RECENT NEWS

Dow Home & Personal Care received the ‘Best Innovation Contributor 2011’ award from Henkel Laundry & Home Care at the 2012 American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Annual Meeting and Industry Convention in Orlando, Florida.

The Lubrizol Corporation’s personal and home care business introduces Fixate Design polymer (INCI: Polyacrylate-32) for formulation flexibility for clean, lustrous, long-lasting volume and hold in hair styling applications.

Innospec has expanded its technical team in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) appointing Dr Tony Gough as European technical manager for its Personal Care division.

Evocutis has launched a highly-defined panel of 36 strains of Propionibacterium acnes to improve the reliability of testing undertaken during anti-acne or anti-spot product research and development.

The North American edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit aims to tackle some of the major sustainability issues in the beauty industry.

The group, A&A Fratelli Parodi Spa, and its subsidiary, Archimede Ricerche Srl, will be at in-cosmetics 2012 in Barcelona to showcase their range of natural innovative raw materials for the cosmetics industry, including refined vegetable oils, vegetable based esters, waxes, butters and special microalgae derivatives.

IMCD Group has acquired all shares of Jan Dekker International, a distributor of personal care and food ingredients. Headquartered in Wormerveer, the Netherlands, Jan Dekker has 64 staff and sales offices in France, Germany, Poland, UK and Spain.

A Scottish marine biotechnology firm has joined forces with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in a bid to discover innovative and high-value products from microorganisms.

Evocutis has launched a highly-defined panel of 36 strains of Propionibacterium acnes to improve the reliability of testing undertaken during anti-acne or anti-spot product research and development.

Brazilian-based company, Beraca, has announced the opening of its first US subsidiary. The new office expands Beraca’s international strategy and aims to strengthen trade ties with the North American market.

Inolex has unveiled a new branding campaign to support its global expansion. The new branding reflects the company’s multi-million dollar investment in cosmetic technologies that are natural, sustainable, and meet the most pressing consumer needs.

Honeywell has announced that one of its Asensa personal care additives, Asensa NFF 11, has been certified by the Natural Products Association (NPA).

Creating more natural and sustainable hair styling products has historically been a significant challenge for the formulating chemist. While naturally-based styling polymers have been available, they typically provided less than satisfactory performance and, often, increased cost.

Arizona Chemical has announced two new members to its specialty products team. Firstly, Dr Anna Pavlovic has joined the specialty products group as senior research scientist.

Petra Anni Schmidt has been appointed marketing director of CLR. She will coordinate and evaluate CLR’s marketing activities worldwide.

Floratech announces an innovative web-based service which provides full ingredient disclosure via a QR (Quick Response) code printed on the product label.

Cornelius’ current portfolio of BASF personal care ingredients has now been extended to incorporate the Cognis legacy range.

Cremer Oleo assumed control of the operations of the Witten facilities from the Sasol Group on 1 March 2012. This acquisition has now established the company as one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of oleochemical speciality esters.

Some of the biggest challenges faced by the personal care industry will be among the issues tackled by in-cosmetics Barcelona in April.

IMCD Group has acquired all shares of Jan Dekker International, a highly reputable distributor of personal care and food ingredients. Headquartered in Wormerveer, the Netherlands, Jan Dekker has 64 staff and sales offices in France, Germany, Poland, UK and Spain. In addition, it runs two laboratories, one in The Netherlands and one in France. The deal is effective immediately.