International Magazine for Cosmetics and Fragrances
For its 4th consecutive year, Luxe Pack New York honoured the best eco-friendly product and business initiative submitted by this year’s exhibitors. Scheufelen won the award for their paperboard for Promobox Your herb garden and James Cropper for their solar array installation plan. Scheufelen’s laminated board with grass content in a fiber composition is produced … Read more
Novacap, a worldwide company in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry, has acquired ID bio, a producer of natural ingredients for cosmetics. Novacap serves the cosmetics industry with essential ingredients used as preservatives, UV filters, exfoliants and fragrances. ID bio leverages its expertise in enzymatic extraction and purification to develop innovative active ingredients and botanical extracts. … Read more
The Supervisory Board of Faber-Castell has come to a decision concerning the successor to Count Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell, CEO, who passed away last year. Daniel Rogger will be appointed as CEO of Faber-Castell with effect from June. Last year the Supervisory Board and the Faber-Castell family resolved, for the first time, to fill the vacancy … Read more
The board of directors of L’Occitane International and its subsidiaries have approved an investment into the business of LimeLight by Alcone in the United States of America. This means the company will acquire a 40% interest in LimeLight USA. The brand was founded by shareholders of the Alcone Company, which creates and sells professional makeup … Read more
Clariant and Huntsman have combined in a merger of equals through an all-stock transaction. The merged company will be named HuntsmanClariant. On a pro forma 2016 basis1, the combination of both companies will create a global specialty chemical company with sales of approximately $13.2 billion, an adjusted EBITDA of $2.3 billion and a combined enterprise … Read more
The market for the sale of prestige beauty in the UK reported an increase of 4% to £2.55 billion in 2016 according to The NPD Group, a global information company. Sales of prestige beauty reported the most impressive growth in Liverpool (15%), London (9%) and Birmingham (8%) compared to 2015. The city of Liverpool is … Read more
Eurofragance, a specialist in fragrance design and creation, is captivating visitors at Beautyworld Middle East (BWME) in Dubai with " Scents∞ is a customised fragrance concept that has been developed for the perfumery, home and personal care sectors. Fragrances in this collection have been created by the perfumers Julia Rodriguez and Olaf Larsen. The fragrance … Read more
Givaudan laid the foundation for a new fragrance encapsulation centre in Singapore, thus demonstrating their ongoing commitment to invest in high growth markets. Gilles Andrier, CEO, said: “This investment is another step towards achieving our 2020 strategy ambitions. Consumers in high growth markets are increasing their demand for encapsulation technologies for their favourite fragranced products. … Read more
The introductory session on May 12th featured new technologies. Mathias Bonmarin from ZHAW Winterthur showed that a new small and connected device can be used to measure human skin properties using transient temperature measurement. Jorgen Gade Hyldgaard, Hygade, explained how find alternative natural ingredients with the help of a technology based on solubility parametres. The … Read more
Forum Cosmeticum 2017, a joint event held by the Swiss SCC, the German DGK and the Austrian GÖCH, started on May 11 with a session focussing on anti-ageing. The keynote presentation by Collin Ewald (ETH) revealed the latest anti-ageing theories, concepts and molecular strategies to maintain collagens. He showed that repairing and regenerating the ECM … Read more
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Here is what you can look forward to in issue 5/2017 Actives: Complete care for the collagen lifecycleActifcol, Lipotec’s new botanical active ingredient, is based on shiitake mushroom – considered to be an elixir of life. Designed to offer complete care for the col-lagen lifecycle, the ingredient’s new approach helps provide high levels of quality … Read more
Clariant’s first quarter sales in Care Chemicals continued their robust growth with sales rising by 9 % in local currency to CHF 440 million supported by growth in both the Consumer Care and the Industrial Applications businesses.
To expand its presence in the North American region, the Gattefossé Group announces the establishment of its fourth Technical Center of Excellence, located in Paramus, New Jersey. The inauguration of the North America Technical Center of Excellence takes place in a ceremony at the Gattefossé USA headquarters in Paramus, followed by a celebration at the … Read more
The selfie generation is helping to drive up sales of cosmetics, according to figures from IRI, a provider of big data and predictive analytics for retailers and suppliers. Driven by the desire to share images on social media, the trend for face sculpting or contouring, and for thick, flawless eyebrows has led to a huge … Read more
This year, at BEAUTY FORUM LEIPZIG on April 22–23, the 3rd Anti-Ageing Conference on Saturday, April 22 with its more than a 130 participants established a new record in participants in Leipzig. The conference highlighted the latest scientific findings in the fields of active ingredients, medical beauty and esthetic medicine. With a focus on active ingredients … Read more
Ashland has acquired privately owned Pharmachem Laboratories, a provider of quality ingredients to the global health and wellness industries and high-value differentiated products to fragrance and flavor houses. Under terms of the stock purchase agreement, Ashland will pay $660 million in an all-cash transaction that is expected to be completed before the end of the … Read more
At Luxe Pack in Shanghai two Luxe Pack in green prizes went to one to the best eco-friendly designed packaging solutions and one to the most responsible initiatives, submitted by 2017 Luxe Pack Shanghai exhibitors. The winners in the 2 categories Mestä Board won the Luxe Pack in green Award in the Packaging Solution category, … Read more
In the continuity of the Matrixyl Inside range, Matrixyl Morphomics is a newly discovered anti-wrinkle Matrikine that took advantage of the latest scientific technologies and Sederma’s expertise in both peptide research and claim substantiation to offer the best in skin rejuvenation. Inspired by the diversity of collagen cross-linking in the human body tissues, the company’s … Read more
Ball delivers lighter weight aerosol packaging for Unilever Ball Corporation and Unilever have partnered to bring a more sustainable aluminum aerosol can to the market. The new Rexona and Sure anti-perspirant cans employ Ball’s ReAl technology. The newly created metal alloy that utilizes recycled content exhibits increased strength and allows Ball to lightweight its impact … Read more