RECENT NEWS

Step Communications, the publishers of Personal Care Magazine are delighted to announce the re-launch of www.personalcaremagazine.com

Innospec’s applications team has drawn on its extensive knowledge and expertise to create two new optimised performance blends that are simple to use and offer optimum performance.

There are few things as hard to test as the colour of cosmetics – and probably fewer as personal to the end user.

The oceans and seas are a great place to find natural actives and function materials for personal care products. They are the last great untapped resource.

Making Cosmetics is designed to meet the needs of everyone involved in developing and delivering personal care products that are fit for purpose, stable and compliant. It is packed with free content offering great value opportunity for all attendees.

The industrial gas producer Air Products has acquired ROVI Cosmetics International, a developer and manufacturer of innovative active ingredients for the cosmetics industry from Schlüchtern in Germany.

To further support the prominent activity of Skinmimics, Evonik has performed a new study. Skinmimics is a unique, multi-lamellar delivery system based on high-tech biomimetic ingredients for improved bioavailability.

Calumet Penreco announced the launch of its new hybrid petrolatum products. These four new hybrid petrolatums combine Snow White Petrolatum USP with one of four natural oils: macadamia nut oil, avocado oil, safflower oil, and olive oil.

Greentech has announced new results for Silidine and Setiline. Silidine, a marine active, has a proved efficiency in vascular tonicity enhancement. Two new and particularly positive clinical tests show that Silidine decreases rosacea thanks to its vasoconstrictive action.

FormulaCare is continuing to offer a new way of delivering training to formulators. Three training sessions have been held to date. These theoretical training sessions are in the format of ‘webinars’.

Symrise has established a new branch within its Botanicals range –Actipone Woods. It comprises extracts from ash wood, honey locust wood, sweet cherry tree wood and walnut tree wood.

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.

IMCD Group has been appointed as an exclusive distributor for BioAktive Specialty Products in China. As an exclusive distributor and agent, IMCD will represent BioAktive’s range of natural active ingredients in the mainland China market.

Herbarom Laboratoire recently launched its new website. This new modern site offers catalogues for each of the company’s various business sectors featuring a wide range of custom-built products for complementary foodstuffs.

The North American edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit aims to tackle some of the major sustainability issues in the beauty industry. Hosted in New York on 17-19 May, the three-day summit focuses on green formulations and sustainable packaging.

Lonza has been awarded with the Gold Innovation Zone Best Ingredient Award for its ReGeniStem Red Rice at in-cosmetics Asia. This sustainable anti-ageing active, derived from a meristematic culture of Himalayan red rice, finds application in skin care products.

In the January issue of Personal Care, John Warby’s article ‘Impact of sensory influence in cosmetics evaluated‘ was incorrectly attributed to Mr Warby in his position as chairperson of the Technical Committee for the ASCC.

DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials opened its first sales office in Sri Lanka in January. This opening is another milestone in expanding into the Indian subcontinent and enables the Swiss-headquartered company to extend its service portfolio to Sri Lanka.

Biodiversity awareness is particularly high among South Korean consumers, according to recent results from the Union for Ethical BioTrade’s (UEBT) consumer awareness survey, the Biodiversity Barometer.

Robert Shengkui Hu has joined The HallStar Company’s senior management team as vice president, research and development. He will initially report to and replace Gary Wentworth, who will retire from the specialty chemical company this year after overseeing the transition of his responsibilities.