RECENT NEWS

UK distributor, Aston Chemicals, has announced the appointment of Liam Smith as business development manager for the UK and Poland. Liam brings over 15 years of experience in the European and international personal care markets with Boots, Cornelius and Croda. Liam’s role supports the continued development of the Aston Chemicals business.

Seppic, through its subsidiary BiotechMarine, has launched Celebrity, which Seppic claim is the first technology to cultivate macroalgal cells in the laboratory in order to propose active ingredients for cosmetics.

Berg+Schmidt will showcase its latest functional raw materials for the cosmetics industry at this year’s in-cosmetics in Barcelona. One highlight will be the GlyAcid range by Crosschem, for which Berg+Schmidt is the exclusive European distributor. This is a high purity glycolic acid that is free of formaldehyde and formic acid.

Worlée is launching WorléeBeads HCO, a natural alternative to plastic exfoliant particles. Based on castor oil, Worlée’s new product is biodegradable and may be used in numerous cosmetic rinseoff products for facial and body care.

Salvalco Eco-Valve, a new aerosol delivery system which uses compressed air or other harmless gases as a propellant rather than a liquid petroleum gas (LPG), is set to be trialled extensively by major contract fillers, leading brands and specialist spray companies.

Croda has recently appointed Joe Matt and Susan Shapiro to the company’s sales and marketing teams in its North American Headquarters and Innovation Center, located in Edison, New Jersey.

We are saddened to announce the death of Personal Care publishing director, Josh Taylor.

Greentech has announced that its active Dandrilys has been recently Natrue-certified. Dandrilys is the 2014 Frost & Sullivan European New Product Innovation Leadership Award winner and is a natural anti-dandruff active.

UK manufacturer and distributor, Lansdowne Chemicals, is now operating in the personal care market. With well-established aroma and nutrition divisions, it was a natural step for the business to expand into personal care.

The Society of Cosmetics Scientists (SCS) have announced the theme of their Annual Conference – Naturals in Cosmetic Science, taking place 1 – 2 July 2015 in London.

Troy Corporation has introduced the TroyCare FEseries of customised broad-spectrum preservative blends developed specifically for personal care and cosmetics applications.

CLR Chemisches Laboratorium Dr. Kurt Richter GmbH has been certified as having met the international Social Accountability Standard 8000 (SA8000). The SA8000 standard is based on a number of existing international human rights standards including the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and aims at the improvement of working conditions in the workplace.

The daily use of shower gels and soaps can reduce the skin’s layer of natural oils leading to dry skin and possibly exacerbate conditons such as eczema and psoriasis. Emollients are increasingly popular as moisturising treatments which are applied directly to the skin’s surface, offering a protectve barrier and reducing water loss.

Naolys presents active plant cells from the Great bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis) with a slimming and firming effect to the body: Splint&Slim Great bougainvillea.

Plant cell culture has been under the spotlight in recent years. This eco-friendly production mode of cosmetic ingredients offers numerous advantages in terms of sustainability, sourcing, quality and safety.

With Suprima, Merck is the first pigment manufacturer to launch a quality brand that groups several selected products under one umbrella. For the cosmetic market, Merck is launching the Ronastar Golden Jewel and Ronastar Noble Sparks products under the Suprima umbrella.

Emery Oleochemicals has announced that its board of directors named Ramesh Kana as the company’s new group chief executive officer (GCEO). Ramesh Kana succeeds Dr Kongkrapan Intarajang, who has taken a new role with PTT Global Chemicals but will remain a member of the board of directors.

The scientific committee of the SCSS has announced that the 6th SCSS Suppliers’ Day will be held on Friday 14 August 2015.

DSM Personal Care has announced that its sensory modifier Valvance Touch 210 now complies with the Natrue criteria for natural cosmetic, natural cosmetic with an organic portion and organic cosmetic products.

Oat Cosmetics has appointed Forecus as their new supplier for Thailand. Forecus will distribute Oat Cosmetics’ full portfolio of Ecocert and Cosmos approved natural and organic oat ingredients; including an extruded colloidal oatmeal, Oat COM with anti-ageing properties, a premium oat oil, Oat Lipid which is rich in skin identical fatty acids, restoring and replenishing the skin and finally their ‘Touch of Luxury’ sensory agent Oat Silk which imparts a luxuriant and silky feel to skin care creams and lotions.