The Estée Lauder brand collaborates with Aerin Lauder and Aerin LLC, her new luxury lifestyle brand. Under the arrangement, Ms. Lauder will continue to be actively involved in the Estée Lauder brand, serving as creative consultant and becoming its Style and Image Director. She will also continue as the brand’s global ambassador and spokesperson, a … Read more
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Finger Touch is Yonwoo’s latest airless container for the precise application of sensitive formulas. Using Finger Touch is akin to using your own finger to apply facial skincare products. It features a flexible, finger-shaped applicator and ergonomic actuator, making it easy to apply the product to the delicate eye area. Available in 4ml, 5ml, 6ml, 10ml … Read more
Estée Lauder’s Aramis and Designer Fragrances Division will assume the exclusive worldwide license for the fragrance and grooming business of the Ermenegildo Zegna Group, a one-hundred year old, billion-dollar Milan-based men’s luxury clothing and accessory business. The license is effective July 1st 2011. The new license provides the Estée Lauder Companies exclusive global rights to … Read more
Colgate-Palmolive, as part of its strategy to focus on its higher-margin oral care, personal care and pet nutrition businesses, has agreed to purchase the Sanex personal care brand from Unilever PLC for €672 million (approximately US$940 million). Sanex is a premium-priced personal care brand with a distinct positioning around healthy skin and strong market share … Read more
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Surface tension measurement for rapid wetting processes SpeedPrinting – bonding – spraying – cleaning: processes such as these require surfactants that are already effective in fractions of a second – and an instrument that can record their effectiveness. The Bubble Pressure Tensiometer BP100 determines the dynamic surface tension as a function of the surface age … Read more
Mild and natural, renewable skin and hair cleansing products are much in demand, but until now such products left a lot to be desired in terms of foaming and viscosity, and were costly to produce. New approaches and new solutions are offered by the new Plantapon PSC surfactant system. Read more in the detailed article … Read more
Martina Heldermann of Inolex shows in her article in COSSMA 3/2001 how, by the clever use of commonly found alternatives, safe and “preservative free” formulations can be developed. picture: Jeanette Dietl, Fotolia.com
The purchase agreement for the acquisition of around 79% of the share capital of Huta Szkla Czechy (HSC) was executed for a total price slightly less than 7 million euro. The purchase has been executed through a bank financing which anyway does not affect the already low financial debt of the Zignago Vetro Group. HSC … Read more
A number of regional and international standards for natural & organic cosmetics are gaining popularity in different parts of the world. However, Organic Monitor finds the industry is becoming increasingly divided because of the proliferation in standards and certification. The Cosmos certification scheme has finally been introduced in Europe. The result of over 8 years … Read more
Over the last two decades the number of silicone compounds offered to personal care formulators has drastically increased. Tony O’Lenick and Andrew O’Lenick from Siltech describe the advantages of alkyl silicones in their article in COSSMA 3/2011. picture: Darphin
Merck KGaA and Sachtleben Chemie GmbH will expand their strategic alliance for mineral UV filters, which was established in 1995. Merck and Sachtleben co-develop inorganic UV filters based on microfine titanium dioxide. Merck is responsible for the cosmetic application technology, customer service and marketing, Sachtleben for production. The customized UV filters are needed worldwide for … Read more
Torsten Krohn, Sabrina Baumgart and Katharina Redeker, explain in their article in COSSMA 3/2011 how, by using the right pigment wetting agent, the production of pigment dispersions is optimised and made more sustainable. picture: Zschimmer & Schwarz
Certification systems for natural cosmetics are the result of extended discussions involving numerous different institutions and organisations – and so the requirements of the different certification systems are equally diverse. The most important, often amazingly different, requirements of the established certification bodies offering a seal of approval are detailed by Dr. Wilfried Petersen, Managing Director … Read more
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Glycoin Extremium® is a powerful ingredient based on nature’s own survival strategies that contains a high level of the pure extremolyte 2-O-alpha-D-Glucopyranosylglycerin. Extremolytes are known as stress protection molecules, found in extremophilic microorganisms which survive under extreme and harsh natural conditions. BenefitsThanks to the expert survival techniques of extremolytes, we are now able to give … Read more
Rhodia invests in its cyclopentanone production unit and confirms its position in the fragrance markets. Cyclopentanone is a key intermediate in the production of methyl di-hydrojasmonate (MDJ) and the source of a jasmine floral note with a fresh lemon scent widely used in fine fragrances. This major investment at the Melle facility is aimed at … Read more
9 years after its Ecocert certification for Organic ingredients, Greentech received the NaTrue certification in 2011. NaTrue is an international non-profit association, with the goal of promoting and protecting natural skin care. For more than 18 years, Greentech has been developing and producing active ingredients from plants, algae, micro-algae and biotechnology in the cosmetic and … Read more
Organics Brasil Project, a partnership between the Institute for Promotion of Development (IPD) and the Brazilian Agency for Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brazil), participated in the Biofach Nuremberg, the largest and most important trade fair for the organic world, with final result of $ 16 million in exports for the next 12 months. Eight … Read more
Nearly 100 scientists from over 70 European organisations have come together in Cascais (Portugal) to kick-off a EUR 50 million research and innovation project in the field of novel human safety testing solutions. This unique collaboration is possible thanks to the European Union’s Health Programme and an initiative of the European cosmetics industry. This FP7 … Read more
Beiersdorf’s Group sales in 2010 rose by a nominal 7.8% to €6,194 million (previous year: €5,748 million). Organic sales rose by 3.1%. The operating result (EBIT) excluding special factors amounted to €699 million (previous year: €587 million), while the corresponding EBIT margin was 11.3% (previous year: 10.2%). Profit after tax excluding special factors rose to … Read more
The founders (1) of COSMOS-standard AISBL (2), the International non-profit Association whose object is to offer an internationally recognized standard for organic and natural cosmetics, have announced the opening of application processes for the COSMOS-standard. This will concern certification to the new standard and membership of COSMOS-standard AISBL. “In 2002, the founding organisations recognized that … Read more
