RECENT NEWS

Asensa NFF 11 is a new biopolymer corn starch based ingredient that sets a new standard in hair styling and other caring applications. This unique ingredient differs from other starch derived raw materials in that it forms a latex dispersion in water and dries to a continuous film on substrates.

Human body tissue is subject to a continuous regeneration process. The ability of adult stem cells to self-renew and generate fast proliferating progenitor cells is imperative for tissue regeneration.

To complete its range of natural actives, ID bio offers a tensor ingredient with immediate action. Issued from a milk proteins isolate, Milk’nLift has been developed according to a natural process that respects the raw material and keeps all the native proprieties of the proteins.

The SCSS returned to the Amara Hotel in Singapore for their second Suppliers Day, which was held on Friday 2 September. This year’s event attracted 91 delegates coming from Singapore, India, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.

Attend one of the four half-day Formulation Workshops at in-cosmetics Asia 2011 in Bangkok, set to give practical insight on how to tackle common obstacles and improve your formulations.

Cornelius Innovations Presentation is now available and has been touring the UK, receiving excellent feedback from those customers who have been lucky to see it already.

The most extensive free educational programme is set to take place at in-cosmetics Asia in Bangkok on 2-4 November featuring over 50 seminars and demonstrations.

From 12-14 October, BASF will take part in the 58th Sepawa Congress in Fulda, Germany. The Care Chemicals division will present its latest solutions for the personal care, home care as well as industrial and institutional cleaning (I&I) markets.

Scottish marine biotechnology company, Aquapharm Biodiscovery, which signed a three year R&D agreement with Croda, a global leader in speciality chemicals for the personal care market in 2008, has struck a renewed deal to work with Croda’s cosmetics subsidiary, Sederma, to advance a shortlist of naturally sourced candidates.

Cornelius’ investment in Cornelius France follows recent expansions into Poland and Eastern Europe and reaffirms their commitment to grow Cornelius into a pan- European distributor of speciality chemicals.

Karl Lintner, PhD, president of KAL’Idees, France, an independent consultancy company, has been appointed associate professor at the University of Versailles-Saint Quentin, France.

Oat Cosmetics has applied for a patent to protect their unique manufacturing process of colloidal oatmeal, which turns wholegrain oat flour into an ingredient for cosmetic use.

Active ingredients company, Unipex, announced that it has acquired Lucas Meyer Cosmetics, a leading supplier of natural cosmetic functional ingredients, delivery systems, and active ingredients.

A new proof of the efficiency of Matrixyl 3000, the well-known matrikine based anti-ageing ingredient from Sederma, is available. This time, its ability to help repair the UV damage-prone papillary dermis has been demonstrated.

The Lubrizol Corporation’s Noveon Consumer Specialties announced the release of its new Glucamate VLT Thickener (INCI Name: PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Trioleate (and) Propanediol).

AkzoNobel has acquired the business of Integrated Botanical Technologies (IBT) and its unique technology for developing natural, solvent-free ingredients.

IMCD Malaysia has opened the IMCD Personal Care Application Laboratory Asia Pacific in Glenmarie Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.

DKSH’s business unit Performance Materials, a distributor of specialty chemicals and food ingredients, has appointed Haruo Namba as head of its chemical distribution business in Japan.

UV radiation is one of the factors responsible for hair proteins and lipids oxidation which degrade the hair causing a loss in strength, shine and colour. Sunlight alters the amino acids of the cuticle more intensely than those of the cortex, because the outermost layers of the hair fibres receive more intense radiation.

Dow Corning will be at in-cosmetics Asia to promote the company’s water-in-oil emulsions and hair care products.