RECENT NEWS

The organiser of Making Cosmetics has revealed what visitors can expect at the tenth edition of the trade show in Milan next month.

IMCD is celebrating ten years of being a distributor, formulator and solutions provider of speciality chemicals and ingredients in the Americas.

French personal care active producer Silab has revealed details about four papers, recently published in academic journals, related to skin care research in partnership with universities.

The organisers of next month’s in-cosmetics Asia have released details of education programme speakers set to take to the stage at the Bangkok trade show.

Cosmetics Europe and the International Fragrance Association (IFRA) have backed European Parliament support for the revision of Classification, Labeling and Packaging of Chemical Substances and Mixtures (CLP) regulations.

US speciality chemicals producer Kensing has acquired Buenos Aires, Argentina-based natural ingredients maker Advanced Organic Materials (AOM).

German cosmetic ingredients maker Symrise has increased its shareholding in US pigment and powder specialist Kobo Products to 49%.

BASF is to invest in capacity expansion for cosmetic ingredients at its Düsseldorf, Germany site with a new plant to produce emollients for skin care and sun protection products.

US speciality chemicals distributor Coast Southwest has acquired a surfactant manufacturing plant in Paso Robles, California from Lubrizol.

Rusmir Niksic has taken over the reins at US personal care ingredients maker TRI-K Industries.

Unilever has opened an €80m ($84m) production facility in Cavite, Philippines that will increase its Beauty & Wellbeing and Personal Care business output by 15%.

The organiser of Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) has revealed details about the conference to be held alongside next year’s trade show in Shanghai.

No7, the UK’s leading skincare brand, has entered the healthy skin category – also known as cosmeceuticals - with the launch of its Derm Solutions range.

An innovative personal care manufacturing project led by Croda has won two major chemical industry awards.

The European Commission is to restrict microplastics intentionally added to products under the EU chemical legislation REACH.

German personal care ingredient maker Symrise has launched an online training series covering product protection in beauty products.

L’Oréal has made a minority investment in Chinese biotechnology firm Shinehigh Innovation, which the French beauty giant says will help unlock the full potential of raw materials in cosmetics.

Unilever brand Vaseline has launched a body care range, Radiant X, created to specifically address the needs and concerns of black and brown skin including moisture imbalance, dark spots and uneven skin tone.

The organiser of the 34th International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC) Congress is inviting abstracts for the event in Brazil on 15-17 October next year.

The Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) has announced the winners of the 2023 awards to be presented during its December annual scientific meeting in New York.