RECENT NEWS

Dow Home, Institutional and Personal Care Solutions revealed its Ethocel oil thickeners and film-formers during in-cosmetics 2015. Dow is launching this latest innovation, using the theme Adding Value to Life, to demonstrate how it uses scientific breakthroughs to help enhance the wellbeing and enjoyment of people all over the world.

Gattefossé has welcomed three beehives, each containing 50,000 bees raised in Pérouges (Ain), which have been installed on the Saint-Priest site.

Symrise has opened its new production plant Symrise Amazon Ecoparque in Belém, Pará, in the Amazon region. The strategic investment is to facilitate the development of products for global beauty care. It also integrates sustainability aspects along the entire value chain – from sourcing and production to contributing to the social and economic development of the region.

Summit Events, a B2B networking events organiser, announced that its next Sun Protection & Anti-ageing Skin Care Conference Asia, originally scheduled for 8/9 July 2015 in Singapore, will be postponed to July next year.

FloraGLO Lutein Topical, from Kemin, has displayed its effectiveness in shielding skin against High Energy Visible (HEV) light. People are exposed to HEV light through both natural light and predominantly man-made light, being used to illuminate the screens of electronic devices such as computers, televisions, and mobile phones.

Skin ageing which is due to intrinsic ageing as well as environmental factors causes a gradual decline in skin functions: modification of the skin’s structure, loss of skin elasticity, appearance of lines and wrinkles, etc.

Baycusan brand polyurethane dispersions from Bayer MaterialScience enable numerous new applications and have become established as multifunctional raw materials for the beauty industry. Bayer highlighted new product grades and formulations of Baycusan C raw materials at the New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists’ Suppliers’ Day 2015.

Rising consumer awareness of natural and organic products is fuelling product sales across the region, according to a new study by Organic Monitor.

The 2015 IFSCC Conference, to be held at the Conference Center Zurich from 21-23 September, will have a series of high-level keynote speeches reflecting the theme ‘More Facts.

Lipotec has been recently honoured with the Lester Conrad Best Paper Award given by the Asian Societies of Cosmetic Scientists (ASCS) during the 12th Biannual Conference held in Cairns, Australia on 28-30 April.

Supported by Greentech, the association for the promotion of studies and research on skin physiology will become a Foundation.

Clariant has announced the opening of the Consumer Care Competence Center under its Business Unit Industrial & Consumer Specialties (ICS) to be located in Singapore at The Synergy, 1 International Business Park.

Algatech has announced it has signed a supply and long-term collaboration agreement with Fujifilm in Japan, for its AstaPure natural astaxanthin ingredients.

Mibelle Biochemistry has just completed the relaunch and redesign of its website.

Vantage Specialty Chemicals has announced the appointment of Richard McEvoy as the new chief executive officer of Vantage Specialty Chemicals. In his new role, he will oversee all units of Vantage, including Personal Care, Performance Materials, and Oleo Chemicals.

Momentive Performance Materials introduced SilForm INX fluid at in-cosmetics Barcelona. This versatile new additive can improve formulations for colour cosmetics and hair care products.

Soliance recently launched a new product: Mariliance, a marine neuro-soother. Some studies have recently shown that reduction of pain sensation extends lifetime. As a result, Soliance marine biotechnology experts have extracted the essence of the red microalgae Rhodosorus marinus to offer Mariliance, a powerful active.

DKSH and Tagra unveiled Tagra’s CameleonCaps, a new range of encapsulated pigments, with a launch at in-cosmetics 2015.

Lubrizol Corporation presented Surfachem (part of 2M Holdings) with the prestigious Added Value Award during the latest distributors’ meeting at in-cosmetics 2015 in Barcelona.

At this year’s in-cosmetics, the Beiersdorf group honoured Silab for its innovative Silabskin biological 3D models. This prize was awarded for the second year in a row by the German maker of Nivea, Eucerin and La Prairie. This programme is an extension of Beiersdorf’s Pearlfinder open innovation platform, which allows it to quickly evaluate innovative ideas with high-potential entered by manufacturers of cosmetic ingredients.