Eastman Receives Brazilian Packaging Award

Eastman Chemical Company was awarded the Embanews Trophy for "Innovative Material for Cosmetic Luxury applications" on April 1, in São Paulo, Brazil. The award recognizes Eastman's The Glass Polymer family of copolyester resins, one of which was selected for the Due by Natura masculine and feminine perfume caps. Pedro Fortes, Eastman's general manager for Mercosur and Brazil, accepted the award from Fábio Mestriner, president of Brazil's packaging association, ABRE.

"Our challenge is to develop materials solutions for the South American market with continuous innovation," said Fortes. "Our team works closely with partners like SPP Resinas and Rexam to meet the needs of the cosmetics market." According to Natura's developing packaging manager, Renato Wakimoto, "We chose The Glass Polymer copolyester for the material's glasslike clarity and dimensional stability during finishing."

Eastman Chemical Company manufactures and markets chemicals, fibers and plastics worldwide. It is the world’s largest producer of PET polymers for packaging; and is a major supplier of cellulose acetate fibers. Eastman is a FORTUNE 500 company with 2004 sales of $6.6 billion and approximately 12,000 employees.