RECENT NEWS

Sederma introduces Mediatone, a highly purified active ingredient designed to brighten the complexion with a tailor-made approach for ethnic skins.

Pre-registration for the ninth edition of the Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) is now open. To be held from 1-3 March, PCHi 2016 will be located at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center.

This year, the Swiss Society of Cosmetic Chemists (Swiss SCC) hosted the important IFSCC conference which was made up of 600 participants from 40 different countries.

DSM Personal Care presented new research findings on robust emulsification at the Sunscreen Symposium in September.

At the Sunscreen Symposium in September, AkzoNobel highlighted its Dermacryl E and Dermacryl 79 film-forming polymers that enable formulators to create the finest sun protection products.

IMCD N.V. has opened an office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Vietnam joins IMCD’s expanding network of active countries within the AsiaPacific region, namely Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines , Singapore and Thailand.

Clariant has entered into an agreement to acquire a part of Vivimed Labs Limited’s personal care portfolio.

A new tool for corneotherapy, Skinperf LWG from Codif is a green biomaterial forming a lamellar gel which behaves like an intracutaneous reservoir of AHA.

DSM Personal Care has appointed Dr Thomas Rudolph as global head of research & development and member of its management team.

Versaperm’s permeability measurement equipment enables testing and development of a container’s design and determining the effect of both the manufacturing techniques and the materials used.

Azelis Group and Koda Distribution Group (KDG) announced that Azelis has signed a binding agreement to acquire US-based KDG.

DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials was awarded the '2014 Evonik Strategic Distributor of the Year' award in the category 'Excellence in Distribution' by Evonik Channel Management.

It has just been announced that Reed Exhibitions will launch in-cosmetics North America in 2016.

The Lubrizol Corporation introduced an innovative new line of functional polymers at the Sepawa Conference in Fulda, Germany earlier this month.

With brands across the globe increasingly looking to Asia for inspiration, the demand for new ingredients to create the next generation of personal care products has never been higher.

Amyris has won a SEPAWA Innovation Award 2015 for its Neossance Hemisqualane high-performance emollient.

AAK’s shea sourcing programme in West Africa has grown and now includes more than 86,000 local women.

As global hair care products claiming split end repair, mending or fixing continue to launch in the marketplace, Croda has revealed new data proven to seal split ends and provide long-lasting, consumer-perceivable repair with its miracle cuticle smoothing ingredient, Crodabond CSA.

Sophim has shared new research findings confirming extra efficacy on skin by Biophytosebum®, a dry vegetable emollient with active properties from olive. .

After a successful first edition, in-cosmetics Korea will be returning to Seoul from 6 to 7 July 2016.