Sustainability is reshaping the packaging industry. But reducing material is rarely as simple as removing part of a package. Every change has consequences for production, performance, aesthetics and efficiency.
For Albéa, a global leader in beauty packaging, reducing the amount of plastic used in tube production is an important part of developing more responsible packaging solutions.
One approach is the shoulderless tube: a concept designed to eliminate the traditional extruded tube shoulder and reduce the overall weight of the package. Turning that concept into an efficient industrial production process, however, presented a number of technical challenges.
