February 2013

beautystat.com, which is the prominent online beauty community for makeup and skincare reviews, has been featured in the article of new york times that ran online as well as in print on october 24th25th. in the article, titled even beauty items face the aging process, the founder of beautystat.com and cosmetic chemist, ron robinson, discussed the skincare industry and how the simple routine efforts like handling, storage, and packaging affects the effectiveness of the beneficial ingredients such as glycolic, retinol, and vitamin c.

along with the festival, burnaby residents have one more reason to celebrate as they can take their styrofoam packaging to the still creek recycling depot. a motion has been passed by burnaby council at the meeting held at monday night, which approved styrofoam recycling pilot project for the city for the duration of one year. residents of burnaby will be able to drop off maximum three cubic yards of expanded polystyrene, which is commonly known by the brand name styrofoam.

the judges at the event described rpc group as a shining example to the packaging industry as well as the perfect business model. while commenting on the award to rpc, josh brooks, who is the brand director of awards organizer &ldquopackaging news&rdquo, said that rpc is a shining example of how the mixture of a strong management, design and manufacturing expertise, focused strategy and innovation can deliver steady success.

this packaging has won the first prize at uk packaging awards 2012. the judges at uk packaging award mentioned that a cupcake holder, which is designed by design futures for fellow sheffield company fancie, broke the conventional territories of packaging design and provided a new scope for innovations. this packaging won the cartonboard pack of the year 2012 award. design futures, which is the university&39s inhouse design agency and consultancy, produced the cradlestyle package.

breakfast boffins have created an egg that boils in its own box. this is a perfect solution for munching while a customer is on the move. the gogol mogol is a onetime use cardboard egg box that is made with special chemical layers, which generate heat when activated. when a tag is pulled from the container, it starts a chemical reaction. due to this chemical reaction, a heat is produced that results into cooking egg within a span of just two minutes. a russian team of inventors, which is known as kian, created this innovative packaging. it is designed by evgeny morgalev.

now customers might not need to buy a stand or a charging dock for their iphone, ipad or ipod. this is because apple might provide that in the product box itself. a patent for the latest design of product packaging has been granted to apple. this new packaging can function as a charging dock as well as a stand for products such as the ipod or iphone. as per the information received by patently apple, the application for the patent was filled in may 2011. however, this has been detailed and published by the united states patent and trademark office just now.

as per the experts&rsquo prediction, in 2012, the global flexible plastic packaging market is likely to reach a value of 137bn, due to the trend of convenient and low cost packaging that is driving the global demand. the analyst company visiongain mentioned that the market of flexible converted plastic packaging is going to experience a strong growth in the coming decade out of which, a major portion will be derived from the promising markets. due to strong economic growth, there will be an increment in disposable income.