RECENT NEWS

Givaudan Active Beauty has presented new scientific results to highlight the impact of site and skin types to get a healthy skin microbiota.

Lucideon, the international materials development and commercialization organization, is one of the winners of the Plastics Research and Innovation Fund (PRIF), funded through Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has launched a new film-forming polymer, Dermacryl X, that helps formulators to meet the latest consumer trends in the sunscreen market.

Symrise AG has successfully passed the UEBT membership assessment and is now expanding its UEBT membership to the entire corporation. For a couple of years, Symrise Madagascar and Brazil have been members of the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT).

Symrise presents SymHair Shape & Color. The cosmetic ingredient is able to tame volume and frizz, gives a memory effect to curls even in high humidity and protects coloured hair from fading. SymHair Shape & Color also strengthens the hair and decreases hair breakage.

Imercare Dolce, from Imerys, is a 100% natural, premium talc developed specifically to provide a velvety touch and high cohesion in pressed powders.

Last night, Croda International Plc celebrated being voted the most admired company in the British chemical sector for the second year running, as well as being named the third most admired company in Britain.

Elé Corporation of McCook, IL, has announced the addition of Jane Pinda as senior director of distribution sales.

Troy Corporation announced that it has completed the acquisition of DBM Blending B.V. of Moerdijk, The Netherlands. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Following a strategy of generating technical output and support for customers in the Personal Care industry in the last 4 years, at the beginning of 2018 the IOI group decided to invest in increasing resources for the field of technical applications.

Clariant and its Active Ingredients business unveil new data further confirming the effectiveness of food-origin plant extracts active BioDTox in activating the skin’s natural detoxification process, controlling sebum and cleansing pollutants on the skin so that they can be easily eliminated.

Inolex has announced a major expansion of its US manufacturing capabilities. The expansion, which is set for completion by the second half of 2019, will replace the company’s current US production and warehouse operations with a new flagship plant in Charlotte, North Carolina.

IMCD has announced that it is the first distributor to be presented with the prestigious Lean & Green Award in Spain. The Lean & Green initiative is a European programme for sustainable logistics, supporting companies in their efforts to achieve a sustainable improvement in mobility.

BASF has revised the Sunscreen Simulator, the digital lab for sun care formulations, to make it more user-friendly and versatile.

Pedro Marcet, co-CEO for nearly 40 years at Provital Group, has announced his decision to step down from his management position at the company, and to leave the company effective 15 November 2018.

Croda International are celebrating the official opening of their Centre of Innovation for Marine Biotechnology. The centre is based at Prince Edward Island's Nautilus Biosciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of Croda.

Reed Sinopharm Exhibitions has announced a new structure for its education programme at Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) 2019.

Azelis will exhibit at SCS Formulate, UK’s largest event of its kind, focusing on raw materials, ingredients and formulation services used in creating personal care and cosmetic products.

With an action-packed programme of interactive activities and an increased focus on helping indie brands create innovative new products, the third edition of in-cosmetics North America was a success.

The winners of the 2018 Sustainable Beauty Awards were announced at a dedicated reception in Paris recently. About 160 senior executives from the beauty industry attended the awards reception.