Beiersdorf has entered into a definitive agreement to buy the Coppertone business from Bayer for a purchase price of 550 million U.S. dollars.  Founded in 1944, Coppertone was the first sun care brand launched in the US market. It is headquartered in Whippany, New Jersey, USA, and present in the United States, Canada, and China. … Read more

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In Personal Care’s rapidly changing world, ever-shifting requirements and consumer needs influence demands placed on companies and brands. Differentiation is key. To support the industry’s diverse players – from established brands, Indies to contract formulators – and inspire future product innovation linked to trends and challenges, Clariant’s new Personal Care brand goes all out to … Read more

IKW, the German Cosmetic, Toiletry, Perfumery and Detergent Association, has recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Birgit Huber recounts the major milestones that the industry has seen in the past 50 years.

Dr Vanessa Alves Arruda from Lonza explains how the proven efficacy of the company’s plant-based active ingredients precisely meets the needs of Generation C*.

Our updated market survey of processing, packaging & laboratory services will show you at a glance what company provides what service and also points out what field each company specialises in.

Provital Group, the international manufacturer and supplier of active ingredients for the cosmetics industry, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Created in 1979 to meet the need for a new generation of cosmetics based on plant extracts, it currently operates in more than 90 countries and includes 6 subsidiaries (in Germany, Brazil, China, Spain, … Read more

As part of its 2020 strategy to expand the capabilities of its Active Beauty business, Givaudan has reached an agreement to acquire the cosmetics business of AMSilk GmbH. AMSilk is the world’s first industrial supplier of vegan silk biopolymers and has its headquarters near Munich, Germany. They offer a range of biosourced polypeptides with functional … Read more

Avon Products, a global direct seller of beauty products, commented on the announcement by New Avon LLC, that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by LG Household & Health Care (LG H&H). In March 2016 Avon’s North American business was separated into a privately-held company – New Avon – as a result … Read more

For the first time last year, Dr. Wolff, the Bielefeld-based manufacturer of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, recorded a turnover in excess of €300 million. At more than €309 million, turnover grew by some 4 per cent compared to the previous year (2017: €297.5 million). This success was once again due both to the cosmetic (Dr. … Read more

Düsseldorf – Henkel AG & Co. KGaA’s Annual General Meeting saw all resolutions on its agenda passed by the voting shareholders. A total of around 1,400 shareholders attended the event, which was held in Düsseldorf on April 8, 2019. Resolution on dividends As proposed by the corporate bodies, the Annual General Meeting approved a 3.4 … Read more

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LipoTrue has received the 2019 BSB Innovation First Prize for Munapsys™ for the Most Innovative Raw Material in the cosmetic Active’s category this past April by the independent BSB – Beratungs- and Servicebuero Dr. Riedel e.K. (Dr. Riedel Consulting Services Agency). Nowadays, in the cosmetic market there are ingredients acting in the pre-synaptic pathway or … Read more

Product development | How do teenagers define themselves and what impact does this have on the development of beauty products? Teenage expert Sam Farmer* provides his intriguing insights on the topic. 

Interview | Is the French market’s downward trend still going on? Anaïs Dupuy from Kantar Worldpanel* shows perspectives on how to reinvigorate growth in this market.

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LipoTrue has received the 2019 BSB Innovation First Prize for Munapsys™ for the Most Innovative Raw Material in the cosmetic Active’s category this past April by the independent BSB – Beratungs- and Servicebuero Dr. Riedel e.K. (Dr. Riedel Consulting Services Agency). Nowadays, in the cosmetic market there are ingredients acting in the pre-synaptic pathway or … Read more

Production by all European tube manufacturers totalled a remarkable 15.5 billion tubes in 2018. The member companies of the European tube manufacturers association, Etma, contributed the lion’s share of this figure: 10.9 billion tubes and thus around 70 per cent of the total. When adjusted for the tubes produced by its new members, the association’s … Read more

In 2019, Impag celebrates its 100th anniversary, and can look back on an eventful and successful history, in which the company has steadily grown and continually rediscovered itself. By the time World War I ended, chemical raw materials had become very difficult and expensive to procure. A number of textile companies decided to address the … Read more