RECENT NEWS

BASF is one of the first suppliers to the European home and personal care industry to offer a diverse range of ingredients based on certified sustainable palm (kernel) oil, in accordance with the principles and criteria of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).

NCD Ingredients is now a distributor of high value cosmetic ingredients from the Italian company Variati in Germany and Austria.

The 2013 Making Cosmetics and Formulating Cosmetics event closed its doors with 700 visitors over the course of the two days.

Making Cosmetics at the Ricoh Arena in the UK is an event that brings an essential focus to the many different types of people working in the personal care market.

New features for Coptis Lab allow the formulator to be alerted to a regulatory issue from the very first stage of the formulation process.

Adina has announced that with effect from 1 April 2014, they will act as sole distributor in the UK & Ireland for the personal care ingredients from DSM, including their range of skin actives.

ProTec Botanica is a new member of the LPC Group, dedicated to the supply of sustainably sourced, high quality natural ingredients.

Cremer Oleo joined the German Forum on Sustainable Palm Oil (FONAP) in December 2013. FONAP is a national alliance of companies, associations and non-governmental organisations with the aim of jointly developing sound solutions to significantly increase the proportion of segregated palm oil and palm kernel oil or their derivatives in the German, Austrian and Swiss markets

Independent European distributor Cornelius Group plc has announced the promotion of Pam Grant to the position of the director of multinational business.

TRI-K Industries has announced its partnership with Omnichem as its exclusive distributor in the Italian market.

Aceto Corporation, a US global leader in the marketing, sale and distribution of products for human health, pharmaceutical ingredients and performance chemicals, has announced that it acquired Inter’actifs, a French distributor of ingredients to the cosmetics and personal care industries.

Rashid Umar Jan, PhD has joined Sabinsa Europe GmbH as technical sales manager, Europe.

Dr Jack Guth passed away on Thursday 28 November, after a short battle with a rare bone marrow disorder.

As part of its ongoing strategy of international expansion, Cornelius Group plc has announced the opening of Cornelius France S.A.S.

Innospec in the US has recently hired John Bozza as south east regional sales manager for their Performance Chemicals division.

GreenPalm has reported a record trade of palm kernel oil (PKO) certificates during the month of October 2013.

A new clinical study has been conducted by Lipotec to assess the anti-wrinkle efficacy of Argireline peptide at a concentration of 2%. The new test shows remarkable improvement of skin appearance after just one week of treatment.

The hair, as well as the skin, are victims of ageing and one of the major causes is oxidative stress. This phenomenon alters the fundamental composition of the skin, scalp and hair leading to changes in texture and pigmentation, dryness and premature ageing.

The appearance of the hair is one of the first impressions of a person. With ageing and under other circumstances (e.g. androgenic alopecia), hair loss occurs.

A new bioactive molecule from the Centella asiatica plant has been discovered by researchers at Sederma’s Instituto di Ricerche Biotecnologiche (IRB).