SIMP Beauty: two million pieces per day!
The year 2026 got off to a flying start for this company, founded in 1949, which is one of the pioneers in plastic and rubber injection molding. Originally, the French firm...
Interview
MakeUp in Paris this week with Édition Spéciale by Luxe Pack
MakeUp in Paris opens this week. This year’s event is a dual exhibition, organized jointly with Édition Spéciale by Luxe Pack. This edition holds special significance as...
Schwan Cosmetics: a centenarian in top shape!
Schwan Cosmetics will celebrate its centennial next year. During the last fiscal year spanning 2024 and 2025, the Group’s global revenue exceeded 369 million euros, even posting...
Fiabila: A French Success Story!
In December 2023, the Apheon investment fund began exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake in Fiabila. On March 1, 2024, Filippo Manucci (*) is appointed CEO of the...
Joseph Tayefeh, Plastalliance: “Plastic is not a thing of the past, it is a pillar of our industrial future.”
The European Plastics Alliance, Plastalliance, claims to be the only committed European union that directly represents the entire plastics industry ecosystem, across all...
Dr. Franco Lucà, new managing director of Faber-Castell Cosmetics: developing the immense assets of this company!
Franco Lucà has just been appointed Managing Director of Faber-Castell Cosmetics, a company that is part of the Faber-Castell Group (financial year 2024/25: total turnover of...
Paris Packaging Week in early February in Paris: figures and program
On February 5 and 6, Paris Packaging Week will welcome a total of 930 exhibitors. The PCD, dedicated to beauty product packaging, will bring together 600 exhibitors. ADF and the...
Raphaël surpasses 15 million brushes!
Founded in 1793, Raphaël is Europe’s oldest manufacturer specializing in fine brushes. Part of the Max Sauer Group, a world leader in fine arts, Raphaël has been perpetuating...
Beauty packaging industry: unity is strength!
In these troubled times, it seems more useful than ever to give a voice to the leaders who have shaped today’s beauty packaging industry over the last thirty years. They offer...
Cosmoprof: Straight questions... Straight answers!
The organizers of Cosmoprof are approaching the end of 2025 and the first few months of 2026 with candor. “Yes,” competition between international trade shows specializing in...
Edito
Join us on September 10 in Paris for an exceptional conference on airless packaging
Jean-Yves Bourgeois
For over twenty years, so-called “airless” packaging has seen steady growth that has often outpaced that of most other packaging categories. Many brands favor them for their ability to better protect formulations, for their user-friendliness, and...