Innovation and collaboration to accelerate the future of beauty

Opac Group and Induplast Group: a new project to develop an AI platform reshaping product development in beauty.

A strategic partnership between two leading players in the cosmetics industry to transform idea, formula, and packaging into a single integrated, data-driven workflow powered by AI.

The initiative was created with the goal of accelerating product development processes, optimizing collaboration across the value chain, and significantly reducing time to market in an increasingly innovation-driven, fast-paced, and personalized beauty market.

In a dynamic and highly competitive industry like cosmetics—where speed of innovation, personalization, and sustainability are key drivers—Opac Group, a cosmetics company with two divisions (Treatments on Tissue and Cosmetic Laboratories), and Induplast Group, a leading company in beauty packaging, announce a strategic partnership to create an AI platform dedicated to the development of new cosmetic products.

The platform is designed to support brands, R&D laboratories, and marketing teams in designing and validating new concepts, along with optimizing packaging solutions.

In a market where product life cycles are becoming shorter and the demand for continuous innovation remains constant, reducing time to market means increasing both competitiveness and profitability. The synergy between technological capabilities and industrial know-how makes it possible to turn data into strategic insights and move from concept to shelf more quickly and effectively.

“The cosmetics industry requires speed, the ability to anticipate trends, and consistency between formula, brand identity, and packaging,” said Davide Cozzarolo, General Manager of Opac Group. “With this platform, we are putting AI at the service of brands to support more informed, market-driven decisions.”

“Collaboration is today the highest form of industrial innovation,” added Umberto Luoni, CEO of Induplast. “By combining our expertise in cosmetic packaging with AI technology and Opac Group’s capabilities, we aim to offer brands a real advantage: the ability to develop better products, faster, with an integrated vision across creativity, sustainability, and execution. This is the future we want to build—together.”

The project is also built on an open, collaborative vision across the entire value chain. The initiative can serve as a catalyst for other companies in the supply chain—raw material suppliers, ingredient providers, and technology partners—to participate in shared innovation projects, contributing to the development of increasingly integrated, sustainable, and market-oriented solutions.

This initiative represents a concrete step toward a new approach to product development in beauty: more data-driven, faster, and more closely aligned with real market needs.