Facing Tag

BOLOGNA, Italy — For packaging and sweetness suppliers, it's the most effective — and worst — of times. That was the sense emanating from the recent session of Cosmopack, the packaging branch of Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, the trade show that ran from April 28 to May 2. The session marked its return to an in-person format for a full-fledged event within the sprawling fairgrounds. Orders are back and rising for beauty suppliers, executives said, especially within the makeup industry that was particularly hard-hit throughout the early phases of the continuing coronavirus pandemic. There’s a flurry of pleasure about sustainable packaging solutions, that are in rising demand. But what’s making trading particularly difficult today is a confluence of things driving up costs and lengthening...