In 2003, PLASTIAPE acquired 100% of CO-STA establishing an industrial group specialized in the production of plastic bottles and containers for cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.

Plastiape specializes in products made by thermoplastic resin, focusing on high precision and complex medical devices. Among these, mono- and multi-dose dispensers and inhalers, moulded in Class 100,000 white rooms and assembled, checked and packaged in Class 10,000 rooms.
Important in the production mix are also the dispensers for fluid cream deodorants, made on firm’s own patents, and the sticks for deodorant used by the market leaders.
Plastiape, Vision 2000 certified, holds over 50 patents and invest 6% of total sales in research and development.

The company is registered at the Murst (Ministry of the University and Scientific Research), which grants funds for further development of the products.

The key product is the single-dose powder inhaler, a medical device developed and improved through company’s know-how and approved by the Italian Healthcare Ministry.

 


CO-STA is a member company of the Colombo Group (CO.GE.FIN), an industrial-financial holding group operating in the zinc, plastic, bathroom-furnishing sectors.