Monday, October 21, 2024

Luxe Pack Monaco: sustainability is increasingly desirable!

Luxe Pack Monaco: sustainability is increasingly desirable!
From proposals and solutions relating to refillability to research into materials and designs promoting recyclability, it was no surprise suppliers present at this year’s Luxe Pack Monaco show offered the luxury sector a wide range of ecodesigned solutions. Here is an overview.

Increasingly sustainable and ecodesigned, and still desirable! The combination of these objectives seems increasingly achievable, given the impressive technical advances seen at Luxe Pack Monaco this year. As they are endowed with greater technical sophistication, ecodesigned solutions are becoming more premium in terms of functionality and refinement.

Optimised monomaterial ranges


The Procos all-cardboard Yoga Box launched in 2020, and characterised by its lightness and economy of materials, has been reinvented as the Sunshine Box. For this version, Procos applied its monomaterial approach and optimised the magnet-free closure system with an ingenious notch design on the front wall, inside the box, combined with a bevelled knob. This new, patented, invisible closing technique offers greater ease of use and a more elegant design. The Sunshine box and its light version also feature a tray to hold products in place, secured by two Tencel ribbons.

With Metapack, the 100% Zamak Timeless cases, square, round, or in any other shape, are now refillable, reusable, and infinitely recyclable with a patented, registered closure system consisting of a clasp stem to avoid mixing materials, while offering a very high-end solution.
Metapack’s ecodesign approach is also reflected in the Infinity collection, featuring 100% aluminium, refillable and recyclable bag sprays with no plastic parts.

Aluminium clearly stands out among the materials chosen to embody sustainability. Accordingly, Axilone extended its full-aluminium concept from lipsticks and cases to a comprehensive offering for eyes, including eyelash and eyebrow mascaras. This range can be supplied in full PP or PET.

Alongside glassmaker Verescence, Axilone also showcased a standard solution combining glass and aluminium, designed for liquid makeup formulas, including liquid lipsticks, glosses, and eyeshadows. This solution called Kali combines the 7.5-ml flask manufactured by Verescence in lightened glass and 20% PCR with a 100% aluminium, “pure metal” cap and stem made by Axilone: a standard, premium, fully customisable solution with a dual component that can be recycled separately.

To encourage the use of recycled aluminium with a high percentage of PCR and thus reduce CO2 emissions, Tesem presented for the first time the outcome of its new BRI&Va technology, designed to meet one of the key aesthetic challenges of recycled aluminium: shine. Thanks to this patented technology, even a high percentage of post-consumer aluminium can offer shine equivalent to that of anodised virgin aluminium, and retain it over time.

As for body care and hygiene products, TriMas introduced Singolo, its new fully recyclable 2-cc monopolymer pump. With customisable formula viscosity and bottle design, it has been awarded the European RecyClass A certificate, and it complies with the ISTA 6 e-commerce standard. It should soon be available in 4-cc and 5-cc dosages.

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