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Family values with a global reach Family values with a global reach
Berje is a family-owned business that has been in operation for over six decades. The company’s origins and strengths lie in a profound understanding of the supply and quality of the diverse raw materials consumed by the flavour and fragrance industries.

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What can a small boat do when faced with a glacier? What can a small boat do when faced with a glacier?
We feel small when we think of the expanse of our environment and our place in nature, but at the same time we are so powerful: we can destroy our environment, we can contaminate our families, or we can protect, respect, and keep our homes and families happier and safer.

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Enhanced feel for problem lotions Enhanced feel for problem lotions
Clariant has announced additions to the texture and thickening enhancement Aristoflex product range, aimed at bringing soft skin feel to thin lotions and high pH-value lotions, creams and gel applications.

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James Robinson name change
James Robinson Ltd will be changing its name to Vivimed Labs Europe Ltd as of April 1 2010, the company has recently announced.
Anti-ageing skin care conference
Summit Events’ 2010 Anti Ageing Skin Care Conference will take place at The Royal College of Physicians, London, on 2-3 June. The first conference took place in June 2008 at the same venue.
Formula to target hair loss
Chinese ingredients supplier, Fenchem, has launched a herbal formulation designed to reduce hair loss. The formulation, which combines a variety of active ingredients, aims to increase blood circulation to the hair follicles, thereby stimulating growth.
Middle East acquisition for Symrise
Symrise has announced the acquisition of the Futura Labs Group, a leading flavours and fragrances manufacturer in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
Elementis acquires Fanning
Elementis Specialties has announced that, as of December 24, 2009, the company has acquired the assets of The Fanning Corporation and Fancor Limited, one of the largest North American suppliers of lanolin and lanolin derivatives.
Promising trials for bilberry extract
Pharmacological and clinical data for colorectal carcinoma chemoprevention on Indena’s standardised bilberry extract, Mirtoselect, were presented by Professor Andreas Gescher from the University of Leicester, UK, at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Italian Cancer Society (SIC) in Sesto San Giovanni, Milan late last year during the session of “Dietary Supplements and Nutraceuticals in the Management of Cancer”.

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Fruit butters for personal care
Biochemica International has introduced antioxidant-rich, USDA NOP organic certified fruit butters to the personal care industry.

TECHNICAL ARTICLE

Biological properties of olive leaf extract
EurolBT is an active ingredient for cosmetic and cosmeceutical applications that is a 100% natural aqueous extract derived from Olea europaea (olive) tree leaves. EurolBT is endowed with very interesting properties that mainly rely on its free radical scavenging action.1
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