RECENT NEWS

The Society of Cosmetic Scientists has packed SCS Formulate with more content than ever before. From 17 – 18 November at the Ricoh Arena, visitors will be able to take advantage of 26+ hours of content.

Croda has welcomed the news that EU member states in the EU Commission Working Group on Cosmetics have voted in favour of approving zinc oxide as a UV filter in cosmetics in Europe.

The first comprehensive scientific publication of research into the anti-ageing benefits of Peptan collagen peptides from Rousselot has just been released.

Croda has officially opened its new Centre of Excellence for Africa, located in Parkhaven, Boksburg, east of Johannesburg.

Imerys Filtration & Performance Additives Europe has announced that its ImerCare Scrub range derived from natural perlite has been registered according to Cosmos natural and organic cosmetics standards.

Sederma introduces Mediatone, a highly purified active ingredient designed to brighten the complexion with a tailor-made approach for ethnic skins.

Pre-registration for the ninth edition of the Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) is now open. To be held from 1-3 March, PCHi 2016 will be located at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center.

This year, the Swiss Society of Cosmetic Chemists (Swiss SCC) hosted the important IFSCC conference which was made up of 600 participants from 40 different countries.

DSM Personal Care presented new research findings on robust emulsification at the Sunscreen Symposium in September.

At the Sunscreen Symposium in September, AkzoNobel highlighted its Dermacryl E and Dermacryl 79 film-forming polymers that enable formulators to create the finest sun protection products.

IMCD N.V. has opened an office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Vietnam joins IMCD’s expanding network of active countries within the AsiaPacific region, namely Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines , Singapore and Thailand.

Clariant has entered into an agreement to acquire a part of Vivimed Labs Limited’s personal care portfolio.

A new tool for corneotherapy, Skinperf LWG from Codif is a green biomaterial forming a lamellar gel which behaves like an intracutaneous reservoir of AHA.

DSM Personal Care has appointed Dr Thomas Rudolph as global head of research & development and member of its management team.

Versaperm’s permeability measurement equipment enables testing and development of a container’s design and determining the effect of both the manufacturing techniques and the materials used.

Azelis Group and Koda Distribution Group (KDG) announced that Azelis has signed a binding agreement to acquire US-based KDG.

DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials was awarded the '2014 Evonik Strategic Distributor of the Year' award in the category 'Excellence in Distribution' by Evonik Channel Management.

It has just been announced that Reed Exhibitions will launch in-cosmetics North America in 2016.

The Lubrizol Corporation introduced an innovative new line of functional polymers at the Sepawa Conference in Fulda, Germany earlier this month.

With brands across the globe increasingly looking to Asia for inspiration, the demand for new ingredients to create the next generation of personal care products has never been higher.