RECENT NEWS

Chitinor AS has reached an agreement with BASF SE to acquire BASF’s marine biopolymers chitosan business operations. The deal marks a strategic milestone for Chitinor’s business development plans for expanding its biopolymer product ranges and business-to-business operations.

The DSM Personal Care Business Unit has announced the global launch of its new antiageing peptide complex, SYN-TC. This product extends DSM’s successful SYN-Peptides product range, offering a new anti-ageing cosmetic ingredient with rapid action for skin smoothing.

Croda International Plc has announced the acquisition of IRB (Istituto di Ricerche Biotecnologiche SpA).

A new range of floral oils has been launched by French company, Leticc. The new ingredients are designed to be introduced into every kind of cosmetic product.

Dr Roberto Dal Toso, IRB R&D manager, was invited to speak at the HBA New York exhibition during a session dedicated to green concepts and eco-sustainability.

Dr Straetmans has launched a new website with a new design. The general motif of the new design is a fusion of human beauty and the aesthetics of natural resources – two main drivers for the company.

Alban Muller International has presented a major innovation: a natural salicylic acid, a pure molecule extracted from wintergreen. This ingredient provides a natural alternative to salicylic acid commonly used in a synthetic form in cosmetics.

The Lubrizol Corporation has announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase Lipotec SA, a leader in the development, manufacturing and sales of personal care ingredients based on three core technologies: peptide-based active cosmetic ingredients, delivery systems and biotechnology products.

As a European chemical distribution company, Cornelius has long been committed not only to providing added value to its customers and partners, but also to placing emphasis on community, safety and responsibility in the supply chain.

Lipotec has recently launched two new solutions from its Aimtec brand. Delisens offers an innovative mechanism of action directed at treating several inflammatory and/or pruritogenic skin disorders, decreasing sensations of itching, redness or stinging in sensitive skin while helping to recover its physiological tolerance threshold.

The candeia tree (Eremanthus erythropappus) is a species from Brazil, with natural occurrence concentrated mainly in Serra da Mantiqueira and Serra do Espinhaço in the state of Minas Gerais.

Croda is putting an end to dull hair colour with its new hair colour intensifying active, VibraRiche. This new liquid technology offers hair colour formulators the ability to deliver shinier, more vibrant and longer lasting colour to their customers, while sharpening the colour of the hair for intense visual impact.

Being focused on natural ingredients since its foundation three decades ago, Dr Straetmans has followed the philosophy of its founder ever since. The belief that chemical ingredients for cosmetics can be produced from plant sources in a sustainable manner has been the leading principle since the early days of the company.

Skin moisturisers are one of the most important classes of personal care products. Due to the strong trend for natural cosmetic products there is a high demand for safe, functional and skin friendly ingredients for moisturising products that can enhance the natural content of the formulation.

Performance data indicate that diffusion through Strat-M membrane is predictive of diffusion through human skin for a wide range of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), cosmetic actives, formulations, personal care products, pesticides and chemicals.

In July, IMCD Personal care team attended an advanced technical training on new Belsil grades with Wacker Chemie’s technical team. In-depth technical presentations and workshops were followed by formulation sessions carried out at IMCD’s application laboratory based in Italy, where the team displayed its technical expertise.

Cornelius’ rapid growth has been showcased in the inaugural The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200.

Online registration is now open for SCS Formulate, the UK’s largest exhibition dedicated to raw materials, ingredients and services used in formulating personal care and cosmetic products.

As a European chemical distribution company, Cornelius has long been committed not only to providing added value to its customers and partners, but also to placing emphasis on community, safety and responsibility in the supply chain.

To sustain its growth and development strategy, Silab has recently opened Silab South America, its new promoting platform based in São Paulo, Brazil, in June 2012.