RECENT NEWS

Making Cosmetics continues to grow year on year, with in excess of 1,400 attendees from across the industry expected through the doors at this month’s event, making it by far the most popular cosmetic and personal care products event of its type in the UK.

DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials, a leading specialty chemicals distributor, was awarded with the first prize in the Prix de la Formulation contest at the Cosmetagora 2015 in Paris, for its distinct ‘Total Shield Cushion Formulation SPF 25’ skin foundation.

Surfachem has been certified against the RSPO Supply Chain Certification System for ‘Purchasing, Storage, Distribution and Processing of Certified Palm Oil and Palm Oil derived Oleochemicals’.

BASF plans to invest up to €56 million in the expansion of its polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) value chain over the next four years. Through revamping existing plants in Ludwigshafen, Germany and Geismar, Louisiana and introducing the PVP technology at BASF’s site in Shanghai, China, the company will increase its global PVP production capacities by up to 6,000 metric tons.

TRI-K Industries announced the latest update to its protein line, Milk Tein NPNF. Made from food grade milk powder, Milk Tein NPNF immediately increases hydration to the skin and with repeated use, increases moisture retention on the skin.

CLR Chemisches Laboratorium Dr. Kurt Richter GmbH has been certified as having met the international Social Accountability Standard 8000 (SA8000). The SA8000 standard is based on a number of existing international human rights standards including the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and aims at the improvement of working conditions in the workplace.

Symrise has announced that it supports the French Research Institute CRIEPPAM in its environmental efforts to improve energy efficiency during lavender harvesting and distillation. The process will also considerably increase the quality of the essential oil obtained.

SCS Formulate has continued the growth in attendance since its move to the Ricoh Arena in 2009; last year the attendance reached a record of 978 unique visitors over the two days.

While products formulated with a high proportion of synthetic ingredients dominate the global natural personal care market, accounting for nearly 75% of the total market share in 2014, truly natural positioning is gaining importance with consumers, manufacturers, and retailers. Following this trend, marketers have increasingly been reformulating with a higher proportion of truly natural ingredients in their products.

Philip Ludwig, manager for Global Product Development and Applications at Lonza Consumer Care, has been appointed to the advisory council of the Center for Dermal Research (CDR).

Clariant and Beraca have announced a strategic alliance which comprises the acquisition of a 30% share of Beraca’s Division Health and Personal Care by Clariant, with the possibility of major participation in the future. The transaction will be subject to certain conditions, as well as regulatory approvals.

Eurofragance, an international company dedicated to the design and production of fragrances, plans to open its new creative centre in Dubai in July 2015. An investment of more than 2 million euros went into the new centre which is aimed at boosting business in the Gulf area. The new creative centre will be located in Dubai Biotechnology and Research Park, a reference business cluster in the area.

The Personal Care Division of BRB Silicones has strengthened its European distribution network and started sales in Latin America. Therefore, as of 1 March 2015 Clara Gil Navarro will join BRB Silicones as personal care technical service manager for Europe & Latin America.

LactoSpore, the proprietary Bacillus coagulans strain MTCC 5856 manufactured by Sabinsa Corporation for over 20 years, is for the first time included in cosmeceutical products with the launch of Massey Medicinals Candida Freedom Soap and Candida Freedom Bath Salts.

Vantage Specialty Chemicals has announced the appointment of Pat Brueggman as the new senior vice president & general manager of Vantage Personal Care.

Naolys presents active plant cells from the Great bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis) with a slimming and firming effect to the body: Splint&Slim Great bougainvillea.

Surfachem has announced they are certified against the RSPO Supply Chain Certification System for ‘Purchasing, Storage, Distribution and Processing of Certified Palm Oil and Palm Oil derived Oleochemicals’.

With Suprima, Merck is the first pigment manufacturer to launch a quality brand that groups several selected products under one umbrella. For the cosmetic market, Merck is launching the Ronastar Golden Jewel and Ronastar Noble Sparks products under the Suprima umbrella.

Troy Corporation has introduced the TroyCare FE-series of customised broad-spectrum preservative blends developed specifically for personal care and cosmetics applications. “With the FE-Series of preservatives, formulators can now select a customised broad-spectrum blend with the optimum levels of bactericide and fungicide for their formulations, yielding the lowest total preservative cost,” said David Koehl, global business manager – Home & Personal Care for Troy Corporation.

The second edition of Formulating Cosmetics and Making Cosmetics delivered an impressive number of visitors from across the cosmetic and personal care sector in Italy.