Introduction to the Client: Endro
Endro is a French cosmetic brand specializing in beauty products that are 100% nature-based. The brand’s vision is to deliver expert care and create a perfect balance between high technicality and absolute respect for the Earth. As a nature-based cosmetic brand, Endro offers a range of clean and environmentally conscious beauty formulations. To extend its commitment to corporate social responsibility beyond its products, Endro sought to audit its supply chain and switch to protective packaging solutions that align with its CSR goals.
The Challenge: Finding a Suitable Paper-Based Packaging Solution for Reliable Product Protection
Shipping fragile cosmetic containers safely requires strong and reliable protection with packaging that can absorb shocks during transit, resist moisture in changing weather conditions, and ensure product safety without adding unnecessary weight. Additionally, the packaging must preserve the company’s brand image while enhancing packaging aesthetics and the overall customer unboxing experience. For this, the cosmetic industry has traditionally relied on plastic bubble wrap, single-use plastics, and other types of plastic-based packaging materials. But for a nature-based cosmetic brand whose identity is rooted in natural product formulations and care for the planet, these plastic-based packaging options are a complete mismatch.
Therefore, Endro needed to revise its supply chain without risking product delivery safety and find a reliable bubble-wrap alternative. And they introduced a set of criteria for its new protective packaging solution.
- Swapping out Single-Use Plastics: They wanted a reliable paper-based packaging solution capable of replacing plastic-based packaging in their supply chain.
- Heavy-Duty Protection: The alternative had to offer strong cushioning for product protection, keeping the containers safe from friction and breakage during transit.
- Low-Cost Impact: The solution needed to remain cost-effective to keep corporate profit margins safe.
- Adaptable Shape: Since beauty products come in different sizes, Endro sought an adaptive and flexible design that could fit multiple product shapes.
- Space-Saving & Easy-to-Use: The solution was required to be flat-packing and lightweight to save storage space and simplify handling.
BOTTA EcoPackaging’s Solution: Eco-Sleeve Elastic Corrugated Bottle Cover
To meet Endro’s criteria, we introduced our Eco-Sleeve Elastic, a paper-based elastic corrugated bottle cover which is a protective sleeve and a perfect protective packaging solution for the brand’s requirements.
Why does the Eco-Sleeve Elastic Corrugated Bottle Cover Fits?
Eco-Sleeve Elastic is a bottle sleeve made with corrugated cardboard and has a vertical stretch micro-flutes design that allows the material to expand naturally and form a tight, shock-absorbing barrier around fragile product containers. The structural architecture of this protective sleeve specializes in neutralizing friction, and absorbing transit impacts, keeping the products safe throughout their transit journey.
This protective packaging solution met all the needs and wants of the brand.
- Paper-Based Material: Made with bi-conducted corrugated cardboard, perfect for helping Endro find bubble wrap alternative and eliminate plastic-based packaging materials from its supply chain.
- All-Round Protection: The bottle sleeve provides heavy-duty cushioning, neutralizes friction, absorbs structural transit impacts, and actively repels both dust and environmental moisture.
- Smart Sizing: The elastic packaging comes in three different sizes, and with high-stretch feature and elastic mesh-pattern it allows the sleeves to accommodate different packaging needs.
- Efficient Storage & Application: The flat and lightweight design saves storage space and minimizes transport overhead. Its quick manual slip-on application accelerates daily dispatch volumes without inflating costs.
The Outcome: Endro x BOTTA’s Eco-Sleeve Elastic Corrugated Bottle Cover
With this corrugated cardboard bottle cover the nature-based cosmetic brand, Endro, successfully achieves its objectives without compromising on price or protection. The corrugated bottle cover help Endro to better communicate its CSR goals to its customers.
- Ultimate Protection: This solution delivers cushioning that safeguards fragile glass containers against friction and breakage during transit. Simultaneously, it blocks out dust and environmental moisture, ensuring Endro’s products get delivered in their best condition.
- Carbon Reduction: By switching to Eco-Sleeve Elastic, Endro prevents 195.95 kg of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gases per 1,000 units used*, shrinking their distribution footprint.
- Responsible Brand Values: Since the packaging material is paper-based, Endro offers its customers an easy-to-dispose-off paper recyclable packaging that showcases its CSR commitments.
- Enhanced Fulfilment: The elastic sleeve’s frictionless slip-on application allows Endro’s packaging operators to secure fragile items rapidly and maintain high daily dispatch volumes.
- Versatile Use & Efficient Stocking: Using the sleeve’s multi-diameter elastic mesh-pattern, Endro could protect varying container shapes and sizes, and at the same time, significantly lower required warehouse stocking levels and space with Eco-Sleeve’s flat-pack design.
- Profit Margins & Brand Image: Endro achieves reliable, transit-ready product protection at a low cost-impact, creating an elegant, paper-based packaging aesthetic that enhances its market position.
In conclusion, Eco-Sleeve Elastic is a corrugated bottle sleeve that replaces bubble wrap without compromising protection.
Are you also looking for a Paper-based Packaging for your Products?
With BOTTA EcoPackaging, the nature-based cosmetic brand Endro, found its bubble wrap alternative for eliminating single-use plastics and other plastic-based packaging from its supply chain while ensuring reliable product protection.
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*The data comes directly from the calculation results of the Environmental Paper Network Paper Calculator (Version 4.0), used to calculate the environmental impact.
