Show Highlights

For the fist time, HBA opened with a Keynote Speaker. Leonard A. Lauder, Chairman of the Estee Lauder Companies, spoke to more than 1,500 people on the state of the industry and its future prognosis. His speech entitled, “A View from the Top: The Next Five Years,” was well received and created a springboard for further learning and discussions over the course of the event.

On Monday night, more than 500 people attended the First Annual Industry Awards Dinner at the New York Hilton. A virtual who’s who in the industry saw Marc Pritchard, Vice President, Global Cosmetics and Personal Care, Procter & Gamble give the New Product R&D Technical Team Award to Lee Ellen Drechsler, Section Manager, R&D, Tom Rabe, Principal Scientist, and Ed Smith, Research Fellow, all from Procter & Gamble Cosmetics; Jack Stahl, President & CEO of Revlon presented Neil Scancarella, Executive Vice President of Revlon with the Lifetime Achievement in Product Development, and Ed Straw, President, Global Operations, for Estee Lauder Companies, honored Roger Caracappa, Senior Vice President, Global Packaging, Estee Lauder Companies with the Packaging Executive of the Year Award.

In addition the long-awaited 3rd Annual International Package Design Awards (IPDA) were announced with the Grand Award going to Diesel Green by Marbert for its Fragrance: Limited Distribution line. The five other category leaders were: Artist Palette by Chanel (Cosmetics), Futuresse by Biodroga (Skin Care: Limited Distribution); PureOlogy Serious Colour Care by PureOlogy (Personal Care); reflect.com by reflect.com (Skin Care: Mass Distribution); and Velocity by Mary Kay (Fragrance: Mass Distribution).

The IPDA booth on the show floor, sponsored by Cosmetic & Packaging Design and Happi magazines, was a destination spot for many attendees wanting to view the innovative designs first-hand. Attracting a high number of conference attendees were new Master Classes on Lipstick, Fragrances, High Performance Ingredients and Controlled Release Systems, along with timely sessions on marketing, packaging and point of purchase. The Product Development Conference presented the latest information on skin care, hair care, personal care and new technologies. HBA and PCITX are produced by CMP Princeton, a division of CMP Asia, Ltd. For more information call Jack Gonzalez at 609-452-2800, ext. 122 or e-mail: [email protected].