RECENT NEWS

Givaudan has opened a new ‘Digital Space’ at its Shanghai Fragrance & Beauty site. The company said that this “will enable its digital innovation teams "to co-create the products and services of tomorrow".

Elkem has finalised the acquisition of a new organo-functional silicones plant from Thor at Salaise-sur-Sanne, near its existing facility and its research innovation centre at Lyon in France. This follows of months of production trials.

A new paper by Hawkins et al. in the International Journal of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has concluded that there is no such association between tea tree and lavender oils and endocrine disorders

Researchers have concluded, following extensive study, that compounds present in the waste generated during the olive oil extraction process could have cosmetic applications.

The latest edition of NYSCC Suppliers’ Day in New York on 10-11 November brought in over 6,800 registrants eager to meet over 380 exhibitors across 7,000 m2 of exhibit space

Vytrus Biotech, a Barcelona-based biotech specialising in cosmetic active ingredients derived from plant stem cells, has unveiled its corporate social responsibility project

BASF won twice at Chemical Week’s 2021 Sustainability Awards, which honour chemical producers’ excellence in environmental, social, and governance reporting, sustainable product development, and environmental programme

Leading into NYSCC Suppliers’ Day, Clariant announced the launch of its free digital portal Clarihub, in which the Clariant Personal Care division is strongly represented

Advent International, one of the world’s largest private equity investors, has agreed to buy Netherlands-based distributor Caldic from Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Netherlands-based BRB International has rebranded itself “to reflect its journey as a subsidiary of Petronas Chemicals Group” and unveiled a new logo

Sustainability ratings agency EcoVadis has awarded to platinum medals two firms active in the cosmetic ingredients sector for their Corporate Social Responsibility achievements

During NYSCC Suppliers’ Day, Granpowder BBP-700 from Grant Industries was named as the winner of a CEW Beauty Creators Awards, which will be held on 1 December

Firmenich and MG International Fragrance Company are joining hands to build a regional perfumery production hub at MG’s campus on the Gebze Organised Industrial Zone near Istanbul

The first instalment of Sun Chemical’s ‘What’s IN Asia’ trends programme highlights the ‘Guochao’ story from China, top selling beauty products in Japan and the ‘simple and subtle’ trend in Korea

ProTec Ingredia says it is pleased to be exhibiting on Stand 427 at SCS Formulate 2021, which is being held from 16-17 November at the Coventry Building Society Arena.

Under the theme, ‘Our Story of Sustainable Beauty’, BASF Care Creations is introducing new and recently launched concepts, formulations and ingredients for personal care at the 2021 NYSCC Suppliers’ Day

At NYSCC Suppliers’ Day 2021, Givaudan Active Beauty is presenting new specifications for BisaboLife, which it says is “the purest and sustainable” form of (-)-α-bisabolol

Following piloting in Europe, Arcade Beauty, which specialises in beauty sampling, has created a new division called Arcade Beauty Retail, which it will roll out in North America in 2022

IMCD’s US arm is unveiling five more additional market-ready prototypes as part of its new Biotech Beauty collection at NYSCC Suppliers’ Day

At NYSCC Suppliers’ Day, Sabinsa is focusing on its cosmeceutical range, which, it says, “offers unique, scientifically substantiated, and clinically studied natural ingredients for skin and hair care formulations"