-protective and bio-stimulant properties for itself and its host, conferring an incredible "vitality capital" that Silab has chosen to enhance in its Revilience active ingredient.

Bioguiding and enzyme engineering

Silab then developed a biotechnological process for controlled nitrogen deficiency applied to Sphingomonas panaciterraewhich doubled its EPS production compared with a non-deficient process. Coupled with specific enzymatic hydrolysis, this unique bio-inspired approach has resulted in an active ingredient composed of oligosphinganes of interest, capable of improving the metabolism of skin lacking vitality.

Modelling based on omics 

Drawing on its solid scientific expertise based on transcriptomics, Silab has mapped the genes of skins subjected to nutritional deficiency (growth factor depletion) or physiological deficiency (aging), thanks to an unprecedented modeling study. These two deficiency conditions revealed a common degradation of epidermal cell metabolism and protection mechanisms. 

Regained vitality

By reactivating these biological pathways in deficient skin, Revilience restores the skin's "vitality signature". Cellular metabolism is thus stimulated and the quality of the cutaneous barrier reinforced. Tested at 2.5 % on young and mature Caucasian volunteers, the active ingredient enhances complexion radiance and improves hydration as early as seven days after application. 

Revilience is a patented natural active ingredient, recommended in all skincare products for skin lacking vitality at a dose of 0.5 to 2.5 %. Available in aqueous solution, it is easy to formulate. It complies with biodiversity regulations and has a natural origin content of 98.8% (ISO 16128). It complies with international cosmetics regulations (Europe, USA, China, Japan, and more).

Givaudan's ScalpSure combats the roots of bad hair odour

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Givaudan, a global player in perfumery and beauty, launches ScalpSure, its new technology for creating fragrances that counteract unpleasant scalp odors and deliver a fragrance experience validated by both experts and consumers.

With 61 % of people worldwide affected by perspiration or bad scalp odor¹, ScalpSure tackles this multifactorial problem, which can be exacerbated by air pollution, stress and head coverings. A new addition to Givaudan's Zap portfolio (its platform of multi-category solutions to address malodours), ScalpSure has been extensively researched to meet this prevalent demand.

Consumers were involved in the development of ScalpSure from the earliest stages of research. Based on an analysis of the olfactory challenge headspace collected directly from consumers' hair, Givaudan's malodour research teams at the Centre of Excellence for Health and Wellbeing in Ashford (UK), alongside olfaction experts, were able to develop the most realistic scalp malodour model.

Using this olfactory reconstruction as a precise framework for developing a solution, Givaudan's perfumers scrutinized the behavior of perfumery ingredients and fragrance formulas to determine the best solutions for effectively countering the build-up of unpleasant odors on the scalp.

"ScalpSure's highly consumer-centric approach ensures a better understanding of the challenges associated with unpleasant odors on the scalp, and greater awareness of how best to design solutions. ScalpSure's superior efficacy in combating unpleasant odors has been demonstrated by a holistic validation methodology consisting of olfactory experts, sensory panelists and consumers themselves, through home use tests conducted on an interregional scale."says Jessica Jiang, Senior Fragrance Designer for Personal Care Products.

"The challenge in designing an effective fragrance for hair care is to create a beautiful scent that delights consumers while addressing their concerns. The fragrance must offer an impactful and pleasant olfactory experience while effectively suppressing unpleasant scalp odors. The ScalpSure design tool helps perfumers tailor fragrances that successfully banish unwanted scalp odors. By combining hedonic and performance criteria, ScalpSure fragrance guidelines offer perfumers an innovative tool to ensure consumer satisfaction."says Sophie Rhodes, Senior Personal Care Perfumer.

1. Project Reveal, 2016, percentage of men and women concerned about bad hair odor.

Wheaton: innovative products on an immersive stand at Luxe Pack Monaco 2023

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Wheaton, specialists in the supply of glass packaging, will once again be taking part in Luxe Pack Monaco. The event, which brings together premium packaging manufacturers from around the world, will be held on October 2, 3 and 4, 2023 at the Grimaldi Forum. 

With over 70 years' experience in Brazil, Wheaton is an internationally recognized brand for its packaging solutions for various segments such as perfumery, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and home care. Serving with agility, flexibility and the shortest response time on the market, it has a standard line with versatile packaging in different formats, capacities and designs. It also develops exclusive products. 

Part of this vast catalog of products will be presented at Luxe Pack Monaco 2023. Among the innovations to be presented, Inner Color is an internal paint that exploits the depth and distribution of the glass, as well as the thickness of the walls and bottom. This technique also produces a three-dimensional effect that gives the product a modern, sophisticated look.

Also on display will be a digital printing solution that enables illustrations and text to be printed in a translucent, solid form, as well as high-definition images in a realistic format on the packaging. This technique, which can be used to personalize bottles, allows a virtually infinite mix of colors from the Pantone range. 

Visitors to the event will also be able to discover scented silk-screening, a technique that offers sensorial packaging using perfume microcapsules, allowing the user to try out the fragrance before even starting to use the product. 

The Ecoglass line of sustainable packaging, which promotes the circular economy and aims to reduce the consumption of raw materials from nature, will also be highlighted. The line offers a lightweight bottle, which contains 20 % less glass mass than a traditional bottle and reduces CO2 emissions by over 30 %. Ecoglass encourages reuse thanks to features such as the threaded end, which allows the product to be finished, and refill bottles, for example.

The Brazilian company's exhibition space will feature a 3D screen to offer visitors a differentiated, immersive experience, playfully recounting the development of perfume packaging. Used by a number of international brands in major advertising campaigns around the world, this technique promotes what is known as "anamorphic illusion", giving an impression of depth to images and generating differentiated interaction with products.


Wheaton, a pioneer in the use of biomethane.

The company is committed to sustainable practices and is the first in the world to use this renewable fuel, which partially replaces natural gas. Biomethane is a gaseous biofuel obtained from the biological decomposition of organic matter. 

The company's work with this sustainable energy source has already saved around 7,000 tonnes of CO² emissions per year, equivalent to planting more than 50,000 trees over a 20-year period. 

"The idea of using biomethane is to show that it is possible to combine efficiency and ecological solutions. Brazil has distinguished itself in these sectors, and it will be an honor to represent the country at such an important event for the sector."concludes Ricardo Lopes, Wheaton's Sales and Marketing Manager.

Nuxe chooses Aptar's PZ Twist pump for its sun care range

Nuxe's sun tanning oil and Délicieux sun spray have been relaunched with a new spray pump: PZ Twist by Aptar Beauty. Nuxe was looking for a more eco-friendly, high-performance spray pump with an attractive design. Aptar Beauty responded with its latest spray pump innovation. 

The PZ Twist pump has been designed to incorporate twist-to-lock technology, i.e. an on/off locking system based on a rotary movement of the pump. No need for a cap! PZ Twist also ensures high spray performance and meets e-commerce standards*. The modern, elegant lines of the pump blend in with the rest of the pack's design, finished off with the brand's signature pearlescent gold.

Eco-responsible and compatible with e-commerce

The sun tanning oil SPF10, SPF30 and SPF50 and the sun spray Délicieux SPF30 and SP50 were launched at the beginning of the year in Europe, Asia and Latin America. The formulas are clean and non-toxic for the marine ecosystem, guaranteeing the best balance between high quality and respect for the environment. The new on/off pump system supports the brand's commitment to sustainable development, reducing waste and eliminating any risk of losing the cap on the beach, or in nature in general. PZ Twist is made primarily of polypropylene (PP) and contains no POM; it is combined with Nuxe's new PET bottle.

Practical and easy to use

The product is practical and easy to use. Thanks to a new intuitive gesture, consumers can lock and unlock the pump by turning the device on itself. It's also ergonomic. Designed with a wide, comfortable push-button with a soft-touch effect, the pump is convenient to use and hygienic, guaranteeing an optimal consumer experience. An audible click ensures that the pump is securely locked to prevent any potential leaks - a key feature that also guarantees its e-commerce compatibility. The PZ Twist pump is safe and portable, and complies with Amazon's Ista-6 protocol*. PZ Twist is also available with options such as anti-slip ridges and a nozzle cover for an even more hygienic solution.

A high-performance spray for Nuxe

PZ Twist features Aptar Beauty's PZ engine, which delivers high spray performance, even with complex formulas such as those in Nuxe's suncare range.

"Nuxe wanted a pump that was more eco-responsible, attractively designed and easy to use - possibly with a new gesture while maintaining the same level of spray performance. PZ Twist ticked all the boxes and immediately appealed. We designed this pump precisely for this type of demand: fewer components and e-commerce compatibility. Our innovation team succeeded in rethinking the PZ range by integrating twist-to-lock technology. We're very proud of our collaboration with Nuxe, and delighted to see PZ Twist convert the suncare packaging market".said Madalina Dragan, Personal Care & Home Care Emea Marketing Director.

* Conforms to Ista-6 protocol. Test results may vary according to container shape, size and sample formula.

Bormioli Luigi and Bormioli Rocco merge

From July 1, 2023, the activities of the two Italian companies, which are largely complementary, will come together 80 years after Bormioli Luigi was founded. The merger of Bormioli Rocco S.p.A into Bormioli Luigi S.p.A represents, according to Bormioli Luigi, "A fundamental milestone in the history of national glass.

The creation of an industrial division had already begun in 2017 with Bormioli Luigi's acquisition of Bormioli Rocco spa, as part of a long-term strategy aimed at devising innovative working methods: methods that motivate its employees and are tailored to the interests of customers.

This merger is a way for the Group to strengthen its structure and enrich its know-how by drawing on the cultures and synergies of both companies. As a result, the Group will benefit from more agile and flexible integrated processes, and more favorable profitability.

What's more, the merger will enhance the efficiency of strategic research, thanks to high-performance IT systems; the transformation will involve not only production and marketing, but also human resources, finance and supplies.

Bormioli Luigi in brief

  • One of Italy's largest and most successful glass companies.
  • International presence in sectors including the production of glass bottles and jars for the selective beauty market (perfumery, skincare and make-up), luxury bottles and decanters for tableware and the home.
  • The company employs 2,800 people at four production sites in Italy and one in Spain, as well as at sales subsidiaries in the USA, Spain, Germany, France, Asia and Brazil.
  • The group distributes in over 120 countries.
  • The Group is stepping up the pace of its growth and development in order to consolidate its leading position in its areas of expertise.

Care and make-up sponges in bio-polyurethane

Cosmogen's new collection of sponges for face and body care and make-up is made from bio-sourced polyurethane, a material composed of corn, cassava, sugarcane juice, castor oil and plant pigments.

On the care side, the face sponge is easy to use thanks to a fingertip insert, while the body sponge is generously sized. Their texture combines cleansing and light exfoliation with circular movements.

On the make-up side, sponges have a much finer texture, suitable for applying blush, concealer, foundation or illuminator. They can be used wet or dry, depending on the desired coverage. The two models, peach-shaped (2 sizes) or half-heart-shaped, each have a rounded and a pointed part, ideal for all situations.

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