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Clariant has achieved ISO 22716 Cosmetics Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification for its cosmetics ingredients site in Tangerang, Indonesia. The site is the eighth Clariant location to be endorsed with the cosmetics industry reference standard.

Merck has announced that it has entered into a license agreement with Korean pigment producer CQV Co. covering inter alia CQV’s product ‘Chaos Super Gold C-603S’. Merck sued CQV at the Seoul Central District Court in Korea in 2011, claiming infringement of Merck’s patent No. 724,175 by CQV’s production and sale of Chaos Super Gold C-603S.

On 12-13 March 2013, leading experts in the field of cosmetic chemistry will present information about current issues that affect the cosmetics and beauty industry at the annual SCC Education Day.

Evonik has developed a patented biotechnological green production process based on the fermentation of a nonconventional yeast called Wickerhamomyces ciferrii (formerly known as Pichia ciferrii).

Hyaluronic acid is an indispensable anti-ageing biomarker that hydrates skin, consolidates the dermal bed and as a result smoothes out wrinkles. Within its ‘Silab actives you can’t perform without’ range, Silab proposes Prohyal+, a reference anti-wrinkle active ingredient.

Clariant has achieved ISO 22716 Cosmetics Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification for its cosmetics ingredients site in Tangerang, Indonesia. The site is the eighth Clariant location to be endorsed with the cosmetics industry reference standard.

Hyaluronic acid is an indispensable anti-ageing biomarker that hydrates skin, consolidates the dermal bed and as a result smoothes out wrinkles. Within its ‘Silab actives you can’t perform without’ range, Silab proposes Prohyal+, a reference anti-wrinkle active ingredient.

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies specialises in providing water treatment systems and service to the pharmaceutical, scientific and healthcare industries.

Envirogen Water Technologies will be supporting the Making Cosmetics show in March 2013. Envirogen is a total solutions provider, supplying water purification and water treatment systems to customers in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and healthcare market, where high grade, purified water is an essential element in the manufacturing process.

The New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) honoured scientists from Evonik’s Personal Care Business Line with the Shaw Mudge Award for best paper presented at SCC‘s annual scientific meeting and technology showcase.

Vantage Specialty Chemicals has announced the appointment of Conrad Kempinska as the new executive vice president of Vantage’s Personal Care business.

The European edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit brought together about 150 senior executives from the beauty industry to discuss sustainability issues.

Symrise AG has won the German Sustainability Award 2012 in the ‘Germany’s Most Sustainable Initiatives’ category. The company impressed the jury with its approach to the sustainable procurement of vanilla in Madagascar.

Lipo Chemicals has launched its new website. Improvements to the site include a more functional search box, structured product content, straightforward navigation throughout the site, and a clean, fresh design.

Successfully penetrating the promising Chinese market, that is the potential of a new active ingredient M˘eiritage, according to Sederma. Studies reveal that Asian people, and particularly rural populations, which emerge as a potential cosmetic market, deeply believe in traditions.

Sabinsa Corporation has announced the death of Dr Rajinder K. Bammi on 15 December 2012 in Bangalore, India. Sabinsa said they had lost: “…a good friend, mentor and one of the primary people responsible for Sabinsa’s portfolio of health-enhancing ingredients”.

Greentech’s cutaneous biology event, the 3rd SPIM, convened in November 2012, and ran over two days bringing together more than twenty international high-level speakers.

Cornelius Group, the independent European distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients has announced two changes of responsibility within the Board. Cornelius CEO, Dr Neville Prior (pictured), said to Personal Care Europe:

The new in-cosmetics App will contain full details on the show’s features and programmes, a searchable exhibitor directory and all the information on the new products and innovations that will be on show in April.

in-cosmetics 2013 has announced that the Société Française des Parfumeurs (SFP) – the French Perfumers Society – will be the official partner of the show’s brand new Fragrance in Cosmetics Zone.