RECENT NEWS

Cosmetics company, Avon, has announced that it plans to open a new regional R&D centre in Shanghai, China, which will become Avon’s largest R&D facility outside of the US. Located in the Jinqiao Hi-Tech Park, the stand-alone 40,000 sq. ft. building will span six floors and have additional capacity to expand Avon’s overall scientific capabilities in China and Asia.

Seatons, the vegetable oil specialists from Croda International, has launched Seatons Cucumber Oil, a fresh and fragrant emollient. This golden yellow oil (INCI name: Cucumis Sativus [Cucumber] Oil) is easily absorbed into the skin and readily formulated into eye creams, make up removers and sun care products.

HBA Global has appointed Emanuela (Ema) Treneva as its new international sales director. Based in Paris, Ms. Treneva will provide sales outreach and customer support to European beauty and personal care suppliers. She will also facilitate relationships with European beauty and wellness organisations, media and pan-European customers.

In a fiercely fought competition, Dr Alain Khaiat beat three other finalists to take home the Lifetime Achievement award at a glittering ceremony at this year's in-cosmetics show. Dr Karl Lintner, Dr Daniel Maes and Dr Johann Wiechers were all in the running but it was Dr Khaiat's dedication to the cosmetic industry that saw him come out top.

Cosmetics company, Avon, has announced that it plans to open a new regional R&D centre in Shanghai, China, which will become Avon's largest R&D facility outside of the US.

Chemicals company, BASF, has reformulated an active delivery product, enabling it to adhere to the regulations of Japanese “quasi drugs”, opening up potential for formulators to target the Japanese skin whitening market.

Brazilian company, Beraca, has launched a global campaign as part of the UNESCO International Year of Biodiversity. Called “Be Truly Natural”, the campaign highlights that although products with natural appeal are in vogue nowadays, it is essential to bring awareness to customers worldwide about the real practices behind the marketing.

Honeywell announced recently that it has been named the North America and Latin America distributor of Créations Couleurs’s line of ingredients for skin care, sun care and color care products.

Cornelius has announced that its current portfolio of BASF personal care ingredients has now been extended to incorporate the ex-Ciba range.

Ingredients supplier, Presperse, has announced it has established a partnership with Japan-based pharmaceutical company Kyowa Hakko to bring novel Kyowa Hakko ingredients and technologies to the personal care and cosmetic industries.

Soliance has announced that it will launch at in-cosmetics two natural solutions to prevent skin ageing: StimuHyal, an elasticity enhancer, and Ellagi-C, a collagen booster.

Noveon Consumer Specialties of The Lubrizol Corporation has introduced Novethix L-10 polymer, a new hyper-HASE solution for difficult-to-thicken surfactant systems.

Germany-based Dr. Straetmans has sourced natural phenethyl alcohol, which is well known as a masking agent with excellent antimicrobial properties.

Seatons, the vegetable oil specialists from Croda International, has launched Seatons Cucumber Oil, a fresh and fragrant emollient.

James Robinson Ltd will be changing its name to Vivimed Labs Europe Ltd as of April 1 2010, the company has recently announced.

Summit Events’ 2010 Anti Ageing Skin Care Conference will take place at The Royal College of Physicians, London, on 2-3 June. The first conference took place in June 2008 at the same venue.

Chinese ingredients supplier, Fenchem, has launched a herbal formulation designed to reduce hair loss. The formulation, which combines a variety of active ingredients, aims to increase blood circulation to the hair follicles, thereby stimulating growth.

Symrise has announced the acquisition of the Futura Labs Group, a leading flavours and fragrances manufacturer in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

Elementis Specialties has announced that, as of December 24, 2009, the company has acquired the assets of The Fanning Corporation and Fancor Limited, one of the largest North American suppliers of lanolin and lanolin derivatives.

Pharmacological and clinical data for colorectal carcinoma chemoprevention on Indena’s standardised bilberry extract, Mirtoselect, were presented by Professor Andreas Gescher from the University of Leicester, UK, at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Italian Cancer Society (SIC) in Sesto San Giovanni, Milan late last year during the session of “Dietary Supplements and Nutraceuticals in the Management of Cancer”.