A Snapshot of the beauty market
Markets | Rubab Abdoolla from Euromonitor provides a comprehensive snapshot of South Africa’s beauty and personal care market.
Trade
Trend spotting Cosmoprof
Interview | What were the most impressive innovations at this year’s Cosmoprof? Trend Watcher Helga Hertsig-Lavocah gives us her take. The brand doesn’t play up the environmental benefit of not transporting water, this is the real USP.
Coty North America Opens New Headquarters in Calabasas
Coty Professional Beauty, the salon and professional division of global beauty giant Coty, celebrated the opening its new North American headquarters in Calabasas, Calif. May 24. The expansive 26-acre campus, located at 4500 Park Granada, provides an inspirational backdrop for creativity and a refreshing respite from the LA cityscape for Coty colleagues and salon professionals, … Read more
Azelis acquires Korean SammiChem
Azelis has signed an agreement to acquire a 100% ownership of SammiChem Co (“Sammi”), a distributor of personal care ingredients in South Korea. The company, that specialises in cosmetics, is located in Seoul and employs 17 employees, who will be joining the Azelis team. With this acquisition, Azelis establishes presence in South Korea and is … Read more
How to build an African luxury Indie brand
Zeze Oriaikhi-Sao, Founder and Director, Malée Natural Science provides insights into African luxury Indie brand Malée.
Biesterfeld and Sytheon strengthen their collaboration in Europe
Biesterfeld Spezialchemie has extended its sales partnership with Sytheon to Germany, Russia and Benelux. As a result of the fruitful sales cooperation in Spain, Biesterfeld is strengthening its partnership with Sytheon in Europe and expanding its product portfolio by adding a unique range of proprietary and patented active ingredients for the cosmetics industry. The portfolio … Read more
How to spot true natural cosmetics
Product development | Sven Gehrig from Wala points out the advantages of established labels in contrast to the new ISO standard and how they protect raw materials and products for genuine natural and organic cosmetics (NOC).
Enhanced look and feel – Cardboard boxes
Model Kramp’s InlineFoiler 2.0 cold foiling module in combination with an eight-colour Manroland machine opens up a whole new world of finishing.
Inter Parfums and Graff Diamonds sign a license agreement
Inter Parfums has entered into an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with London-based Graff Diamonds for the creation, development and distribution of fragrances under the Graff brand. The eight-year agreement has three 3-year automatic renewal options, potentially extending the license until December 31, 2035. Commenting, Jean Madar, Chairman & CEO of Inter Parfums, Inc. stated, “For … Read more
E-Commerce panel for cosmetics & toiletries
Christoph Knoke, Managing Director of Information Resources, explains how the company’s E-commerce panel works in the field of cosmetics and toiletries and summarises the first results.
Uncovering beauty trends
Events | What consumer trends are creating new opportunities?
In-Cosmetics 2018 Trends Presentations Preview
Differences between the many types of micro-capsules
Ingredients | Unravelling the mystery inside – Belinda Carli from IPCS explains the differences between the many types of micro-capsules and how to pick the right material for each application.
2M Holdings Ltd acquires Franken-Kosmetik-Chemiehandel GmbH & Co. KG
2M Holdings Ltd (“2M”) is delighted to announce that, following its recent acquisition of Dusseldorf based company CE-O2 GmBH, it has now acquired Franken-Kosmetik-Chemiehandel GmbH & Co. KG (“FrankenChemie”), a privately held, distributor of specialty chemicals, based in Nuremberg, Germany. Mottie Kessler MBE, Chairman & CEO of 2M said: “2M is seeking opportunities to expand … Read more
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Cosmopack 2018 presents in Bologna news and trends for the cosmetics industry
Cosmopack, the event in conjunction with Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna that involves the entire beauty supply chain, is scheduled in Bologna from Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th March 2018, gathering under one roof the international leaders of the cosmetic industry, with reference to all its components: raw materials, machineries and automation solutions for the supply chain, … Read more
CosmeticBusiness 2018 for the first time in 4 halls
For the 14th CosmeticBusiness, scheduled for 6 to 7 June 2018, all four halls at the MOC Munich will be in use for the first time. Further new features include the Colour Cosmetics exhibition section and the Distributors Lounge. Once again, this year over 400 exhibitors and represented companies will be taking part in CosmeticBusiness. … Read more
Messe Frankfurt Middle East launches Beautyworld Saudi Arabia
Saudi’s vibrant beauty industry has been underlined by a new exhibition in Jeddah, offering global suppliers of cosmetics, skincare, haircare, salon supplies, and fragrances a new pathway to the Middle East’s largest beauty and personal care market. The launch of Beautyworld Saudi Arabia 2018 comes as consumer and professional spending on beauty and wellbeing continues … Read more
Shiseido acquires Olivo’s Second Skin technology
Shiseido Americas, Shiseido’s regional headquarters and consolidated subsidiary, has acquired all of the assets of Olivo Laboratories. Olivo is a Polaris Partners-backed Massachusetts-based startup advancing the dermatological field through proprietary biomaterials technology, including its pioneering XPL “Second Skin” (Cross-linking Polymer Layer) technology. The CEO is Polaris Partner Amy Schulman. Terms of the transaction were not … Read more
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Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2018: Innovation and Technology under one roof
Spotlight on the 2018 edition of Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, the international B2B leading event for the cosmetic industry. After the celebration in 2017 of its 50th anniversary, the format – with Cosmoprof Asia in Hong Kong and Cosmoprof North America in Las Vegas – confirms its growth in the world, thanks to the support of … Read more
Virojanglor and Interesting Sourcing to merge
Virojanglor, a supplier of metal packaging for the premium cosmetics, wines and spirits markets, acquires French company Interesting Sourcing, specialised in the manufacturing and global management of multi-material packaging. With their similar business models based on historic, exclusive partnerships with the most innovative factories, Virojanglor and Interesting Sourcing will continue as a single entity to … Read more