LUXE PACK NEW YORK 2014, the premier show for creative packaging, will be the largest event in its 12 year history, with nearly 200 exhibitors. This year, the event will feature several new elements including a new venue, new look, new section and new award. The event showcases the foremost innovative packaging in the world, as well as an extensive seminar schedule and a variety of special exhibits.
"We're so pleased that LUXE PACK NEW YORK is the benchmark event for creative packaging in America, just like LUXE PACK MONACO is on a global scale," said Nathalie Grosdidier, Executive Director, LUXE PACK.
"This year, we are taking LUXE PACK NEW YORK to the next level with our new venue, the LUXE PACK in GREEN Award and LUXE PROMO. We're very excited about the scope of the event this year and are sure it will excite visitors and exhibitors alike."
LUXE PACK NEW YORK presents creative packaging for the beauty / personal care, wine / spirits, gourmet food, jewelry, fashion / accessories and consumer goods industries. Exhibitors showcase bags/pouches, bottles, boxes, cases, containers (presentation packaging), caps/closures, collars, cosmetics accessories, designers, dispensers/pumps/sprayers/valves, green/sustainable packaging, jars, boxes, containers, labels, pop/display, raw materials, ribbons, samples, textiles, tubes, vials/monodoses, and more. The event also offers a comprehensive Seminar Program and its Innovation Forum, which spotlights the newest creations from exhibitors.
New Venue, New Look
Pier 92, located at 711 12th Avenue in Manhattan, is the new venue and allows the entire show to be located on one floor. It is a prime event venue in New York. An entirely new show look and booth design will also be unveiled in May.
LUXE PROMO Debuts
The new section, LUXE PROMO, is a dedicated show-within-a-show for creative promotional items for beauty and beverage brands. Offerings of customized and standard P-O-S merchandise, gifts with purchase, promotional gifts and other high-end premiums will include items such as: (beauty) make up bags, manicure sets, hair ornaments, samples, candles, soaps, massage gloves, jewelry, among others; and (beverage) glasses, ice buckets, wine bags, corkscrews and more.
First LUXE PACK in GREEN Award
The LUXE PACK IN GREEN AWARD, popular in Monaco, debuts in America this year. The award recognizes the exhibitor presenting the most innovative environmentally-friendly packaging solution. An esteemed jury of industry influencers has been selected to review the entries and select the winner based on sustainable criteria including materials, new and efficient processes and technologies and more.
The jury members are George Beylerian, Founder, Material ConneXion; Dan Denisoff, Senior Vice President, Operations, Pernod Ricard; Jamie Matusow, Editor, Beauty Packaging; Stephanie Martins, VP Packaging & Development Americas, L'Oreal; and Henry Renella, Sr. Vice President for Global Package Development, The Estée Lauder Companies.
Beauty Packaging magazine will sponsor the award in conjunction with its April/May feature story on Environmentally Responsible Packaging. Toscara created and designed the award.
The Most Innovative Exhibitors
Exhibiting for the first time this year are: ADVANTAGE LINE GLOBAL; ANTON FLOYD; ASG; BADGER COLOR CONCENTRATES, INC.; BERT-CO; BOUGIES LA FRANCAISE; BRUNASEALS; BURT RIGID BOX, INC.; COMPAX PACKAGING; COSMETICS & PERFUME FILLING & PACKAGING; COSMOPAK USA, LLC; COSMOTEC SRL; DECO 3B; EMIRATES PRINTING PRESS; ESEMPLARE UNICO SRL; GUALA CLOSURES NORTH AMERICA; HANA CO. LTD - LINEA GLAM; JP PACKAGING; LES PARFUMABLES; LOVRETTE GMBH DESIGN & PACKAGING; MADELINE BLONDMAN & CO., INC.; NAPCO, INC.; NISSHA USA; PRODUCTOS DOREL, S.A. de C.V.; PRO-MOTION INDUSTRIES; PRP CREATION; PURE TRADE; RIEKE PACKAGING SYSTEMS; ROYAL LABS NATURAL COSMETICS, INC.; SEIHO CO., LTD; SERIGRAPHIE RICHFORD, INC. (SRI); STARLITE HOLDINGS LTD; TRANSPARENT CONTAINER COMPANY; UNISTO S.A. UNIVACO FOILS, VARIBLEND; and others.
Exhibiting in the LUXE PROMO area are: CARTESIAN STUDIO BOUGIES LA FRANCAISE; CRAFTING BEAUTY; CUSTOM DIRECT PROMOTIONS; DAPY USA; LEANA TRADING; LES PARFUMABLES; MG NEW YORK; PURE TRADE; among others.
Exhibitors returning include: 3C INC.; ABA PACKAGING CORPORATION; AIROLUX AG; ALBÉA; ALLSTATE PAPER BOX CO; ANISA INTERNATIONAL; ANOMATIC CORPORATION; APPLIC' ETAINS; APTAR BEAUTY + HOME; AWANTYS; AXILONE USA; BALANCE, INC.; BAO SHENG; BARALAN USA / ARROWPAK; BCI GRAPHICS & DISPLAY; BEAUTY PACKAGING; BELLWYCK PACKAGING; BORMIOLI LUIGI; C+N USA-POLAND; CAMEO METAL PRODUCTS; CARTESIAN STUDIOS ; CCL LABEL; CHICAGO PAPER TUBE & CAN CO.; CHONG WOO AMERICA; COLT'S PLASTICS CO., INC.; COSMETIC SPECIALTIES INTERNATIONAL; COSMETICS BUSINESS ; COSMETICS DESIGN NEWS; COSMOGEN; LLC; COSPACK AMERICA CORP.; COVERPLA; COVIT; CRAFTING BEAUTY; CREATIVE SOURCING INTERNATIONAL, LTD; CRYSTAL GROUP; CTL PACKAGING USA; CULTECH; CURTIS PACKAGING; CUSTOM DIRECT PROMOTIONS; DAPY USA; DECOTECH, INC.; DEKORGLASS DZIALDOWO S.A.; DERPROSA; DIRECT SOURCE PACKAGING; DISC; ECOLOGICAL FIBERS, INC.; ELASTITAG - BEDFORD INDUSTRIES; ELCOS AMERICA, INC.; EPOPACK CO. LTD; FIBERMARK NORTH AMERICA, INC.; FLOCK TEX, INC.; FUSION PACKAGING; G. PIVAUDRAN; GCI MAGAZINE; GERRESHEIMER; HCP PACKAGING USA, INC.; HCT PACKAGING; HEINZ GLAS USA, INC.; HLP KLEARFOLD; HOLLISTON LLC; IGGESUND PAPERBOARD; ILEOS; INSTYLE PACKAGING; INTERCONTI SYSTEMS, INC.; INTRAPAC; ITW FOILS; JAMES ALEXANDER CORPORATION; JANSY PACKAGING; K LASER TECHNOLOGY USA; KAUFMAN CONTAINER; KEMAS USA; KEYSTONE PACKAGING; KLOCKE OF AMERICA; KNOLL PRINTING AND PACKAGING; KURZ / H&M; LABLABO; LADY BURD; LE PAPILLON-BIOPLAN; LEANA TRADING; LEO PAPER GROUP; LES PARFUMABLES; LF OF AMERICA; LIBO COSMETICS CO., LTD; LUMSON GROUP; MBF PLASTIQUES; McLEAN PACKAGING; MEGA AIRLESS; METAL DYNAMICS, INC.; METAPACK; METSA BOARD; MG NEW YORK; MULTIPACKAGING SOLUTIONS; MW CREATIVE; MWV; NEENAH PAPER; NEOPAC THE TUBE; NEW HIGH GLASS; NEYRET RIBBONS; ORIOL & FONTANEL / SANTEX GROUP; OSKAR KARLA; PACIFICGLAS; PACKAGE DESIGN; PACOBOND, INC.; PARCOME; PAVISA &am p; NOUVEL STUDIO; THE PENTHOUSE GROUP; PHOENIX COLOR; PHOENIX PACKAGING; PIRAMAL GLASS; PKG GROUP; PLASTICOS FACA; POCHET OF AMERICA; PRAGATI PACK PVT. LTD.; PREFACE DEUX; PREMIER RIBBON; PRESTONE PRINTING/APT; PRINTEX PACKAGING; QUALIPAC AMERICA; QUALITY RESOURCING SERVICES (QRS); ROCKTENN; RPC BRAMLAGE WIKO-USA; SACO; SAMHWA PLASTIC CO., LTD.; SAVERGLASS; SEACLIFF BEAUTY PACKAGING & LABORATORIES; SEIDEL GMBH & CO. KG; SELECTIVE LINE - VERALLIA; SERAM; SGB PACKAGING GROUP, INC; SGD NORTH AMERICA, INC.; SLEEVER INTERNATIONAL; SPC ; SPRAY; STOELZLE GLASS USA, INC.; STORA ENSO; STRIBBONS; TAE JIN; TECHNOTRAF WOOD PACKAGING; TESEM; TEXEN SERVICES; TOSCARA; TOLY; TPC PRINTING & PACKAGING; TULLIS RUSSELL; UNIMAC PACKAGING; UNIQUE SPECIALTY PRODUCTS LTD.; UPG (UNI-PRESIDENT GLASS); VERLA INTERNATIONAL; VETRONAVIGLIO SRL; VITRO PACKAGING LLC; VIVA HEALTHCARE PACKAGING; WALSEN INTERNATIONAL INC.;WAUTERS ET FILS; WEBPACKAGING.COM; WHIPSMART, INC.; WORLD WIDE P ACKAGING; WORMSER CORPORATION; YONWOO INTERNATIONAL ; ZIGNAGO VETRO SPA; and more.
Seminar Program
As always, the LUXE PACK NEW YORK Seminar Program is designed to provide visitors with dynamic insights and powerful inspiration. This year's schedule features the latest in sustainability, creative collaboration, design, spirits packaging, skincare packaging trends, augmented reality technology, futuristic luxury trends and much more. Representatives of Brown-Forman, Elizabeth Arden, The Estée Lauder Companies, Material ConneXion, Pernod Ricard, L'Oreal, Mintel and Mirror Mirror Imagination Group are among the presenters
