Cosmetic tube enters the compound era Nowadays, the peak season of toiletries is coming, the shipments are increasing, and the demand for cosmetic tube packaging materials is rising. In addition, BB cream products continue to fight, and increasingly become a major consumer of tubes. "Cosmetics" reporter learned in the visit to the cosmetic tube market, at present, extruded tube still accounts for more than 80% of the market share, but only three years of composite tubes in the field of cosmetics manufacturing, is based on materials, printing and manufacturing processes The advantages of many aspects challenge the dominance of the extruded tube. At present, the material of the plastic tube is relatively simple, mainly based on PE and EVOH five-layer pipe. Among them, PE tubes account for 90% of the market share and occupy an absolute mainstream position. However, PE extrusion tubes have a very pronounced soft rib. The production process is long, involving multiple processes such as drawing, casting, offset printing and bronzing. According to Su Rui, “Every process requires labor, production efficiency is low, and labor costs are high.” Usually, PE extrusion tubes have a lead time of three to six months. Du Dexi said frankly, "For some online brands, this is really too slow." Three years ago, Suri introduced the Swiss composite lipsticks cosmetic tube tube production equipment, which made a major breakthrough in its tube material and printing process. The material of the tube is diverse, and materials such as PE, UH, OPP and aluminum film are emerging. Our reporter noticed that the sample displayed by the company contained a tube made of special paper, and the content of pure natural pulp was as high as 60%. The other composite tube was added with rose flavor at the beginning of the manufacture, and the tube contents were mainly rose extract. Thus, the olfactory factor is incorporated therein, and the contents of the product can be presented by the packaging material. In fact, the information that the brand wants to convey is usually expressed visually, so the requirements for the packaging process of the product are not always low. However, in the manufacturing process of the extruded tube, the mold is in the first place, and the printing machine can only perform "curved surface printing", and the manufactured plastic tube is very rough, and sometimes the labeling can be used to enhance the printing effect. However, the labeling cost is high and easy to fall off, which is also a short plate of the extruded tube. Composite tubes offer innovative solutions. Du Dexi introduced that the composite tube simplifies the manufacturing process into two steps of printing and tube making. "Flat printing" on the composite material, silk screen, bronzing and other processes can be completed on one machine, after which the mold can be avoided to avoid the gap between the tube pattern joints. And the lead time of the composite tube is obvious.
