RECENT NEWS

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.

The Nordic market for natural cosmetics is showing healthy growth, with sales doubling between 2008 and 2014. A new study by Organic Monitor predicts sales revenues to climb to €200 million in the coming years.

BASF and Poietis, a specialist in 3D laserassisted bioprinting, have signed an agreement on research and development in cosmetics.

Princeton Consumer Research announced plans to expand their North American operations with a newly constructed consumer research facility opening in Florida later this year.

Safic-Alcan has announced that it has acquired the distribution business of Chimsnab BG, a Bulgarian distributor.

A recent survey by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has highlighted that a quarter of British adults have no idea what the labels on their sunscreen mean and thus what protection they are offering. As a result, it is perhaps of little surprise that one fifth of 18-24 year olds say they would never wear sunscreen in the UK.