International Magazine for Cosmetics and Fragrances
Merck has signed an agreement with the French company Greenpharma for its cosmetic active ingredient poppy seed extract. According to the agreement, Merck will market the active ingredient globally under its umbrella brand RonaCare as of September 2013. In addition, Merck is responsible for sales, logistics and application technology customer support. Poppy seed extract is … Read more
Green formulations and sustainable packaging are focal themes of the next editions of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit. The Latin American summit will take place in São Paolo on 18-20 September, whilst the European summit will be hosted in Paris on 21-23rd October. With growing pressure on the cosmetics industry to adopt green formulations and reduce … 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
To focus on its Fragrance Business Unit, Eurofragance sold its flavours division to the company Aromas y Fragancias Europeos S.L.U, part of the English group European Flavours & Fragrances PLC (EFF). The transaction is to guarantee the continuity of the flavours division and stimulate growth in years to come. With a history spanning 30 years, … Read more
DKSH Business Unit Performance Materials, a specialty chemicals distributor with a focus on Asia, has opened new office premises in India and started collaborations with blue-chip clients Clariant, Wacker and Synthomer. DKSH has moved into brand-new offices in Mumbai – larger than 1,000 square meters, the new offices are located in close vicinity to the … Read more
Givaudan laid the foundation stone for a new, state of the art, Fragrance Creative Centre and Compounding Facility in Singapore. The Centre is planned to open in 2014, when it will set a new industry standard in Asia Pacific for creative collaboration, fragrance development, consumer testing and fragrance compounding. The new Singapore Centre will host … 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
Evonik Industries has opened a new innovation center for products for the cosmetics industry at its Goldschmidtstraße site in Essen. Some 90 employees of the Consumer Specialties Business Unit of Evonik will work in the innovation center, primarily for applications in the cosmetic industry. The new innovation center covers a total area of approximately 5,000 … Read more
Givaudan has partnered with JWT Singapore to create bespoke “Smell a Memory” kits that harness the power of scent to evoke emotional memories among Alzheimer’s and dementia patients. The kits are personalized and custom-created for individual patients based on each patient’s family history, ethnicity, age and personal stories. Givaudan’s perfumers, in consultation with therapists and … Read more
Croda International Plc announced it has bought Arizona Chemical’s Personal Care business. The deal closed on May 22, 2013. Croda will immediately begin the transition of these the products into its portfolio, including the transfer of production to an existing Croda manufacturing site in Europe followed by a re-launch of the products with new Croda trade … Read more
OLVEA Burkina Faso is now a member of the UEBT, the Union for the Ethical BioTrade, a non-profit association that promotes the “Sourcing with Respect” of ingredients that come from biodiversity. A long-term commitmentIn becoming a member of UEBT, OLVEA Burkina Faso commits to the principles of Ethical BioTrade: ensuring that sourcing practices promote the … Read more
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MakeUp in Paris is hosting for the 4th year in a row, on 20 and 21 June 2013 at the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, professionals from formulation, packaging, full-service, designers, accessories of the make-up industry worldwide. Prestige, masstige and mass-market brands from Asia, Europe and Americas are visiting the unmissable event to find the most … Read more
In her article in COSSMA 5/2013, Andrea Weber, Head of the R&D centre at Babor points out why several interesting new actives are to be expected from ”blue biotechnology” which is the acquisition of new substances from marine plant life. Front cover picture: Max777, Shutterstock.com
Dr. Gerd Mildau of the CVUA and Birgit Huber of the IKW explain, in an interview with COSSMA editor Angelika Meiss, what is really new in the Cosmetics Directive, which are the biggest challenges for the manufacturer, and what can be expected with the updating of the substance list and the definition of nanomaterials. photo: … Read more
Symrise saw dynamic demand in both divisions and increased sales to € 458 million in the first quarter of 2013 (Q1 2012: € 433 million). This cor-responds to a growth of 6 % (8 % at local currency) compared to the prior-year-quarter. Symrise improved its earnings before interest, taxes, depre-ciation and amortization (EBITDA) to € … Read more
Dr. Rainer Wohlfart from the Kneipp company and the perfumer Erich Schmidt explain, in an interview with Angelika Meiss, how they see the impact of the SCCS stance and planned course of action on the subject of fragrance allergies. photo: Yuri Arcurs, Shutterstock.com
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., a global creator of flavors and fragrances for consumer products, intends to close its Fragrances Ingredients manufacturing facility in Augusta, Georgia by July 2014 and to consolidate production into existing IFF Ingredients facilities. The closing of the Augusta plant will improve efficiencies within the Ingredients manufacturing network, thereby supporting the … 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
Some scientists have suggested that chemicals, including those used in cosmetics, may be disrupting human endocrine systems such as hormones secreted by the ovaries, testes, and thyroid. Human exposure to these substances may produce male infertility, cancers and other adverse reproductive effects. Dr. Gerhard Nohynek, ex-L’Oréal, however, questions the endocrine disrupting activities of chemicals in … Read more