Over the past several decades, cosmetic container manufacturers have significantly reduced the use of buff and lacquered finishes, which produce solvent emissions as a byproduct. Similarly, the use of plated finishes, which utilize heavy metals and have residual hazardous wastes, have been discontinued, with package designers instead opting for anodized finishes.
Today nearly all major cosmetic packaging manufacturers routinely use anodized finishes in their metal packaging applications, and Anomatic is the manufacturer of choice – especially when it comes to precision color matching. The anodized aluminum components created by Anomatic are used for packaging fragrance and lotion pumps, treatment caps and closures, mascaras, lipsticks and eyeliner pencils ... to name a few.