RECENT NEWS

Indena has announced the opening of an affiliate in São Paulo, Brazil (Indena Brasil Ltda).

A&E Connock has unveiled its latest extended portfolio of natural exfoliants to the personal care trade in a series of new initiatives designed to assist manufacturers making the transition from microbeads to natural ingredients in their exfoliant products.

Germany-based Cremer Oleo has hired a new director for the Cremer Care division. With effect from 1 July 2014, Dr Fernando Ibarra is taking over the responsibility to further develop the business for Cremer Care globally.

Clariant has launched enhancements to its production capabilities and service support for its customers in Indonesia and South East Asia and Pacific at an official ceremony at its Tangerang site.

Actigym marine ingredient from Lipotec has proven efficacy in increasing the release of adiponectin from adipose release.

Recognising its novel approach to cosmetic ingredient science, Inolex Incorporated has been awarded the 2014 Frost & Sullivan Global Personal Care Product Innovation Leadership Award for Emulsense, a natural cationic agent for hair conditioning and skin care.

Croda International Plc has celebrated the grand opening of its Collaboration & Training Centre (CTC) and the expansion of its alkoxylation facilities in Singapore. The inauguration ceremony was officiated by the guest-of-honour, Mr Lim Kok Kiang, assistant managing director from the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), and Mr David Barraclough, president of Croda Asia Pacific.

A dedicated country pavilion, product trails, Marketing Trend presentations and the latest innovations will highlight the success of the Japanese C&T market.

Naolys, the French company specialised in plant cell culture claims new tests results with whole plant cells from Rose from Damas.

The 11th International Congress of the International Society of Cosmetic Dermatology will be held in Beijing, China, from September 26 to 28 this year.

Indena has announced the opening of an affiliate in São Paulo, Brazil (Indena Brasil Ltda). This new affiliate will play a key role in enhancing the company’s presence in Brazil and, strategically, overall in the continent, to further support Indena’s distributors and markets.

Making Cosmetics, which took place at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, has been hailed a success by the organisers, Step Exhibitions. The visitor numbers at Making Cosmetics mirrored the increase in the exhibition and seminar content from 2013 – 2014.

Alzo International Inc has appointed Aston Chemicals as their exclusive distributor in the UK, Ireland and Poland.

In support of their rapidly expanding personal care business, Innospec Performance Chemicals (Salisbury, NC) has added three new formulation chemists. Ken Haun has been appointed formulation & application manager, Personal Care, NA.

Reed Exhibitions has announced the launch of a new addition to its portfolio in Asia. in-cosmetics Korea will take place on 15-16 June 2015 at the COEX Exhibition Centre in Seoul and will be the country’s only exhibition and educational event of its kind for the personal care ingredients industry.

Honeywell has named Heidi Lebel as global business manager and Alice Tenny as technology manager for Honeywell’s Asensa personal care business.

The trend for natural ingredients in the cosmetic industry continues to develop. With BergaCare SB Organic shea butter, Berg+Schmidt has a solution for producers of natural cosmetics.

Ingredient supplier AAK Personal Care has hired a new global sales manager and technical support manager. AAK Personal Care anticipates continued growth due to increased demand for more natural and sustainable products in the cosmetics industry and rising consumption of personal care products in emerging markets.

DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Company LLC has launched a virtual Cosmetics Science Center offering free, video-on-demand, cosmetic science training modules.

The 2014 PCHi exhibition and conference in Guangzhou was heralded a great success. Across the 3 days from 19-21 February, 8,189 visitors and 380 exhibitors came together at the Shanghai New International Expo Center to exchange ideas and technological information to benefit the future of the personal care industry.