Celebrating its 25th edition, Paris Packaging Week took centre stage on the global packaging events circuit in early February. Dominique Huret from Cape Decision reports on the innovation highlights for PKN.

Amcor will showcase its latest beauty, health and wellness packaging at Cosmoprof in Bologna from 26–28 March, featuring rigid and flexible formats, recyclable, refillable and PCR options.

Sustainability has shifted from brand story to business imperative in the cosmetics sector. Mounting regulatory pressure, particularly under the EU PPWR, combined with rising consumer scrutiny, is accelerating change across materials, formats and machinery.

Cosmetics retailer Mecca has partnered with packaging technology company Phantm to use artificial intelligence (AI) to collect, analyse and report packaging data across its operations.

Spanish fashion house Adolfo Domínguez has introduced its new fragrance line, ADN, featuring a circular wooden packaging solution developed with packaging manufacturer Quadpack.

L’Oreal Groupe marked World Refill Day with a global campaign promoting refillable beauty products across its major brands, to encourage consumers to choose refills to reduce packaging waste.

As the lines between beauty categories become increasingly blurred, multifunctional and hybrid products are finding their way to consumers. It’s a trend influencing packaging design, as Dominique Huret observed for PKN at Paris Packaging Week.

Beauty packaging manufacturer Quadpack has redesigned its Wanderer dropper tube with a PET pipette, offering greater transparency and a premium aesthetic for prestige brands.

Quadpack has expanded its packaging portfolio with the introduction of the ShapeUp tube, engineered to facilitate the dispensing of creams and cosmetics in bespoke shapes and patterns.

For Sisley’s neuroscience-based skincare brand Neuraé, Quadpack has produced maple wood caps and collars, along with other sustainable material initiatives for the range.

When used for beauty packaging, wood is infinitely versatile. Different species, custom shapes and new advances in decoration techniques make certified wood a responsible packaging choice for any beauty brand.

Mecca Australia has extended its free national in-store beauty waste recycling program, run in partnership with Terracycle, to include the collection of glass perfume and fragrance bottles.

This year was a record for Paris Packaging Week, the packaging fair dedicated to packaging for cosmetics and perfumes. Trendwatcher Dominique Huret, from Cape Decision in Brussels, reports for PKN on innovations that caught her eye.

Quadpack has released a new range of mono-material lipstick containers made of recyclable materials – aluminium, PP, and PET – and two refill formats.

End-to-end recycler Close the Loop is expanding its used cosmetic packaging takeback programme into the US, and expects to collect up to 200,000 tonnes of packaging for reprocessing annually.

Finnish companies Lumene and Sulapac have teamed up in a pilot project, to pack Lumeme water-based cosmetics in jars made from industrially compostable material.