Although the palette of green materials has widened in recent years, Organic Monitor finds cosmetic formulators still face many technical and sustainability issues when using natural ingredients. Preservation remains the number one technical hurdle for formulators of natural and organic personal care products. Although many green materials have become available for preservation, no single material … Read more
Seppic, a subsidiary of the Air Liquide group, is this year’s recipient of Pierre Potier Award for its Simulsol SL7 G innovation. The Pierre Potier Award singles out the innovations in the chemical industry that promote sustainable development. The Alkyl PolyGlucoside is a highly efficient bio-based hydrotrope* derived from natural plant sources. This product is … Read more
Innospec Inc. has acquired Chemsil Silicones Inc and the Chemtec Chemical Co., from its private owners. Chemsil develops and markets silicone-based formulations to the personal care industry. Chemtec, which distributes a wide range of personal care ingredients, is focused on customers on the West Coast. The companies have combined sales of $40 million. Commenting on … Read more
NuSil Technology LLC, the parent company of CareSil silicones for skin care, color cosmetics, and sun care; is now contracted with Azelis for the distribution of CareSil in France, Italy, Benelux, and Canada. Azelis is a global specialty chemical distributor and supplier for ingredients and application solutions. Like NuSil, Azelis offers technical expertise and regulatory … Read more
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On September 25th and 26th, from 10 am to 6 pm, MakeUp in NewYork will open its doors in the heart of Chelsea District in a brand new venue, the Center548, 548 W. 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011.From formulation, packaging to contract manufacturer, full-service, accessories, samples, come and discover what’s new and hot on … Read more
Wheatoleo, France and NCD Ingredients, Germany entered into a partnership regarding sales of green surfactants based on a patented green chemistry process and sustainable European sources of raw materials. The French production site with a bio refinery concept is unique in the world. NCD will handle marketing & sales of the Alkylpolypentosides (Appyclean) and biotech … Read more
In two days 2,517 professionals came to this year’s Make-up in Paris to explore ingredients, formulations, packaging and make-up accessories. This represents an increase in participation of 18% over 2012. Marketing and R&D managers accounted alone for over 50% of visitors. As regards the number of foreign visitors, they recorded an increase of 110% with … Read more
Baker Hughes has appointed Biesterfeld Spezialchemie as their exclusive distributor for New Phase Technologies Specialty Polymers in Russia. Since September 2011 Biesterfeld Spezialchemie already distributes New Phase Technologies Specialty Polymers in Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine and Turkey. New Phase Technologies, belonging to Baker Hughes, is a global supplier … Read more
Wacker, the Munich-based chemical company, reorganizes its distribution network for its Belsil brand silicone products for personal care applications in Poland. Effective July 1, 2013, the Dutch IMCD-Group-affiliated chemical distributor IMCD Polska will replace the previous distribution partner Brenntag Polska. The Dutch chemicals distributor IMCD is already a Wacker partner for several market segments in … Read more
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Optical structure testing of liquid foams with a the new development from KRÜSSExpansion of a modular instrument for foam analysisFor stable and metastable foams in food, cosmetic and cleaning products KRÜSS GmbH presented a new module for the DFA100 Dynamic Foam Analyzer intended for the optical testing of fluid foam structures at the European Coatings … Read more
In 2007, the Lipoid Group acquired Cosmetochem to strengthen its position in the cosmetic market. Cosmetochem, a Swiss-based company, is internationally renowned for its production of high quality botanical extracts and actives. For more than 35 years Lipoid has been manufacturing high value lecithins and phospholipids derived from plant seeds and a wide range of … Read more
Clariant, a supplier of specialty chemicals, has officially opened its new AMPS polymers plant for production of specialty polysulfonates at its strategic global facility in Tarragona, Spain. The new plant is the result of a two-year investment totaling around EUR 16 million, brought about through Clariant’s recently completed Global Asset Network Optimization (GANO) project. It … Read more
On the new schülke channel on YouTube you can find company videos as well as videos about various hygiene topics. In addition to the image there are training videos about proper cleanroom hygiene, such as e.g. cleaning of devices and equipment, and an explanation on the clean room zones, as well as to the basic … Read more
During the 2012 business year, Cosnova Beauty broke the 200 million sales threshold for the first time, achieving net sales of 212.1 million euros. With this record result, the company surpassed the previous year’s sales figures (165.7 million euros) by +28%. Compared with previous years, growth has accelerated, resulting in the largest absolute growth since … Read more
Avon Products outlined initial steps toward the company’s previously communicated annual cost-savings target of $400 million by the end of 2015. Initial steps of the cost-savings initiative will include a targeted global headcount reduction of approximately 1,500 positions and related actions. The company also announced that it will exit the South Korea and Vietnam markets. … Read more
This holiday season there will be an array of colors and textures in both nail and lip color, according to The global information company NPD Group. The prestige nail and lip segments posted healthy growth in U.S. department store sales in the first 11 months of the year. “Makeup was not always the ‘go to’ … Read more
The market research company NPD Group released results on the total prestige beauty gift set industry. In the U.S., overall gift set sales within prestige department stores year-to-date (January to October 2012), posted a +16 percent increase in dollar sales, versus the same time last year. The $871 million beauty gift set industry includes women’s … Read more
L’Oréal announced the signing of an agreement with Castanea Partners to acquire Urban Decay. Based in Newport Beach California, Urban Decay, created in 1996 by make-up expert Wende Zomnir, has built a reputation based on the concept of “beauty with an edge” and values of femininity and irreverence. The line has star products in the … Read more
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As a European distributor of raw material specialities, it is Velox’s mission to be a reliable partner to our providers and customers and to provide them with competent, individual and rapid service.As a strongly customer-orientated company, VELOX understands the value of building personal relationships to provide its customers and business partners with rapid, tailored advice … Read more
Revlon announced actions to drive operating efficiencies, primarily: 1. exiting its owned manufacturing facility in France and its leased manufacturing facility in Maryland, moving manufacturing from those facilities to other Revlon facilities and third parties; 2. rightsizing its French and Italian organizations; and 3. realigning its operations in Latin America, including consolidating Latin America and … Read more