RECENT NEWS

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

Corbion Purac have launched Purac UltraPure, a unique, high-quality grade of L-lactic acid with an extremely low base odour and a water-clear appearance. Purac claim UltraPure is the purest natural lactic acid available and brings powerful moisturisation and anti-ageing properties to formulations where an exceptionally low base odour is required.

Soliance launched a new product in April: 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 neuro-soothing active.

Both unsightly and uncomfortable, oily skin affects both men and women. The physical signs are shiny skin and a lack of radiance, often accompanied by dilated pores. Oily skin is also more prone to developing blemishes.

Lipoid Kosmetik has achieved the Gold CSR Rating, the highest certification from Ecovadis.

Henry van den Heuvel has been appointed global creative director at Eurofragance. This position has been created to meet the company’s needs for a manager to oversee its teams of perfumers around the world. Eurofragance has creative centres in Barcelona and Mexico with a centre in Dubai to follow soon.

Sederma is launching Apiscalp, its latest multifunctional ingredient dedicated to scalp care. Apiscalp helps fight against dandruff, itching, dryness and hyperseborrhea to provide beauty and comfort to both oily scalp and dry scalp.

Market research company Euromonitor International has released a new white paper on the challenges and opportunities in targeting the senior consumer.

Green brands need to focus on distribution if they are to widen appeal of sustainable products, according to Organic Monitor. Their research finds the most successful green brands are those who have expanded distribution into mainstream channels.

Mibelle Biochemistry won the BSB Innovation Prize at in-cosmetics 2015 with its PerfectionPeptide P7 ingredient. PerfectionPeptide P7 is a biologically active heptapeptide that stimulates the skin’s own self-defense mechanisms against oxidative stress at the cellular level.

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.

Dow Corning launched their Trends Lab 2015, the company’s new portfolio of innovative formulation concepts that anticipate upcoming consumer preferences in skin care and hair care.

Lucas Meyer Cosmetics won the Silver Award of the Innovation Zone Best Active Ingredient with its SWT-7 and also the Silver Award of the Innovation Zone Best Functional Ingredient with Lecigel and its Happiness in a Jar concept at the 2015 in-cosmetics in Barcelona.

This 25th edition of in-cosmetics will be a memorable one for Sederma. Its anti-wrinkle active ingredient Matrixyl has received the 25 Years of Innovation Award which recognises the product that has had the greatest impact on the personal care market in the last quarter-century.

Affiliates of INOLEX, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have signed a definitive agreement to purchase ieS LABO, of Oraison, France.

The challenges of dispersing standard silicone elastomers in water are well known. Standard silicone elastomers can be very difficult to disperse uniformly in external water phase emulsions or aqueous gels due to their inability to fit into o/w micelles and general hydrophobic incompatibility with water.

Lucas Meyer Cosmetics will unveil its latest release: SWT-7, at the in-cosmetics trade show in April 2015. SWT-7 is an ultra-high tech active designed to rapidly give a smoother looking skin, blur the appearance of vertical wrinkles, skin texture, lip contour wrinkles and roughness, and reduce migration of lipstick.

Celsis has introduced the Celsis Accel system, a robust and easy-to-use rapid microbial screening system for small and medium-size manufacturing companies.

UK manufacturer and distributor, Lansdowne Chemicals, is now operating in the personal care market. With well-established aroma and nutrition divisions, it was a natural step for the business to expand into personal care. The new division is able to take advantage of the current distribution network with warehousing and staff in Dubai, The Netherlands, New Jersey and Shanghai.

The Lubrizol Corporation was awarded the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification according to the European Federation for Cosmetics Ingredients (EFfCI). EFfCI is a European trade association that brings together manufacturers of synthetic and natural ingredients for the cosmetics and personal care industry.