HCP Packaging UK Ltd
About us
From conception through to manufacture, HCP Packaging work with the world’s leading beauty brands to design, develop and supply next generation primary packaging for the cosmetics and skincare industry. With an enviable reputation for innovation and creative technology, HCP offer global manufacturing for international brands with state-of- the-art facilities across Asia, North America and Europe.
SIMP (part of the HCP Packaging Group) is a leader in the plastic and rubber injection fields. SIMP is a cosmetic applicators manufacturer and trend-setter offering its clients striking innovations to renew the art of make-up.
Products & services
HCP 'Design Futures'
Led by a globally recognised creative force, HCP’s ‘Design Futures’ team sits at the forefront of beauty packaging design. Fully integrated within HCP’s global infrastructure, the team blends advanced technology, precision engineering and world-class design to guide brands from concept to production. Unlike many manufacturers, ‘Design Futures’ offers a true creative partnership—transforming packaging into a powerful brand asset. Whether customising stock packs or developing bespoke designs, the team delivers: Consumer-driven, trend-led solutions Streamlined project management Visually captivating, functional packaging A seamless path from idea to launch The result? Packaging that enhances brand identity and delivers standout consumer experiences.
HCP 'Application Futures'
‘Application Futures’ is HCP’s expert-led service for designing high-performance applicators across lashes, brows, lips and complexion. With global facilities in Europe, North America and Asia, HCP partners with beauty brands in interactive workshops—blending technical innovation, market insight and hands-on collaboration. From stock applicators to fully custom designs, the team supports: Fast-to-market launches with an extensive stock portfolio Custom development: shape, material & technology tailored to the formula Performance-led refinement for precise, targeted application Co-creation workshops that align product vision with real-world expertise This expertise ensures precision, innovation, and functionality - elevating both product performance and consumer satisfaction.
Stock Packaging for Cosmetics & Skincare
With a catalogue of over 500 standard components, HCP offers extensive solutions across compacts, palettes, lipsticks, mascaras, eyeliners, lip gloss, brow packs, pots, jars, skincare pumps, bottles and droppers. When full custom development isn’t practical, HCP enables brands to transform stock packaging through expert design input and advanced finishing techniques. By adapting form and finish, brands can create packaging that is: Distinctive and trend-driven Visually compelling for consumers and influencers Fast to market, without compromising impact HCP’s stock packaging solutions deliver speed, style and standout shelf appeal.
HCP-SIMP Precision Moulded Applicators
HCP-SIMP delivers world-class expertise in the design, development, and manufacture of precision-moulded mascara brushes—ensuring optimal performance and exceptional makeup results. By combining SIMP’s advanced micro-injection technology with HCP’s full-pack manufacturing and decoration capabilities across Asia, Europe, and North America, we offer a seamless, full-service mascara solution. Through an extensive portfolio of patented designs—and the Le Rendez Vous platform for customised applicator creation—SIMP empowers brands to refine brush architecture, including: Material hardness Sculpting tips or curved bristles Unique formations and micro-detailing With an innovation-first mindset, HCP-SIMP delivers high-quality, fast-to-market solutions shaped by evolving beauty trends.
Sustainable Innovation at HCP
HCP is committed to advancing sustainability in beauty packaging. HCP has earned the EcoVadis Gold rating for corporate responsibility—recognising its leadership in ethical and sustainable practices. With a focus on circularity and traceable sourcing, HCP offers PCR materials and ISCC PLUS-certified options, supporting eco-conscious brand strategies across global markets. Sustainable innovations include: Bio-based Materials: HCP can offer bio-based alternatives for both packaging and applicators Refillable packaging: Designed to reduce waste Mono-material and non-styrenic ranges: For skincare, mascara, and lip gloss - minimal and recyclable Non-styrenic packs & bio-based brushes: Lower impact, high performance HCP's aim is to take a holistic approach - embedding sustainability into every stage of design and production. From refillable formats to recyclable components, HCP helps brands meet their environmental goals - without compromising on aesthetics, quality, or consumer experience.
Custom Packaging Solutions
For the creation of bespoke beauty icons, HCP offers a fully integrated design and manufacturing service - creating and realising completely new, custom packaging solutions. Our expert designers and engineers collaborate closely with clients throughout the process: from ideation and concept creation to digital modelling, prototyping, and advanced finishing techniques. The result? Packaging that elevates and differentiates your product on-shelf. Every client benefits from a proven, reliable custom development process, including: Concept creation based on your brief 2D and 3D visuals Functional models and “proof of principle” prototypes Technical support through every stage Whether evolving an existing idea or starting from scratch, HCP’s design, engineering and project teams offer a seamless path to high-impact bespoke packaging.
Stock & Custom Tottles
HCP’s squeezable and portable tottles provide flexible packaging solutions for complexion and skincare products such as foundation, primer, highlighter, and creams. Available in 10ml, 15ml, 30ml, and 50ml sizes, these user-friendly packs are designed to support everyday beauty routines with convenience and performance. HCP offers both stock and custom packaging options - enabling brands to move quickly with ready-to-go formats or develop fully bespoke designs to meet specific needs. Aligned with HCP’s sustainability focus, tottles can be produced using PCR materials to reduce virgin plastic content. For a premium and eco-conscious alternative, they are also available in HCP’s exclusive bio-based, fossil-free EcoWood material - offering elevated aesthetics with reduced environmental impact. HCP also provides extensive customisation and decoration capabilities - from colour-matching and finishes to metallisation, silk screening and digital print - allowing brands to create truly distinctive tottle packaging that aligns with their visual identity.
Cushion Compacts
HCP’s cushion compacts provide a hygienic, portable packaging solution for low-viscosity liquid foundations and hybrid formulas - delivering weightless, buildable coverage. An advanced airtight sealing system protects against leakage, contamination, and drying - helping maintain formula integrity and consistent performance over time. Available in a range of sizes and profiles, these packs can be developed as stock or custom solutions, with options including refillable designs, customisable top-plates, and soft-close magnetic openings to elevate the user experience. Advanced decoration and material options allow each compact to be tailored precisely to brand identity.
Sensorial Application
From metal to flocked and silicone, HCP’s sensorial applicators are designed to transform application into a true beauty experience. Thoughtfully engineered to balance touch, control and performance, these applicators elevate both skincare and makeup rituals. From soft curves to cool contours, each applicator blends tactile pleasure with precise functionality—supporting effortless application, enhanced comfort and intuitive use. Available as stock or fully custom solutions, HCP’s sensorial applicators can be tailored in shape, material and finish, allowing brands to create distinctive gestures that reinforce product performance and emotional connection.
Lipsticks
HCP is a global leader in the design, development, and manufacture of lipstick and twist-up stick packaging - combining design precision with high-performance functionality. The portfolio spans full-size formats, airtight systems, trimline designs, slimsticks, super slimsticks, and minis, supporting a wide range of brand positioning and usage occasions. From stock solutions to fully custom packs, HCP offers extensive finishing and decoration capabilities across both metal and plastic components - enabling distinctive aesthetics without compromising performance. Refillable innovation is a key focus, with engineered refill mechanisms designed to support circular beauty models while maintaining a premium look, feel, and durability. Additional sustainable options include mono-material constructions and the use of recycled and recyclable materials. Supported by in-house model and tool making, advanced engineering, and technical expertise, HCP delivers complete lipstick packaging solutions tailored to the evolving needs of global beauty brands.
Aluminium Packaging
HCP offers extensive aluminium packaging capabilities - combining premium aesthetics, technical performance and sustainability across multiple beauty applications. Naturally cool to the touch and visually refined, aluminium delivers a high-end sensorial experience while remaining one of the most widely recycled materials globally. HCP works with both virgin and recycled aluminium, enabling brands to balance design ambition with environmental goals. The use of recycled aluminium significantly reduces energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, supporting circular packaging strategies without compromising quality or durability. Advanced finishing and decoration techniques further elevate aluminium components, including anodisation and double anodisation, custom colour development, matt, satin or high-gloss effects, and durable graphic applications. These processes enhance corrosion resistance, longevity and tactile appeal. Applicable across stock and custom packaging formats, HCP’s aluminium solutions are supported by in-house engineering, tooling and manufacturing expertise - allowing brands to scale innovative, sustainable luxury consistently across categories.
Mascara, Brows & Eyeliner
HCP is a global leader in mascara and brow packaging, delivering complete solutions that unite brush engineering, advanced wiper technology and full-pack innovation. From fibre to precision-moulded brushes, each component is engineered to support optimal formula performance and controlled, high-impact application. With production across Europe and Asia, HCP combines global scale with deep applicator expertise. The dedicated Application Futures team works closely with brands to refine brush–formula pairings, enabling customised, high-performance application experiences tailored to specific product goals. Beyond mascara and brows, HCP also offers eyeliner packaging and applicators - supporting looks from sharply defined and bold to softly blended and expressive. Across all eye categories, HCP’s industry-leading finishes and decoration capabilities transform both stock and custom packaging to align with brand identity, spanning prestige through to mass market.
Skincare Pumps & Packaging
HCP delivers comprehensive skincare packaging solutions designed to support performance, protection and premium user experience across a wide range of formats. From precision dispensing to portable and refill-ready designs, HCP’s skincare portfolio balances functionality, aesthetics and sustainability. Solutions span airless and atmospheric pumps engineered for controlled dosing and formula integrity, tottles designed for convenience and on-the-go use, droppers offering precise, hygienic application for low-viscosity formulas, and pots and jars developed with expertise in materials, wall thickness and compatibility. Across all skincare formats, HCP provides stock and custom packaging options, extensive decoration and finishing capabilities, and sustainable choices including PCR materials, non-styrenic components, refillable designs and ready-to-recycle constructions. Supported by in-house engineering, tooling and technical expertise, HCP enables brands to bring differentiated skincare packaging to market—combining speed, scalability and consistent performance without compromising on design or sustainability.
Airless Skincare Pumps & Packaging
HCP’s airless skincare packaging is engineered to protect formula integrity while delivering precise, hygienic dispensing and a premium user experience. Designed to minimise air exposure, airless systems help preserve sensitive formulations, extend shelf life and ensure consistent performance from first use to last. HCP’s portfolio includes both stock and custom airless solutions, suitable for a wide range of skincare applications such as serums, moisturisers, treatments and sun care. Advanced pump technologies support accurate dosing, smooth actuation and high product evacuation—meeting both performance and convenience expectations. Available across multiple sizes, styles and formats, HCP’s airless packs can be paired with custom bottles, refined silhouettes and extensive decoration options to align with brand identity across all market segments. Supported by in-house engineering, tooling and automated manufacturing capabilities, HCP enables brands to bring airless skincare packaging to market with speed, scalability and confidence—without compromising on design, sustainability or functionality.
Lipgloss & Concealer
HCP delivers innovative, high-performance full-pack solutions for lips and complexion categories - designed to enhance application, elevate aesthetics and optimise formula performance. The portfolio spans lip gloss, liquid lipstick, concealer, foundation, highlighter and eye colour, supporting a wide range of textures, coverage levels and usage occasions. With an extensive stock portfolio alongside custom development opportunities, HCP enables brands to balance speed-to-market with differentiation through intuitive, trend-led designs. Advanced applicator solutions, including versatile flocked tips ranging from jumbo shapes for full coverage to smaller profiles for precision application, are engineered to support controlled, effortless use.
Compacts, Palettes & Kits
HCP is a long-standing leader in compact and palette packaging, renowned for highly decorative, precision-engineered solutions for pressed powder and hot-pour applications. An extensive stock portfolio is complemented by bespoke development capabilities, allowing brands to achieve strong shelf impact while balancing speed-to-market with distinctive design. HCP’s expertise in injection and bi-injection moulding, mirror cutting and advanced hinge systems provides a robust technical foundation - enabling complex forms, refined detailing and premium user interactions across both luxury and mass market segments. Decoration is a key differentiator. Industry-leading finishing and decoration techniques - including UV metallisation, digital printing, multi-layer spray effects and special finishes - allow brands to create standout aesthetics, from subtle elegance to bold, expressive design statements. Supported by in-region manufacturing across Asia and Europe, enhanced by refillable designs and eco-conscious material options, HCP delivers compact and palette packaging that combines decorative excellence, performance and responsible innovation.
Finishing & Decoration
Finishing and decoration are central to HCP’s ability to transform packaging into a powerful brand expression. Across all categories, HCP offers industry-leading decorative capabilities that elevate stock and custom packaging - enabling brands to achieve distinctive shelf presence, tactile appeal and premium perceived value. HCP’s expertise spans a wide range of advanced finishing techniques, including metallisation, anodisation and double anodisation, digital printing, special spray effects, specialised surface treatments and a wide array of top-plate technologies. These processes enable precise colour control, depth, contrast and durability across both plastic and metal components. Decoration is fully integrated into HCP’s design and manufacturing process, allowing finishes to be developed in harmony with form, function and material choice. From subtle, refined aesthetics to bold, expressive statements, HCP supports brand storytelling across prestige, masstige and mass market segments.
Jelly Touch
HCP’s Jelly Touch innovation transforms application into a fun, sensorial beauty experience - creating playful design with a portable format. Featuring a soft, jelly-like silicone tip, the applicator delivers a smooth, bouncy feel that supports effortless blending and a natural finish. The distinctive flower-shaped tip enables intuitive application - ideal for lightweight, buildable textures across lips, cheeks and complexion products. Engineered for hygienic, on-the-go use, the easy-clean silicone applicator eliminates the need for dip-in tools, helping reduce mess and improve everyday usability. Paired with a squeezable tottle, it supports clean, convenient dispensing wherever routines take place. Available within HCP’s stock portfolio with customisation opportunities, the Jelly Touch Applicator can be tailored through colour, finish and decoration to align with brand identity.
Twisted-Wire Applicator Innovation
HCP is a leader in twisted-wire fibre brush innovation, delivering advanced applicator solutions engineered to enhance mascara performance and lash definition. Through precision brush trimming and contouring techniques, HCP creates high-performance fibre brushes that deliver superior combing, controlled application and enhanced formula payoff. A wide range of customisation options—including grooves, twists and zig-zag cuts - allows brush architecture to be tailored to specific performance goals, from separation and length to volume and intensity. HCP’s patented Microsphere technology further enhances volumising performance. Featuring microscopic fibre-tip spheres, this innovation increases formula pick-up and deposit, enabling fuller-looking lashes and customised results for premium lash looks. Supported by dedicated centres of excellence and deep applicator engineering expertise, HCP delivers scalable, high-performance fibre brush solutions aligned with evolving beauty trends and brand needs.