Ditone – Europe’s most progressive label manufacturer and a growing division of The Boxes Group - is pleased to announce a collaboration with COSi (Creative Outsourcing Solutions International) to produce an innovative new label developed from its patented Tac-Tag range for one of COSi’s key customers.

COSi is a leading outsource manufacturer whose multinational customer base includes Revlon, Avon, Mary Kay and the Body Shop International.

COSi approached Ditone for help when challenged by one of their innovative multinational customers who wanted to launch a liquid eye shadow in a bottle with a very long, pointed cap. COSi needed a specially designed label that could fit around this cap.

Ditone came up with a new design for a label that could slip over the cap and adhere to the bottle with a tab to ensure that it would stay secure both in transit and on the shelf and remain in a good and dust free condition.

“We are very pleased with the way Ditone responded to our enquiry. They approached our problem with the creativity we have come to expect from them to create an inspired concept that met both our product aesthetics ease of application requirements. We are delighted,” said Jo Price, COSi’s packaging technologist on this project.

Ditone Labels’ national business development manager, Beryl Young, said: “It’s a coup for Ditone to be working with COSi and to assist the company with developing packaging for such a high-visibility branded product. It is especially satisfying to not only to have improved the design of this particular label but also to have made the product easier to handle. Labelling-up time has been shortened significantly; the new label is supplied reel-fed while the old one had to be hand applied as a single label.”

“COSi is very well known in the cosmetics and skin care industry and our new relationship with them should help forge partnerships with further leading brands,” she added.

Ditone’s new label is a special construction of gloss white polypropylene with permanent adhesive, printed in one colour and incorporates a special hole and adhesive area to suit the cap of the bottle. The material features tiny slits in the top to relieve any pressure on the label. The front carries a bar code for scanning at the till and the reverse lists the product’s ingredients.

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COSi is a leading provider of outsourcing services such as product development and contract manufacturing to the cosmetics, toiletries and pharmaceutical markets. Headquartered in the UK at Littlehampton, it has plants in Europe and South Africa.

Ditone is dedicated to providing bespoke label solutions and works with many of the UK’s leading brand manufacturers. Based in Kimbolton, the Company has invested in an exceptional range of print processes to provide highly creative, cost-effective labels.

The range of processes includes UV flexographic, letterpress, semi-rotary letterpress, in-line combination screen, hot and cold foil blocking and variable printing.  The Company’s own Design Studio is dedicated to label reproduction, combining expertise in creativity with the latest label print processes.

Ditone products include Crystal labels, Peel & Reveal labels, the Extensia multi page leaflet label range and braille labels to assist the visually impaired. The Company is continually developing its label range to offer even greater labelling opportunities to manufacturers. There are also dedicated departments for R&D, technical applications, label construction techniques and adhesive technology. Manufacture conforms to The Pharmaceutical Supplier Codes of Practice and ISO9001 standards.

Ditone is a division of The Boxes Group which has developed a range of skills and expertise in specific areas of the packaging materials business. The Group has five sites throughout the UK and has two companies in The Netherlands. The Boxes Group is part of Clondalkin, the international group of companies producing specialist packaging and printing products.