FaiveleyTech and Sulapac continue their fruitful collaboration! The French manufacturer of high-value plastic components for industry, healthcare, and beauty sectors has unveiled a new marble-like finishing for beauty packaging made of bio-based Sulapac materials.

Aesthetics, functionality and sustainability

This very first cap with a marble-like appearance was created with the Sulapac’s Luxe Flex material, a highly functional bio-based resin designed to replace technical plastics in beauty packaging. Perfume hoods and caps have been created in different shades. According to FaiveleyTech, the pattern is repeatable though each piece remains unique.

“Sulapac is the first biobased material that meets the functional, aesthetic and quality requirements set by us and our beauty customers,” says Béryl Tomaschett, Sales Director at FaiveleyTech Orgelet. “Having demonstrated that we can achieve this exquisite marble effect with very thick walls, opens even more opportunities for brands to use Sulapac instead of conventional plastic,” she adds.

Sulapac’s biobased materials have a low carbon footprint, and they don’t leave behind any permanent microplastics or toxic load. The ability of plastics converters to use these resins to create aesthetic and functional components is one of the keys to their widespread use in the luxury packaging sector.

Long-term collaboration

Since 2018, FaiveleyTech has partnered with Sulapac to help its beauty clients transition towards more sustainable packaging.

FaiveleyTech is the manufacturer of the Sulapac lids for part of the N°1 de Chanel beauty range. Previous collaborations between FaiveleyTech and Sulapac also include caps and closures for the entire line of Shiseido’s Ulé, as well as the fragrance caps in Chanel Les Eaux 125 ml bottles.

Now, FaiveleyTech has experience with nine different Sulapac material grades, including Sulapac Premium with large wood chips, Chanel’s exclusive recipe that incorporates by-products from the company’s own production, as well as Sulapac Barrier used for the parts in contact with bulk. Until today over 100 tons of Sulapac materials have already been transformed into products by FaiveleyTech.

The two companies continue their collaboration with several launches in the pipeline and upcoming launches to be revealed later this year.