Cosmopharma

Perfumery doing very well, both luxury and lifestyle for extensive retail; skincare doing fine, active in all segments; nail varnishes have put in a downturn, though the first quarter of 2015 shows a recovery.

The consumers’ jury of the Accademia del Profumo awards, in a record edition that drew over 67 thousand votes, elected Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet and Bleu de Chanel Eau de Parfum “perfume of the year”, while the technical jury voted Panthère Cartier and Valentino Uomo as the best womens’ and mens’ perfumes.

For the user public the pharmacy is no longer just a dispensary of medicines but also a trusted salespoint for products and health and beauty treatments considered now by most people as an integral part of their lifestyle.

Lameplast Group hosts an event in the spirit of sharing, in order to celebrate and re-launch the team play that carried it onto the international scene.

Strengthening its production capacity in the food & beverage area, while at the same time consolidating its leadership in the cosmetics, dietary supplement and pharmaceutical sectors.

Automatic assembly machines: Tecmes’ high speed mechanical engineering targets the world packaging and beauty markets.

At the forthcoming edition of Achema, the IMA Group will exhibit, in a stand of more than 1,100 square meters (Hall 3 Stand F49), many new incoming solutions for the processing and packaging of pharmaceutical products.

proPHARMA (Verano Brianza, MB) proposes a flexible, versatile and reliable filling machine, designed and developed for pharmaceutical formulations in pre-sterilized vials, syringes and capsules packed in nests.

Following its 2014 debut in the cosmetics sector, CMI Industries presents at Cosmopack 2015 the lipstick machine Contact 190SM, designed to resolve issues relating to temperature, preventing the thermal shock so common in conventional lines and adapting to various product technologies - from lip gloss to lip balm.

Omas Tecnosistemi presents a line of mascara and lipstick filling machines comprising various versions and models for dosages ranging from 5 to 25 ml.

The new mini oval stick Smart Smile by Induplast is made of highly compatible PP and stands out for its original shape, its filling from the bottom  and its 9 ml capacity.

The signs revealed in the second half of 2014 showing a good run of the packaging and food processing sector are consolidating: the first months of 2015 have in fact seen a reinforcement of the growth dynamic across the entire sector (suppliers of technology, materials and services associated with activities of processing and packaging food and other products, and the users of these products and…

The new flacon of Francesca Dell’Oro Parfum features a small deconstructed architecture, inspired by the dynamic and refined art of Tamara de Lempicka. The bottle has two-sided, faceted and elegant, tailored around the versatile and joyous personality of this talented rising star in the crafting of essences.

Japanese packaging is never downbeat. it is always aesthetically perfect, conceptually innovative, technically correct, graphically elegant. As if to say packaging with a soul. The much acclaimed designer Nendo has come up with some very interesting solutions.

In 2014 Stevanato Group (glass pharmaceutical packaging and machinery for processing and controlling glass tubes) has reported revenues of 285 million euros, up 18.7% on the previous year.

Karr Italiana Srl (Assago, MI) has designed and built volumetric dosing machinery and units for dense and pasty liquid products for more than fifty years.

For the Australian company Natures Organics Gerhard Schubert has devised a highly compact casepacking and palletisation system, which has enabled improvement of overall efficiency on shampoo and conditioner packaging lines.

Controlling the functionality, size and appearance of closures for flacons, droppers and accessories for pharmaceutical packaging: the automatic vision systems adopted by Capsulit guarantee compliance with the strictest international regulations.

In 2015 Valmatic celebrates its 35 years of activity. Initially set up as a builder of heatforming machines for producing containers for suppositories and vaginal ovules, during time the company has focussed on the concept of monodose, developing FFS machines for the production of one-time-use thermoformed containers.

June 30 is set as the deadline for presenting to Oriex ([email protected]) proposals for reports to be presented during ADF &PCD 2016 (Paris, Espace Champerret, February 3-4).