RECENT NEWS

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.

Underscoring its growth strategy, The Dow Chemical Company has unveiled the creation of a new specialty business unit operating under the name of Dow Wolff Cellulosics.

In answer to a constant increase in men’s grooming products, Sederma has conducted a new clinical study on men to compare the benefits obtained with Matrixyl 3000 vs. placebo.

Atrium Biotechnologies Inc has changed its name to Atrium Innovations Inc.

DSM has acquired cosmetic active ingredient specialist Pentapharm.

Drawing the best from Palmaria palmata, a red aquatic alga that grows attached to seashore rocks, SILAB has launched Whitonyl, an innovative biological depigmenting concept.

Helped and supported by Foshan FDA, CCQAC (China Cosmetics Quality Assurance Committee) successfully organised a seminar held in Foshan, Guangdong, China, and having the theme “Quality and Standards”.

The China Cosmetics Quality Assurance Committee (CCQAC), the specialised organisation in charge of cosmetics quality control under The China Quality Association for Pharmaceuticals (CQAP), has formed the Cosmetics Raw Materials QA Sub-Committee with the objective of building up the links between government administrative departments, the producers of cosmetic raw materials and the cosmetic manufacturers in China.

Celebrating its 15-year anniversary as a leading product development event and educational conference for the cosmetics, fragrance, personal care, beauty, and wellness sectors, HBA is repositioning to make 2007 a crystal year starting with a new, more definitive name.

Royal DSM N.V. has announced that privately owned Pentapharm Holding Ltd. and DSM Nutritional Products Ltd have signed an agreement on the sale and purchase of 100% of the Pentapharm’s shares to DSM. The parties have agreed not to disclose financial details of the transaction.

B&T has appointed Philip Jacobs as sales and marketing director for the Asia Pacific region.

After 12 years of successes, Cosmoprof Asia has grown to be the largest and most comprehensive beauty trade fair in the entire Asia Pacific region.

Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co KG has changed its name to Cognis GmbH.

HBA Global Expo, the leading US-based international product development event and educational conference, has appointed Meyer R Rosen as chief scientific advisor.

Georges de Lignerolles has become senior perfumer for drom in Guangzhou, China.

New studies demonstrate that in addition to their ability to absorb oil and modify rheology, Dow Corning brand silica silylate aerogel materials generate a “soft-focus” effect.

International Specialty Products Inc has acquired France-based Vincience.

Strahl & Pitsch Inc, the US-based industrial waxes company, and the Dilco Refining Division of Eastern Mohair Trading Co Inc, which is also based in the US and is a refiner and blender of quality industrial waxes, have announced a merger of their operations.

The 1st Symposium on Cosmetic and Health Innovations will be held in Bankok, Thailand, on May 26-27 2007.

Consider this: 17% of the world’s population. Annual consumer spending up by 11.5% on average over the past decade. Fired by a buoyant economy, India is now offering unprecedented business opportunities. With a domestic personal care and cosmetics industry growing by up to 20% a year, opportunities abound - so why not visit in-cosmetics India (formerly known as PCHi) and find out more.