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Gel dispenser packaging is specified by capacity, and capacity is the least useful figure on the sheet. Across 104 pens, 514 bottles and jars and 68 airless formats we publish 19 per-model fields - an...
Read More →An airless bottle is not one material. Across 68 models and 297 component entries, PP accounts for 132 of them, aluminium appears in 17 and glass in one - and the cap is the part that varies most. Wha...
Read More →Cosmetic bottle neck size is published on 461 of our 514 bottle formats. Four diameters - 24, 20, 43 and 28 mm - cover 360 of them, and one diameter serves sprayers as well as lotion pumps. What the d...
Read More →173 of the 749 formats in our makeup range are palettes. Pan count is the one specification they publish - and 3, 4, 5 and 6-pan palettes each appear exactly 19 times. What the eyeshadow palette packa...
Read More →The three numbers that decide a cosmetic pen's working life - fill volume, dose per actuation and mechanism life - and why a pen usually fails on the second and third rather than the first. Includes t...
Read More →Capacity tells you almost nothing about a cosmetic pen's size. Across 104 models we hold specifications for, the same 4 ml fill spans 61.8 mm of body length. Real diameter, length and material data by...
Read More →Solid cosmetic pens - sunscreen sticks, wax brow and balm formats - have no fill volume to specify. Across the 35 models we hold, body diameters run 6.63-22.69 mm and the source charts no capacity for...
Read More →No cosmetic pen is a single material. Counted across 104 models: PP on 68, POM or POK on 57, ABS on 36, aluminium on 25. Three distribution patterns the data shows - and what a material change actuall...
Read More →Cosmetic pen packaging explained by format - liquid twist, special twist, liquid click, auto-flow and solid. Real capacity, diameter and tip-option data from 104 pen models, plus the four specificatio...
Read More →Remote supplier verification for cosmetic packaging - how to check a certificate belongs to your counterparty, what an inspection report must contain to be worth anything, and what video can and canno...
Read More →How to compare cosmetic packaging quotations - the 9 lines that change what you actually pay: Incoterm, tooling, quantity basis, stage-by-stage lead time, sampling, payment, AQL and exclusions.
Read More →Cosmetic packaging tooling explained - how many molds one product really needs, what drives tooling cost, who owns the mold, amortised vs one-off charges, and when an existing mold is the better route...
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