RECENT NEWS

Givaudan Active Beauty launches a new 'smart bead' for hair care applications to cover white and grey hairs in hair styling and combing products.

ChromoHance 113 polymer (INCI: Polyquaternium-113) is a new technology from Ashland for shampoo and conditioner products that shields oxidative colour-treated hair from surfactant stripping.

The Lubrizol Corporation will introduce new product innovations at Sepawa in Fulda, Germany October 12-14.

Major new trends driving the Asia Pacific personal care market are set to be unveiled at in-cosmetics Asia in Bangkok from 8 to 10 November.

Innospec has appointed Manuchar as their distribution partners in the Middle East.

A statement has recently been released by IOI Oleo concerning the lifting of a suspension on RSPO activities at two plantations belonging to the company.

With a total visitor attendance of more than 2,000, this month’s event at Pier 36 welcomed senior scientists and R&D representatives from across North America, including 23 of the top 25 US manufacturers.

Back in force in women’s baskets, the mask benefits from both the facial sheet mask trend coming from Korea and the spa/pampering popularisation.

Metamorphosis from Clariant highlights the synergistic effect between nature and technology through texture transformations within the same product. For example, an oil that becomes a lotion during application.

The Dow Chemical Company announced the launch of LabSense, a collaboration model featuring a network of personal care experts, capabilities and technologies that accelerate innovation for brand owners around the world. Unveiled at in-cosmetics Korea, LabSense offers personal care formulators the opportunity to gain access to state-of-the-art finished product concepts designed to address the latest consumer trends.

Amyris is embarking on a new collaboration with Givaudan. The two companies have been engaged in the research and development of proprietary fragrance ingredients for several years, and the significantly expanded partnership reinforces the diversity and value of Amyris’s R&D platform and manufacturing capabilities to customers.

The African operations of Earthoil Plantations are now certified carbon neutral. Over three months, the Earthoil team has donated and installed more than 45 stoves in 19 communities across three counties. Its staff has also delivered in excess of 600 hours of training to 46 families.

Symrise Amazon in Brazil is the first manufacturer of cosmetic ingredients, fragrances and flavours in Latin America certified by the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT).

Innospec has announced that it will acquire the European Personal Care and Home Care business of Huntsman. Based in Belgium with manufacturing sites in France, Italy and Spain, the business employs approximately 430 people and has sales revenue of around $230 million.

Fragrance design and creation company, Eurofragance, has opened its fourth Creative Center in Singapore.

The international sales and marketing activities of the wax manufacturer KahlWax are being stepped up, with a new team around Martina Heldermann combining technical sales, application technology, and marketing.

Basildon Chemicals, a subsidiary of KCC Corporation, has recently made large investments in new technology and facilities at their Oxfordshire (UK) headquarters.

Azelis has announced strategic organisational changes, including Asia, and a new appointment to the board of directors.

With preparations for the 10th edition of the PCHi trade show now in full swing, show organiser, Reed Sinopharm Exhibitions, is firming up an exciting array of activities to keep show attendees engaged from 21 – 23 February 2017 at the Guangzhou Poly World Trade Center in Guangzhou, China

Formulators from some of the best-known brands in the global beauty industry will go head-to-head in the first ever in-cosmetics Formulation Challenge, taking place in the Formulation Lab at in-cosmetics North America on 7 September 2016 in New York City.