‘Vegetal Plastic’ Cosmetics Packaging Range Made From PLA

Italian packaging manufacturer Leoplast from Arignano was one of the first groups to introduce cosmetics packaging made entirely from NatureWorks’ Ingeo™ (PLA). They started in 2004 with testing and industrialising bioplastics. This was based on an intuition by Leoplast’s general manager Mr. Graziano Reggiani, who knew about environmental problems and wanted to play his part in helping solve them. Cristina Maggi, Marketing Manager of Leoplast told bioplastics MAGAZINE: “Before even being asked by the cosmetics industry, Leoplast started to develop their PLA packaging applications,” The first application that was developed was a complex 4-part lipstick housing, a specialty of Leoplast. ... please enter the issue code for the complete article.

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