RECENT NEWS

Spanish contract development and manufacturing organisation Bioingenium is investing €1.5m ($1.59m) in a Barcelona production plant to extend its line of active ingredients for the cosmetic industry.

Brazilian personal care ingredient maker Apoena Biotech has appointed Greenact to distribute its products in the domestic market.

Swiss speciality chemical company Clariant has agreed to acquire personal care ingredient maker Lucas Meyer Cosmetics from IFF for $810m.

The California Chapter of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) Suppliers' Day exhibition and conference opens today at the Long Beach Convention Centre.

BASF is inviting industry professionals to participate in its online Sustainable Beauty Days event to be held on 15-16 November.

Spanish personal care ingredient maker LipoTrue has joined the UN Global Compact, a voluntary initiative focused on corporate social responsibility.

Market intelligence outfit Mintel has revealed three global trends it believes will have a "profound impact" on the beauty and personal care industry in 2024.

The Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) has announced a hike in INCI (International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient) application fees to $1,000 from 1 January.

The organiser of the in-cosmetics Asia 2023 trade show has revealed a 20-strong shortlist for this year’s Innovation Zone awards.

The organiser of Making Cosmetics has revealed what visitors can expect at the tenth edition of the trade show in Milan next month.

IMCD is celebrating ten years of being a distributor, formulator and solutions provider of speciality chemicals and ingredients in the Americas.

French personal care active producer Silab has revealed details about four papers, recently published in academic journals, related to skin care research in partnership with universities.

The organisers of next month’s in-cosmetics Asia have released details of education programme speakers set to take to the stage at the Bangkok trade show.

Cosmetics Europe and the International Fragrance Association (IFRA) have backed European Parliament support for the revision of Classification, Labeling and Packaging of Chemical Substances and Mixtures (CLP) regulations.

US speciality chemicals producer Kensing has acquired Buenos Aires, Argentina-based natural ingredients maker Advanced Organic Materials (AOM).

German cosmetic ingredients maker Symrise has increased its shareholding in US pigment and powder specialist Kobo Products to 49%.

BASF is to invest in capacity expansion for cosmetic ingredients at its Düsseldorf, Germany site with a new plant to produce emollients for skin care and sun protection products.

US speciality chemicals distributor Coast Southwest has acquired a surfactant manufacturing plant in Paso Robles, California from Lubrizol.

Rusmir Niksic has taken over the reins at US personal care ingredients maker TRI-K Industries.

Unilever has opened an €80m ($84m) production facility in Cavite, Philippines that will increase its Beauty & Wellbeing and Personal Care business output by 15%.