What is the main material of cosmetic bottle packaging?

Over the years, China's cosmetics market has grown at an average annual rate of 15%, and it has begun to take shape. In 2002, the entire market achieved a total sales of 45 billion yuan. According to forecasts, its total market sales in 2010 will reach 80 billion yuan. As the main packaging materials in this market, plastics and glass will also have a greater use. General cosmetics are mostly in the form of liquids, creams or creams, and do not have a distinctive appearance. It must pass the exquisite and unique packaging design to show its own characteristics. Therefore, cosmetics generally rely on packaging to achieve good sales. Plastic and glass are currently the main cosmetic packaging container materials, and among them, plastic is the most used.

As far as the current situation is concerned, because the plastic is light and cheap, it is easy to form large-scale production, and it can be made into bottles of various specifications and sizes, transparent, opaque and various colors, and the printing performance is very good, so it can be used Thermal transfer, inkjet, printing and other methods directly print instructions, logos, and bar codes on the surface of the container. Therefore, plastic products have occupied more than 80% of the packaging market for cosmetics and become the most important packaging container for cosmetics. In the past, cosmetics were generally packaged in glass bottles. However, due to the single variety of glass containers, even if there is a better design concept, it is often impossible to achieve due to the limitations of technology and materials.

However, plastic materials have great advantages in this respect. They are not only rich in sources, but also have good molding properties. They can be manufactured into plastic containers such as bottles, cans, boxes, etc. of various structures and shapes, and can be used for various decoration and decoration designs. In addition, in recent years, the application of PET resin to cosmetic containers has developed rapidly, which has led to a major change in replacing glass bottles with plastics.
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