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US colour cosmetics market boosted by eye makeup sales
Markets & trends
Sales of eye make-up products in the US grow faster than any other colour cosmetics category, says Mintel. The dynamism of eye makeup...
The French Packaging Council wants to promote "the best of packaging"
Packaging & design
Two months ago, Michel Fontaine became President of the French National Council of Packaging (Conseil National de l’Emballage - CNE)....
New mascara launch for Alcan Packaging Beauty
Industry buzz
Behind the packaging of Elastic, Bourjois’ new mascara, hides the design agency, La Vache Noire, who chose to express the product’s claim...
AB Cartonnages: two Italian partners to conquer the French market
Industry buzz
AB Cartonnages, you know? This is a very young corporation, resulting from a partnership between two Italian cardboard manufacturers,...
Spurting raw material prices might threaten the European flexible tubes industry
Packaging & design
While it is enjoying up about the level of order income achieved in the first half of 2010, the European flexible tubes industry has...
Kao targets the 20s with new skin care line
Industry buzz
Japanese cosmetics giant, Kao Corporation has developed an extension of its Sofina brand. Named Sofina Jenne - a contraction coined from...
Jackel joins the Li & Fung Group
Companies & industry
The rumor had been amplifying in recent days. It has now been confirmed. The Li & Fung Group, has just acquired Hong Kong-based...
Peter Pfeiffer, Aptar: “Innovate, convince, persist!”
Packaging & design
USD 1.8 billion in sales last year, and a prospect of 2 billion this year, 9,000 staff spread in 19 countries: the business card of the...
Neopac and MegaPlast create a blog on their new airless tubes
Industry buzz
The initiative is not usual from suppliers of the beauty industry: Neopac - a Swiss-based provider and inventor of high barrier Polyfoil...
Summit will discuss the lowering of environmental impacts of cosmetics
Industry buzz
The next European edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit, the annual event organised by Organic Monitor, will be held in Paris,...