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in-cosmetics Korea opens this week

How do I develop my formulation skills and what new technologies will help me create unique new beauty concepts? These are two questions every cosmetic chemist in Korea should be asking themselves as brands fight it out for market share in the hyper competitive global personal care industry.

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/ Jun 07, 2018

Looking for the world's essences

After years of prioritising technology above all else, nature is still the best source of medicines, food and even cosmetic ingredients.

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/ May 24, 2018

Launch of R&D club

The in-cosmetics Group has announced the launch of a new initiative. The all-new R&D Club will provide cosmetic chemists from the global beauty industry with yet another opportunity to network and learn.

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/ May 24, 2018

Award for bio-ethylene oxide plant

Croda International has been awarded the ICIS Surfactants Award for Sustainability for their new pioneering bio-ethylene oxide plant.

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/ May 11, 2018

New director for personal care business unit

Acme-Hardesty has announced that Caren Dres-Hajeski has joined the company as business unit director, Personal Care.

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/ May 10, 2018

Certification announcement

CLR Chemisches Laboratorium Dr. Kurt Richter GmbH has obtained the EFfCI Certification for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for Cosmetic Ingredients, Standard 2017

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/ May 10, 2018

Lastest standard achieved

Jeen International announced that it has successfully transitioned from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015, the latest version of the standard.

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/ May 10, 2018

App to aid formulators

DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products has launched their new smartphone application for cosmetic formulators. The app features technical information, sample formulations, recorded webinars and news about Zemea propanediol. Users will have the ability to create collections of their favourite documents, store them offline, and email multiple documents directly from the app. In addition, new formulation technique video clips will be released monthly providing insights to cosmetic scientists solving today’s industry challenges.

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/ May 10, 2018

Innovation award at PCHi

Coptis won the PCHi Fountain Award 2018 in the category Product/ Technology at the Personal Care and Cosmetics Innovation at PCHi exhibition in Shanghai, China. The Fountain Award rewards technology innovation in the industry.

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/ May 10, 2018

25th anniversary celebrated

Symrise introduced the cosmetic raw material Hydrolite 5 back in 1992. Hydrolite 5 is pentylene glycol, a 1,2alkanediol that had a big impact on the market of cosmetic ingredients. The versatile substance is well suited for broad use in cosmetic products.

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/ May 10, 2018

Surfactants business sold

BASF Mexicana, S.A. de C.V . has closed the previously announced sale of a portion of its oleochemical surfactants business in Mexico to Stepan CDMX, S. de R.L. de C.V .

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/ May 10, 2018

Award won for fourth time

Azelis has won the 2018 Fountain Award for Personal Care and Cosmetics Innovation at PCHi exhibition in Shanghai, China. Azelis was awarded this prestigious award for the fourth year in a row and was up against fierce competition, with a total of 103 product entries.

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/ May 10, 2018

Four new actives launched

Evonik has launched four new active ingredients for skin and hair care. As a common feature, they all share verifiable effectiveness proven by clinical studies and offer the highest degree of sustainability.

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/ May 10, 2018

New approach for microbiota

Silab is officially unveiling its Microbiota Platform that was created over a year ago. This specialist platform boasts the expertise and technologies required to investigate, in a cross-cutting and complementary manner, the microbiota of the skin’s ecosystems on the one hand and that of plants on the other hand, making it unique worldwide.

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/ May 10, 2018

New test reveals brightening

Actizyme advanced botanical ingredient from Lipotec is a fungi-derived protease that mimics the activity of endogenous cathepsin D to improve cell renewal specifically in the skin surface, without irritation and barrier damage.

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/ May 10, 2018

Natural antioxidant from chestnut

Robertet Health & Beauty has drawn inspiration from nature to create Casta’Néa, a chestnut pericarp extract containing powerful polyphenols. Its powerful antioxidant action has been evaluated by the European Institute of Antioxidants and awarded their highest label: the Gold PAOT.

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/ May 10, 2018

Science for beauty and lifestyle

Hosted by the German Society of Cosmetic Chemists, the 30th IFSCC Congress from 18–21 September, 2018 in Munich, Germany is going to be one of the highlights of the cosmetic science world this year. Some 1500 delegates from all over the world are expected to visit the event.

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/ May 10, 2018

Inspired by clock genes

Ashland pioneered one of the first biofunctional ingredients in the cosmetics industry to be inspired by clock genes. Now Ashland is re-introducing the novel solution Chronogen YST to provide a cosmetic solution to the deleterious effect of social jetlag on the skin.

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/ May 10, 2018

Strategic partnership on biopolymers

Seppic and Ecovia Renewables have entered into a partnership to develop and market high performing, biobased and biodegradable polymers.

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/ May 10, 2018

Sustainability award for active

Sederma was awarded with the PCHi Fountain Award for Green/Sustainable Active Ingredient for Apiscalp, its ecodesigned product dedicated to scalp purity and comfort.

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/ May 10, 2018

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