Tubular Packaging from MH Ideal for Hotel Amenities SKUs

Tubular Packaging from M&H Ideal for Hotel Amenities SKUs

Travel in style with M&H Plastics’ new 30ml tubular packaging for personal care.

• M&H has added a new 30ml tubular to its portfolio of standard products.This bottle is manufactured in PET offering clear glass-like clarity and good barrier properties.

The 30ml size is perfect for sample packs or as part of a hotel amenities range, and its stylish contemporary shape makes it versatile enough for a wide range of market sectors. Tubulars are one of the most popular bottle shapes and M&H has an extensive range available in PET and HDPE, according to the company.

More info: www.mhplastics.com

TricorBraun Wins Design Award,Relocates International Office

• An American Graphic Design Award has been presented to TricorBraun Design and Engineering for its work in the development of Winnie the Pooh Baby Care products, a recently launched line of natural, infant toiletries including shampoo, wash and lotion.

TricorBraun won accolades for its Winnie the Pooh Baby Care products.

According to the company, the product line’s bottles were set apart by closures made with custom colors—yellow, green and lavender—that showcased the label. In-mold labeling provided durable product identification as well as a distinctive shelf presence. The full-line used a single, HDPE, 15oz oval bottle with a pinched waist. Disc-type dispensing closures are used on the shampoo while pumps are used for the lotion and wash bottles.

American Graphic Design Awards have been presented for nearly 50 years and are one of the industry’s most sought-after recognitions.

In other news, TricorBraun has relocated its Latin American headquarters and Mexico City office to larger quarters at Blvd. Manuel Avila Comacho No. 10; Col Lomas de Chapultepec; Del Miguel Hidalgo, according to Carlos Acedo, general manager.

The new facility, which is more than three times larger than the previous site, will enable TricorBraun to add sales personnel, expand its technical services and quality assurance departments and enlarge its customer service center.

More info: www.tricorbraun.com

Qosmedix Introduces New Liquid Eyeliner/Brow Pen

• Qosmedix added a new Liquid Eyeliner/Brow Pen to its inventory of cosmetic packaging components.
The item holds 1.5ml of product, and comes unassembled in three separate parts: a 1.5ml Black Tube (Part # 70911), Black Cap (Part # 70912) and Pen Tip with a pointed glide on nylon applicator (Part # 70913).

Three components make up the new liquid eyeliner/brow pen packaging from Qosmedix.

According to the company, the innovative design allows 100% of the product to flow to the tip. This easy-to-use tool can be used to line eyelids precisely or fill in sparse eyebrows.

Just fill with your proprietary formula and then package for retail sale, according to Qosmedix. Promote your brand further by customizing it with a logo.

More info: www.qosmedix.com

Rutgers To Revitalize PackagingEngineering With Support from PackagingEngineering Advisory Board

• A fundraising dinner at Rutgers University raised $110,000 to revitalize packaging engineering studies in the university’s School of Engineering. The fundraising event, organized by the Rutgers Packaging Engineering Advisory Board, drew more than 100 participants including packaging industry executives, Rutgers officials and a large contingent of students.

The contributions raised by the advisory board are earmarked for curriculum development, faculty recruitment, research and development and student scholarships and internships. The board is also undertaking an ambitious fundraising effort to establish a professorship-endowed chair of packaging engineering at Rutgers. The goal is to raise $1.5 million from regional companies and suppliers in the packaging industry.

The Oct. 28, 2011 dinner, which will become an annual event, achieved and surpassed its fundraising goal with the help of many industry sponsors including Bayer HealthCare, Equity Packaging, Topline Products, Cultech, Estée Lauder, InterParfums and L’Oréal Paris. In addition to these and other companies, the Rutgers Packaging Engineering Advisory Board membership includes representatives from Avon, Bristol Myers Squibb, Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson, Mally Beauty, HCP-USA Packaging, Pfizer, Coty, Mary Kay and Revlon.

More info: http://soe.rutgers.edu/packaging

SeaCliff PartnersWith Ben Nye Makeup

• SeaCliff Beauty Packaging & Laboratories partnered with Ben Nye Makeup to develop a palette to house a new line of foundations and concealers.

“The team at SeaCliff effortlessly met and matched the high standards and specialized component needs of our product development,” said Dana Nye, president of the 45-year-old professional cosmetics brand. “SeaCliff was the only vendor able to provide the specific cosmetic palette we were looking for to launch our new collection. The end result is a standout in our 2012 Media Pro HD collection.”

The MediaPro HD 18-Color Sheer Foundation Palette holds 18 different foundation colors designed to allow professional makeup artists the ability to access single or custom colors in a matte finish from a single unit, according to the company. Each palette includes 18 wells and one applicator well.

The palette artwork was printed in a silver hot stamp color and the attractive black matte finish was achieved through the use of a matte spray coating.

More info: www.seacliffbeauty.com

Method Unveils BottleMade with Ocean PCR

• Method has unveiled its latest innovation in sustainable packaging, this time a bottle made out of plastic collected from the North Pacific Gyre, often referred to as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The bottle is 100% post-consumer polyethylene, 25% of which is plastic collected from the Gyre, the company said.

Partnering with Envision Plastics, one of the largest recyclers in the US, Method pioneered an integrated new recycling process to engineer ocean PCR plastic that is the same quality as virgin HDPE plastic, according to the company. The process allows the plastic to be cleaned, unwanted contaminants removed completely, blended and then remanufactured into high quality plastic.

“We’ve created a usable bottle from ocean plastic and upcycled it into something useful that can be recycled again and again,” said Adam Lowry, Method co-founder. “Our ultimate goal is to raise awareness that the real solution to plastic pollution lies in reusing and recycling the plastic that’s already on the planet.”

According to Greenpeace, the gyre is an area the size of Texas in the North Pacific in which an estimated six kilos of plastic for every kilo of natural plankton, along with other slow degrading garbage, swirls slowly around like a clock.

Method collected usable plastic bottles from several locations with volunteer organizations on International Coastal Cleanup Day, Sept. 17, 2011.

“This innovation demonstrates what America, California and forward-thinking companies like Method can accomplish when they combine strong business principles with responsible actions to protect our health and the world around us,”Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson said.

More info: http://methodhome.com

Lindal’s Truspray Arrives Stateside Truspray technology is said to handle highly viscous formulations. • The Lindal Group’s Truspray technology—now available throughout the Americas—is the first aerosol solution designed to handle the highly viscous formulas used in popular personal care and household product categories, and cut propellant and solvent use by as much as 50%, according to Robert F. Brands, the company’s president, Americas. The eco-friendly, patented technology offers improved spray quality with low flow rates, said the company.Its reduced need for propellant and solvent allows for compact packaging that saves on materials and transportation cost, and enhances easy, on-the-go consumer use. As a result, Lindal Group’s Truspray technology represents a new sustainable option for makers of viscous gels, waxes, concentrates, deodorants and more. More info: www.lindalgroup.com, www.truspray.com/en/index.html