Carbon Disclosure Project, SOMATER obtains a “C” rating

The latest Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) report for 2019 assigned SOMATER a rating of “C”. Only 21% of companies in the “light manufacturing” category achieve the same score. This result encourages us to pursue our commitment to sustainable development in a spirit of transparency, sincerity and continuous improvement.

The CDP is an independent non-profit organization based in the United Kingdom. Since 2002, it has been helping businesses and cities to declare the environmental impact of their activities with the aim of transparency and reducing their ecological footprint. The evaluation of the data is carried out according to the own methodology developed by the CDP. More than 8,000 organizations around the world actively participate in this process. The CDP thus offers a valuable analytical tool to decision-makers in the supply chain. For more information on this organization, visit their website.

Information Covid-19

COVID-19 information

In the context of the coronavirus pandemic that has affected us for several weeks, SOMATER had to adapt and reorganize to cope with this unprecedented situation.

Despite reduced production capacities, we ensure business continuity while respecting health regulations in order to guarantee the protection of our employees at all sites.

We are actively involved in the production of bottles for hydro-alcoholic gels (as illustrated in the photo above) and in the manufacture of packaging for medicines (paracetamol and vitamins in particular).

SOMATER remains engaged and attentive in order to best respond to your requests in these unusual circumstances.

Take care of yourself and your loved ones.

The SOMATER team

Tubes Full PP - Full PE - PE Green

New recyclable mono-material laminate tubes

SOMATER provides additional answers to the beauty and health markets in search of effective solutions to combine primary packaging and sustainable development.

The new PBL tubes, available in 3 versions (all PP, all PE and PE Green) have been developed by SOMATER in cooperation with the entire industry (raw material suppliers, cosmetic and pharmaceutical brands, recyclers). They no longer contain aluminium and are therefore easily and fully recyclable. Even better, the PE Green tubes offered by SOMATER are made from bio-sourced material. A QR-code integrated into the design allows sorting centres to direct the tubes towards the appropriate treatment facility.

We had the pleasure of presenting these new tubes at the last Pharmapack and PCD 2020 trade shows in Paris. They represent one more step towards a circular economy to which SOMATER is strongly attached.

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Thank you for visiting our stand at PCD 2020!

A big thank you to all those who came to visit us on our stand at the PCD trade show which was held on January 29th and 30th in Paris. This was a very successful event.

We had a great pleasure to present you all of our packaging solutions developed around eco-design, recycled and bio-sourced materials.

We hope you enjoyed our discussions and that we brought you all the information you needed.

We remain at your disposal to deepen our discussions – Do not hesitate to contact us!

The whole SOMATER team

EcoVadis Silver

EcoVadis ‘Silver’ for the SOMATER group

SOMATER was again labelled “Silver” in October 2019 by EcoVadis. We are particularly pleased with the progress of our rating, which goes from 52 to 59 points and places us among the 15% of the best performing companies!

Based on a strict and transparent evaluation grid, EcoVadis measures the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) performance of companies in the following areas:

  • Environment
  • Social & Human Rights
  • Ethics
  • Responsible purchasing

More information about EcoVadis and its evaluation methodology can be found at www.ecovadis.com.

We are proud of this result and we thank everyone within our group who helps us every day to take a step forward on the way towards excellence.

The EcoVadis evaluation offers our customers and industrial partners the proof of our continuous and sincere efforts in the field of CSR. We are committed to continuing along this path, in particular by introducing new recycled and bio-sourced materials into our manufacturing processes, by eco-designing new products and optimizing the recyclability of our packaging solutions.

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Extension of the PBL range

In a market that is increasingly sensitive to the circular economy, SOMATER is part of eco-design. Thus, we now offer via our Plastuni Lisses plant a new reference in our range of PBL laminated tubes. In order to cover all the needs of the beauty and health markets, we are delighted to complete our offer with a new 25 mm diameter, in addition to the existing 22, 28, 30, 35, 40 and 50 mm. Aluminum-free PBL tubes offer significant benefits: recyclability, 20% reduction in weight and lower production costs. Combining economy and ecology is one of our priorities. Together with our customers and suppliers, we are working on lighter products, using more recyclable and recycled materials. New all PE, all PP and PE green tubes, available soon, are a good illustration of this approach.

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Equality Women-Men in the workplace

Index of professional equality between women and men: SOMATER scores 92/100.

Gender professional equality is one of the government priorities put forward by the President of the Republic. The “Professional Future” law of 5th September 2018 created the Gender Equality Index to promote equal pay. Equality between women and men is at the heart of SOMATER’s values. The rating reflects this strong commitment and our desire to strengthen the position of women in the company.

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PHARMAPACK 2020 in Paris

Pharmapack Europe trade show will be held on 5th and 6th February 2020. With more than 410 exhibitors and 5500 participants from 75 countries at its last edition, Pharmapack is today a reference for pharmaceutical packaging. Somater will of course take part in this must-attend event. This year’s focus will be on environmental compliance, supply chain performance, quality assurance and cost control.

Come and discover our technologies and solutions on stand H22 (Hall 7.2) at Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles!

Somater ADF&PCD 2020 à Paris

ADF&PCD 2020 in Paris

Somater look forward to meeting you on 29th and 30th January 2020 at ADF&PCD, a flagship event dedicated to packaging for the perfume, cosmetics and make-up markets. How to reconcile sustainable development and economic development? The question will be at the heart of the debate. Somater, a reference player, will present its solutions around eco-design, recycled and bio-sourced materials.

Let’s talk about it! We are waiting for you on our stand C27 (Hall 7.2) at Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles.

BIOTHERM wins PCD 2019 innovation award

We would like to heartily congratulate our customer BIOTHERM for the innovation award it won at the PCD event held in Paris in January 2019. BIOTHERM won over the panel of judges with its new BIOTHERM Aquasource bottle.

Plastuni Normandy, SOMATER group’s leading plant in the premium and luxury segments of the cosmetics packaging sector, is behind the latest innovative bottle in the BIOSOURCE range.

The bottle’s design meets the challenge of significantly reducing weight through optimal control of the ISBM (Injection Stretch Blow Moulding) process and fulfils the desire, shared by our two companies, to reduce our environmental footprint.

This eco-design is enhanced by a responsible choice of resins (recycled PET) and optimisation of the BIOTHERM bottle’s packaging when it leaves our plant.

Somater and the entire Plastuni Normandy team are delighted to have contributed to this success, which underlines our commitment to creating packaging that is consistently more environmentally-friendly.