In recent years, the cosmetics market in China has grown at an average annual rate of 15%, with annual sales reaching nearly 50 billion RMB. It is predicted that the total sales in 2010 will reach 800 billion RMB. As a major packaging material for cosmetics, plastic and glass will also have a significant presence on the stage. However, data shows that in recent years, plastic packaging has occupied over 80% of the cosmetics packaging market share and become cosmetics containers.
Although cosmetics have different functions, they have no unique appearance in their external form and packaging adaptability. Liquids, body lotion or face cream must be beautiful and unique packaging design to show their own characteristics. Therefore, cosmetics typically rely on packaging to achieve good sales. In addition to metal, plastic, and glass containers, cosmetic materials are mainly used in the present. Previously, cosmetic bottles were generally used for packaging. However, due to various single glass containers, even with a good design concept, due to technological and material limitations, they often cannot be achieved.
From the current situation, due to the lightweight and easy scale production of cheap plastic, various standard sizes can be made into transparent and opaque bottles and various colors, with good printing performance. Methods such as heat transfer printing and inkjet printing can be used to print instructions, labels, and barcodes directly on the surface of the container.
Plastic materials, with abundant sources of good formability, can be made into various structures and shapes of bottles, cans, boxes, and plastic containers, and can be used for various decorations and interior designs. In addition, in recent years, the rapid development of PET resin applied to cosmetic containers has led to significant changes in plastics and glass.
