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Hair loss is often considered a male issue. However 30% to 40% of the female population is also affected. It often starts after menopause but can also be premature hair loss due to styling, dyeing, stress, or an unbalanced diet. It takes the form of a diffuse alopecia over the mid-frontal scalp.

Sabo and Kaneka Corporation announced their partnership for the green surfactant system, Sodium Surfactin. After a successful collaboration to develop and co-patent the multifunctional ingredient, Sabo SOL RF, Sabo and Kaneka will continue to work together in the research, development and production of products based on Sodium Surfactin.

By protecting the skin against all types of natural and artificial radiations (UV, visible light, specifically blue light, and infrared rays), Soliberine from Greentech constitutes a real biological innovation

The in-cosmetics Innovation Zone Best Ingredient Award honours the development of a novel active or functional ingredient that combines innovative science and product features, demonstrating benefits to manufacturers and end-users when compared with existing ingredients.

In its extensive product portfolio, Evonik has identified active ingredients for cosmetic products that help combat stress-related skin problems. Experts from the Personal Care Business Line are now presenting these under the title ‘Destress your skin’.

Amyris and the Government of Queensland, Australia, have announced a partnership to create a southeast hub of sustainable ingredients production for the rapidly growing personal care sector in Asia, while supporting Queensland’s local economy and sugarcane industry. The partnership aims to develop a new production plant with support from local partners.

TRI-K Industries was awarded first runner up overall, and first place among ingredient suppliers for the Sustainable Ingredient Award for their product, Baobab Tein NPNF, at the Sustainable Beauty Awards held in Paris, France

The Cosmos and Ecocert certified Cosphaderm KG complements the high performance thickening agents of the Cosphatec GmbH and reacts synergistically with Cosphaderm X 34 or Cosphaderm X soft.

The epidermis is one of the most active tissues in terms of regeneration thanks to the ability of the stem cells from the basal layer to divide and renew themselves. With age, this regenerative potential and the overall function of epidermis are reduced resulting in the development of ageing signs, such as appearance of wrinkles and loss of radiance.

With Pinolumin, Mibelle Biochemistry developed an active to capture the beneficial effects of Swiss stone pine in order to reduce skin irritation and inflammation.

Natural Plant Products has completed construction of a 125 square foot cosmetics applications lab at their Salem,OR headquarters. The lab will allow development of guide formulations incorporating NPP’s unique range of vegetable oils as well as facilitating further research.

DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products is celebrating ten years since the first commercial shipments of its biomaterial, bio-based 1,3-propanediol. Four years after the first shipment it announced an expansion increasing capacity by 35 per cent at its facility in Loudon, Tennessee.

DSM has developed a comprehensive approach to protect skin against the effects of environmental stressors, which the company is calling ‘Five Actives – Five Actions’. The approach has built on recent scientific advances to determine how the company’s leading actives can be applied to improve skin comfort, protection, colour, quality, and perfection.

Inolex has announced the sale of its industrial lubricants division (the 'Lexolube Division') to Zschimmer & Schwarz.

BRB International has celebrated its 35th anniversary by planting four trees at the newly opened Research & Development centre in Ittervoort, the Netherlands.

Innospec Inc. announced on December 30 that it has completed the acquisition of the European Differentiated Surfactants business from Huntsman in line with the agreement announced in August.

For the upcoming tenth anniversary of the Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) trade show, Reed Sinopharm Exhibitions announces a new Awards segment that will be launched at PCHi 2017, to be held from 21 – 23 February 2017 at the Guangzhou Poly World Trade Center.

The Lubrizol Corporation will introduce two new personal care concepts at Cosmetagora in Paris, 10-11 January 2017.

The launch of SymOcide C from Symrise provides cosmetic manufacturers with an effective and safe alternative to preserve their products.

ADPCosmetics presents two lines of non-nanometric mineral filters to face the main challenges in the sunscreen cosmetics market: high SPF, broad-spectrum protection and photostability.