PCD addressed sustainable innovations

OVER 1,200 participants from some 30 countries representing brand packaging experts and their main packaging suppliers (approximately sixty exhibitors) attended the sixth edition of PCD (Perfumes, Cosmetics & Design) was held on the 26th and 27th January 2010 in Paris, at the Cit閐es Sciences et de l'Industrie. Running in parallel with the exhibition were lectures that focussed on innovation and sustainable development from PWC, Alcan Packaging, Braskem, P鬺e Europ閑n de plasturgie, M-Real, EskoArtwork, DuPont Packaging, Neopac, PolyOne, Global Closure Systems, Ecocert. To close the session, Jay Gouliard, Unilever, described their view of the theme and the main fields of activity underway. Presentations for the packaging and dispensing innovations for perfumes from the sustainable development angle were held by Heinz Glas, SGD, VPI, MWV Beauty & Personal Care, Ileos-Socoplan, Amcor UK, Korsnas, API Laminates, Stora Enso and FarevaColor, which gave a paper on organic and natural cosmetics formulation. The make-up and sustainable development session, chaired by Herv?Bouix of The Est閑 Lauder Companies Inc., focussed on the theme of e-waste in terms of prospects for the development of electro beauty, group strategy based as of the design phase on prevention, savings, sorting and recycling, cosmetics packaging recycling programmes. This was followed by presentations by Alcan Packaging Beauty, Pierre Fabre Dermo cosm閠ique, Promens Personal & Healthcare Packaging, Oekametall, Texen, Graphocolor SAS, MWV, CD Cartondruck, CER, Rexor, Rexam Personal and Cinq.pats.Air Jordan