Cosmopharma

  • Roll-on: the new standard

    With an annual production of 170 million pieces, Promens leads Europe in the roll-on market, with an offer of standard all-inclusive solutions updated in step with market trends and consumer requirements.
  • Tube of the Year 2012

    Here are the results of the Tube of the Year 2012 competition organized by the European tube producers' association, Etma. There are four winners for four categories: aluminium, plastic, laminate and prototype tubes. Synthesis of the judgments
  • Cosmetics and consumption

    UPDATES The progress of the channels during the first half of 2012 and projections for the second half, based on economic analysis by the Unipro research center.
  • The french company Seram

    Creates and manufactures accessories to decorate and customize perfumery and cosmetics products.
  • The (youthful) energy behind the beauty industry

    Unipro and the sector’s good prospects: turnover touching 9 billion euros (+4.4%) despite the recession and an acknowledgement of the keen entrepreneurship of the younger generations.
  • The science (and art) of beauty

    FROM A TO Z Packaging design as a point of encounter between functionality, taste, technology and communication shows its full force in the applications of the cosmetics sector. We report some of the ideas and suggestions for packaging from PCD and ADF 2012, with some forays into the food sector.
  • Hi-tech for pharma

    Quick workshops and machines, many machines: at Achema, MG2 will be organizing live venues to illustrate the hi-tech content of its new solutions. Spotlight on MultiNETT (System for measuring in-process net weight) and the GRP robopalettizer, an absolute preview.
  • HDPE: new grades for pharma

    At Pharmapack 2012, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) launched several new resins increasing its already substantial range of thermoplastics to meet the strict standards of the medical field.
  • Batch sizes of 1

    At the Gerhard Schubert GmbH trade fair stand at Achema in Hall 3.1, Stand G27, the company demonstrates a TLM packaging line for the first time which is so flexible that it can be used to produce batch sizes of one.
  • Evermore resistant dosing systems

    Karr Italiana Srl, specialized in the design and creation of volumetric filling machines and units, announces an important new feature concerning their entire range of pneumatic or motorized brushless dosing pumps.
  • Glass packaging – Data 2011


    FACTS AND FIGURES According to an initial balance on activity for the year 2011 the Italian glass packaging production sector has put in a good showing: export figures, linked to the performance of certain foodstuffs, are encouraging, but the Italian domestic market also put in a good performance.
  • More layers are better than one

    MONODOSE Thanks to their original R&D work Lameplast Group has created the monodose multi-layer plastic laminate. Available in six versions with different "effects" like the tactile and visual ones liked by the marketers.
  • Rendezvous at Frankfurt

    IMA at Achema with a mega stand and all the most recent proposals of its divisions catering for the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Separate to protect

    PRESS AND DRINK Intended for the nutraceutical and beverage sectors, Inge has developed Push and Drink, a cap separator for multidose packs that combines ease of use, containment capabilities and compatibility with most mineral water bottles.
  • Two lines in one

    The blister line MB460FAST is the fastest and most flexible blistering machine ever produced by Marchesini. Able to pack 720 blisters per minute, it features innovations of a high technology content.
  • Safety for food and pharma

    A Ipack-Ima Thermo Ramsey Italia presented its new latest generation machine for the X-ray control of “flat lying” formats (hence not bottles or cans, but bags, packs, etc.…Ed).
  • New features from Pharmapack

    A prefilled hypodermic syringe, devised by the Japanese company Terumo Corp. (Italian branch in Rome), with device for passive protection against accidental pricking, and a new type of “childproof” pack made by the UK concern Burgopak (photo).
  • Cosmoprof looks to the future

    More than 170,000 visitors, 2,320 exhibitors, with foreign visitors up 5% (5 new Country Pavilions - Mexico, California, Brazil, Netherlands and Romania - which bring the number of producer country collective presentations at the Fair to 20). The successful moment of the beauty industry and “its” show: Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna.

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