Men’s skin care in Asia

Beauty standards may vary across the region, but the men’s skin care market is hard to ignore, according to wellness and beauty trends expert FLORENCE BERNARDIN

CPCIA 2015: Seeing the power in innovation

The China Personal Care & Cosmetics Innovations Awards (CPCIA) drives industry growth by highlighting key industry influencers by recognizing exceptionally innovative products and technologies with the greatest potential to produce breakthroughs in today’s personal care and cosmetic industry

No escape from IoT

Zhao Zuoliang, art director of SHAW&SHAW, a well-known design house in China, share his insights on how should packaging design embrace such idea as Internet of Things with Happi Asia

Beyond smart packaging

In the digital age many packages taking on a high-tech look, writes Beauty Packaging editor JAMIE MATUSOW

Top 5 benefits of unit dose packaging

While the concept of sample-size, unit-dose and limited use packaging is not new, additional features can better engage consumers

Pocket-sized packages

JOANNA COSGROVE, contributing editor at Beauty Packaging, reviews current trends in sample size packaging

Clariant India acquires Lanxess black pigment portfolio

Leadership position strengthened by the acquisition of Lanxess black pigment preparations portfolio in Nagda, India  

Avery Dennison expands film Matrix recycling offering to customers

The solution eliminates the need for waste material to be shipped outside the region for manual sorting and recycling.    

DuPont rolls out global branding platform

The company’s new positioning reinforces full set of ingredients – including knowledge, expertise and science

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With increasingly busy lifestyles, it’s not just the ingredients – but also the sum of their parts – that are big in skin care right now. Actives that aim to turn back the clock still capture the lion’s share of skin care launches. Today’s skin care formulas incorporate active ingredients for anti-aging and brightening benefits, writes HAPPI associate editor MELISSA MEISEL

Latest patent reviews on devices

A range of U.S. patents for personal and home care devices

Plastipak acquires APPE Packaging

Rigid plastics specialists look set to develop top portfolio of products and solutions for the food and beverage markets