International Magazine for Cosmetics and Fragrances
Croda International is on the shortlist for the category of Company of the Year award for the Financial Times PLC Awards. Croda was recognized in the nomination for its completion of a restructuring program, rising sales volumes, change in sales mix and record profits in both consumer care and industrial specialties. In addition, Croda’s global … Read more
Lipotec has established, Lipotec Pty. Ltd., a subsidiary for the Australian and New Zealand markets, in line with company’ strategy to build direct in-house distribution and in accordance with the growing customer area demands. Based in Sydney and effective immediately Lipotec Pty. Ltd will assume responsibility on an exclusive basis for the distribution of Lipotec’s … Read more
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Exhibit at COSMETICS JAPAN, Asia’s most powerful exhibition for cosmetics R&D and Product Planning!From June 29th – July 1st 2011, COSMETICS JAPAN will gather all the products/services for COSMETICS R&D and Product Planning, such as Ingredients/Additives, OEM/ODM, Containers/Packaging, Testing Services and Laboratory Devices. Launched with HUGE success in 2010 with 66,750* professional visitors, it has … Read more
The following downloads from the COSSMA website were most popular in this month: Product informationen: Skinceuticals Range (L’Oréal) Literature references: Quality management for Private Label Background: Abstract of Article on Skin Delivery Systems in „Skin Pharmacology and Physiology“ Vol. No. 5, 2010 Market data: Global Personal Care Ingredients (Kline) Formulation: 100% Natural Skin Cream (Croda) … Read more
Protein hydrolysates still offer a wide spectrum of action for numerous applications in skin and hair products, based on new, and long-established, studies. Ute Griesbach and her colleagues at Cognis show how new techniques allow a much more precise description and characterisation of the substances and methods of efficacy testing and proof. COSSMA subscribers can … Read more
The HallStar Company, a Chicago-based specialty chemistry company, has acquired BioChemica International (www.biochemica.com), a supplier of exotic butters and oils for use in personal care products. The acquisition represents a strong move into the burgeoning natural and organic personal care products market. The industry recorded $3.8 billion in sales in 2009, boasting a 14 percent … Read more
Nalco has sold its Performance Products Group (PPG) to The Lubrizol Corporation for $166 million. "Our personal care business is more product oriented than service oriented and not a strategic fit with our emphasis on providing sustainability services for industrial water, energy and air applications," said Nalco Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J. Erik Fyrwald. … Read more
The thorny subject of sustainable fragrances is the focus of Organic Monitor’s upcoming Natural Cosmetics Masterclass. Taking place in Paris on 2nd March, the Masterclass aims to unravel some of the major technical & formulation issues associated with sustainable fragrances. Although there is considerable interest in sustainable fragrances, Organic Monitor finds the adoption rate remains … Read more
The Alban Muller Group merges three of its entities Alban Muller International, Alban Muller Industrie and Adonis to form a single one company under the name of Alban Muller International. While keeping its sites of Vincennes and Montreuil, near Paris, Alban Muller International has decided to set up its head office in Fontenay-sur-Eure, near Chartres, … Read more
Marine biologists of oceanbasis extract marine collagen from jelly fish which has moisture-binding properties.
Dr. Julian Hewitt of Croda outlines the advantages of a new polymer which, with its film-forming properties, can boost the SPF of a sun care formulation by as much as 70 percent.
Dr. Dirk Lenz of DSM explains the advantages of polymeric sun filters, a new class of UV filters.
Green solutions for cosmetic ingredients
Better protection for coloured hair
Versatile Ingredient: Botanical Extracts from Organic Rooibos
Actives and market development
Meteorite dust can be used as a cosmetic ingredient
Coffein: An active for hair care applications
Bioaccumlation properties of UV filters
Sun protection without UV filter