RECENT NEWS

Evonik has started manufacturing commercial quantities of ceramides at its Dossenheim site near Heidelberg in Germany.

Innospec has won the annual Laura Marshall Memorial Award for Innovation at the SCS Formulate show in Coventry, UK for Paper Pocket Cleanser.

German active ingredient supplier Symrise has won the 2022 Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) Supplier’s Award: Ingredients & Formulation for its SymHair Thermo product.

US-based personal care contract manufacturer Dynamic Blending is to expand its production capacity footprint at its Utah base by 60%.

Prebiotics and probiotics are among the top five growing skincare claims in the Asia-Pacific region product launches but consumers need to be educated about their efficacy, according to market analysts Mintel.

Croda International has appointed Louisa Burdett to succeed Jez Maiden as group finance director when the latter retires next year.

Evonik has agreed to supply Intercos China with raw materials such as active ingredients, emulsifiers and cosmetic oils through a direct sales channel.

A circular personal care packaging concept co-developed by Clariant has won the Sustainable Packaging Award at the 2022 Sustainable Beauty Awards in Paris organised by Ecovia Intelligence.

French bio-based chemicals outfit Groupe Berkem has appointed Barentz as the exclusive North American channel partner to distribute its sustainable personal care ingredients.

US chemicals outfit Kensing has completed the acquisition of the Hopewell, Virginia amphoteric surfactants and speciality esters manufacturing operations from Evonik.

DKSH, a distributor of speciality chemicals and ingredients, has opened a 11,000 square-metre distribution centre in Bangkok, Thailand.

German supplier of chemical specialities Zschimmer & Schwarz has appointed Dr Felix Grimm to the role of chief operating officer as of 1 November.

German chemical distributor Nordmann has expanded its long-standing partnership with Sasol in the field of personal care to Switzerland.

Clariant has won the gold award in the Environment and Actives categories of the BSB Innovation Awards for its Rootness Awake eye contour illuminator ingredient.

IMCD is to acquire 100% of the shares of Shanghai Sanrise Industries & Development Co., Ltd. (Sanrise), one of the leading distributors in the personal care markets in China.

Mibelle Biochemistry has won the active ingredient gold award at the 2022 in-cosmetics Asia trade show in Bangkok, Thailand.

Analysis by in-cosmetics Asia and Covalo has revealed the categories gaining traction in the personal care market in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

Cosmetics Cluster UK has rearranged its Spotlight on China webinar to Thursday 24 November.

Personal Care Global will be exhibiting at in-cosmetics Asia, which takes place at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre on 1 to 3 November.

BASF Personal Care Europe is to host its first ever Sustainable Beauty Days from 21 to 23 November.