RECENT NEWS

Reed Sinopharm Exhibition has revealed the complete line-up of conference topics for the 2016 Personal Care & Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) trade show.

Generation Z is a cross-category exploratory of Millennials (Generation Y – 19-36 year olds) and Generation Z (people under 18 years old), with a focus on their social media and purchasing habits, brand favorites, hopes, dreams and their fragrance preferences.

Ashland has fully integrated its research and development facilities across the globe to better support true-to-life consumer and clinical evaluations of its personal care ingredient portfolio.

Clariant has closed its transaction to acquire a 30% share in Beraca Ingredientes Naturais, a leading player in natural, sustainable and innovative ingredients. Financial details of the acquisition are not being disclosed.

Interpolymer Corporation has been sold to Zschimmer & Schwarz, Lahnstein, giving Zschimmer & Schwarz a new division with specialty polymer-based solutions.

Japan’s largest comprehensive cosmetics exhibition, Cosme Tech & Cosme Tokyo 2016 opens its gates from 20-22 January 2016 at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan.

GreenPalm sponsored and exhibited at RT13, the annual meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), in Kuala Lumpur during November last year.

DuPont announced its 2020 Sustainability Goals as the next step in its more than 25-year commitment to sustainability. The centerpiece of the new DuPont 2020 Sustainability Goals is a company-wide commitment to embed sustainability into its innovation process and R&D pipeline.

As of October 2015, 83 oleochemical and 29 silicone-based products of Evonik in Essen and Duisburg now comply with the Halal requirements in accordance with Islamic Law.

Inspired by the advances in regenerative medicine on bone tissue, Silab is offering Eternaline, a natural anti-ageing active ingredient.

DSM Personal Care has announced the launch of its new multifunctional anti-ageing peptide complex, Syn-Eye.

At in-cosmetics Asia 2015 Mibelle Biochemistry launched Vin-upLift, a new active that instantly lifts the skin and reduces wrinkles.

Starting in December 2015, Evonik will be cooperating with a new contract distributor for its cosmetic products and services in the Andean region.

In response to growing demand for direct interaction and hands-on knowledge transfer, in-cosmetics has announced that its 2016 event in Paris will feature two new show features – a Formulation Lab and Sensory Bar.

Industry research body, IHS, has said the proposed merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont would be the industry’s largest deal to date, with the potential $130 billion deal dwarfing AzkoNobel’s 2008 acquisition of ICI for $17 billion.

Logos Technologies has said that NatSurFact, its line of rhamnolipid-based biosurfactant products, is now available for purchase in large research quantities.

Univar has announced it has expanded its long-standing European distribution agreement for The Dow Chemical Company’s Amerchol personal care ingredients to include France.

The opposition division of the European Patent Office has confirmed that Schülke & Mayr GmbH holds unrestricted European patent protection for several of their cosmetics and toiletries preservatives.

A new Green Materials Masterclass will take place in San Francisco next month (19-20 January). Organised by Organic Monitor, the masterclass will give an update on the growing palette of green ingredients for personal care and home care formulations.

GCiS China Strategic Research estimates that the domestic market of surfactant in China is valued at over RMB 38.2 Bn at end 2014 (or USD 6.1 Bn) and RMB40.2 Bn in 2015 (USD 6.4 Bn). The study finds that the overall surfactant market will continue to grow with a 5-year CAGR of 5.3% over the next few years, although below estimated GDP growth rate.