RECENT NEWS

Alban Muller International has added a new cosmetic ingredient to its range – Whitami, a preservative-free whitening active formulated with extracts from Asian plants and said to be ideal for lightening care and to reduce brown marks.

TRI-K Industries, part of the Kemira group, has changed its name to Kemira Specialty, Inc.

With the opening of a sales office and laboratories in Shanghai, Interpolymer says it will be providing improved customer services in the Asia Pacific region.

In order to meet the growing demands of the cosmetics market in the East, Dermscan Asia is now installed in new facilities that have been specially designed and equipped to optimise the conditions under which clinical studies are conducted.

Mumbai played host in November to in-cosmetics India (formerly PCHi), the leading exhibition and conference in India for personal care and homecare ingredients.

Building on the commitment to provide customers with sustainable, cost-effective and efficient surfactant blend solutions, McIntyre Group has announced that it has been awarded US Patent No. 7,282,524 for its alkanolamide emulsion technology.

Silab has launched a new web presence at www.silab.fr

A tribute has been paid to Bobby G. Harrison, director of sales at RITA Corp, who died last year at the age of 47.

Lou Frischling, Lipo co-founder and business leader for over 45 years, died in December.

International Specialty Products (ISP) has announced that Dr Gopinathan Menon has joined the company as senior science fellow in personal care research and development.

Sumitomo Corporation of America (SCOA) has announced a partnership with Presperse Inc., a leading value added global distributor of specialty ingredients to the cosmetic and personal care markets.

Formulate Asia (30-31 October 2008) is being organised by the Cosmetics, Toiletries and Fragrance Association of Singapore and the Society of Cosmetic Scientists Singapore which have joined forces with the aim of bringing together a blend of marketing and science perspectives to enable formulators in the Asia Pacific region to gain a better understanding of product development.

Laboratoire Dermscan, known for the in vivo testing of sunscreen products, and HelioScreen Labs, which specialises in evaluating them in vitro, are strengthening their collaboration by combining forces to offer a complete in vitro/in vivo service in the field of sunscreen testing.

Cosmetochem International Ltd and Lipoid GmbH have announced that they have formed a partnership to develop and promote their raw materials in to the personal care industry.

Dow Corning’s Life Science Industries is introducing a new strategy for its healthcare, personal care and household businesses.

Gattefossé has announced a new active ingredient, Gatuline In-Tense. By stimulating the biomechanical functions of the fibroblasts, the product reorganises the architecture of the dermis.

The 15th annual HBA Global Expo took place in September this year at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.

Ulrike Marx has been appointed manager of the entire product application department of the Surfactants Division at Zschimmer & Schwarz. She succeeds Dr Volker Martin, who has recently retired following a long and successful career with the company.

The chemical distributor Cornelius has relaunched its website, making it more “customer focused”.

The strategy applied by DSM to the personal care market was explained to journalists at a press briefing held recently by the company in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.