RECENT NEWS

The third edition of SPIM (Skin Physiology International Meeting) will take place in Vichy on November 22 and 23, 2012. The Congress is held every two years and its aim is to integrate high-level conferences of internationally recognised researchers with youth researcher sessions.

Essential oil and aromatic chemical distributor, Berje, has announced the relocation of the company’s North American headquarters to its new facility in Carteret, New Jersey.

Germany-based Dr. Straetmans GmbH has won the BSB Innovation Prize in the category of functional ingredients at this year’s in-cosmetics in Barcelona. The members of the jury from Henkel, La Prairie, Mibelle Cosmetics and Procter & Gamble highlighted the excellent performance of the natural ingredient, dermosoft decalact deo.

Lonza has announced that Victor Low has joined the Lonza Personal Care team as a commercial marketing manager. Victor will be responsible for driving and supporting new global product launches for the natural and protein product lines.

As of 1 June 2012, Inese Lowenstein will become head of the Pigments & Cosmetics business unit at Merck. Lowenstein is director of marketing in the Process Solutions business unit of Merck Millipore. She joined Millipore in 2003.

The 27th IFSCC Congress will be held on 15-18 October 2012 at The Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. The South African Society of Cosmetic Chemists will host the event entitled ‘Beauty in Diversity – A Global Village’ that will feature a wide range of topics and keynote speakers.

Mibelle’s DermCom ingredient was a double silver winner at in-cosmetics 2012 for the Innovation Zone Best Ingredient Award and the BSB Innovation Prize. DermCom reaches fibroblasts via intercellular communication and uses this strategy to successfully rejuvenate the skin matrix deep in the dermis.

To reduce the gravitational signs of ageing, Evonik launched Sphingokine NP at in-cosmetics 2012. This latest active is based on Evonik’s sphingolipid technology. The unique short-chain ceramide Sphingokine NP was found to stimulate the cross-talk between cells throughout the skin.

Organic Monitor has reported that the move to new alternative preservative systems is driven by high consumer demand for natural and organic cosmetics as well as the growing trend for formulators avoiding parabens.

Skin ageing is the result of the imperfect repair of cumulative damage by both internal stress factors, such as allergies, overactive immune response and age-related changes, and external factors, such as environmental pollutants, ultraviolet/visible light, and irritants to the skin.

Xanthan gum is an important ingredient for a broad range of personal care products. It provides an outstanding rheology due to its shear-thinning behaviour. Major advantages of xanthan gum is that it improves texture and gives a pleasant skin feel to the product, while stabilising suspensions, emulsions and foams.

The 2012 edition of the SCSS Suppliers' Day will be held in Singapore on Friday August 3.

At this year’s PCHi, Symrise was awarded for the Most Significant Technology in China’s Personal Care and Cosmetics Industry 2011-2012. The jury honoured the eyelash-enhancing properties of SymPeptide 226EL.

Sederma will be holding an e-seminar on ‘Vaccination against skin ageing’ for Asia-Pacific time zones and registration for this free online conference on the 22 May has already opened.

Lonza has announced that Victor Low has joined the Lonza Personal Care team as a commercial marketing manager. Victor will be responsible for driving and supporting new global product launches for the natural and protein product lines.

AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry has introduced Recentia plant serum fractions, a new line of bioactive ingredients based on cutting-edge Zeta Fraction technology. With conventional plant extraction, botanical extracts are isolated from dried plants using chemical solvents as separation media.

DSM Nutritional Products has recently launched Tilamar Fix A140, a new ingredient specifically designed for hairspray aerosols to deliver the key benefits of ultimate hold and fast drying without stickiness.

DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Company has announced that its product, Zemea propanediol, has been independently reviewed by Quality Assurance International (QAI) and certified as 100 per cent derived natural ingredient by Natrue, an international nonprofit organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of natural beauty and skin care products.

Soliance has announced that Guangzhou Ownsnow Chemical Co will be its exclusive distributor in China.

To counteract the signs of ageing Evonik offers a new solution – Tego Arjuna S. It is a standardised solution of pentacyclic triterpenes from the bark of the arjun tree. This plant has a long history of use in India’s Ayurvedic medicine.