RECENT NEWS

Arizona Chemical, a leading biorefiner of pine-based materials, announced it has entered into an agreement with ProTec Ingredia, Ltd., to distribute the company’s unique line of bio-based specialty polymers to the personal care industry in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

The first two new look FormulaCare training packages will be presented on Tuesday 6 December and Tuesday 13 December 2011. They have been developed as a trial training package to enable formulators to understand “How To” use this new tool.

The Household, Industrial & Institutional Ingredients (H3i) exhibition and conference is organised by Step Exhibitions and the British Association of Chemical Specialties (BACS). It features ingredients for performance enhancement in home care and industrial products and institutional cleaners.

Beauty Week in Bangkok is set to flourish once again, with the recent announcement of the new dates for the IFSCC’s technical conference on the 12-14 December at Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok and the in-cosmetics Asia’s ingredients exhibition on 14-16 December at BITEC, Bangkok.

One of the leading experts in the world of personal care, Prof Johann Wiechers, has died.

DSM Nutritional Products has announced that its 100% pure Argan Oil is now certified to the highest organic certification standards by both Ecocert and Natrue.

New from Cosmetochem International AG, usNeo, a naturally effective deodorant and antibacterial active addresses the growing trend for effective, plant-based actives.

Sustainable ingredients and distribution innovations are the focal themes of the European edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit.

The Cornelius Innovations Presentation is now available and has been touring the UK, receiving excellent feedback from those customers who have seen it already. The presentation is split into three separate sections:

Personal Care Europe magazine will increase from four issues a year to five, cementing its position as the leading publication for cosmetic formulators in Europe.

IFRA United Kingdom for the first time staged a one day symposium, the IFRA United Kingdom Fragrance Forum, on 12 October 2011 at the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Symrise expands its portfolio of cooling substances with the patented Frescolat X-cool. The active ingredient gives skin care products a long-lasting cooling effect.

Interpolymer is using the coming in-cosmetics show in Bangkok as an opportunity to showcase the latest Syntran polymer novelties. Attention will be drawn to the new polymer, Syntran PC 5620.

DKSH has entered into an agreement to acquire Melbourne-based Tiger Chemicals Company, which will be integrated into DKSH’s business unit Performance Materials.

The Union of Ethical Biotrade (UEBT) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

Soliance announced the arrival of Paolo Marchesi as executive sales director from September 2011. Paolo joined Soliance in late 2005 as export area manager in charge of United States as well as Western Europe and Asian countries.

Floratech has announced that James Phillips has been promoted to the position of senior territory sales manager.

To complete its range of natural actives, ID bio offers a tensor ingredient with immediate action.

Sophie Baranowski joined Greentech France in September 2011. A graduate of both marketing communications and foreign languages, Sophie has 16 years of experience in the organisation of international trade shows and sales.

Merck KGaA announced recently a global price increase for all its pigments and cosmetic raw materials, in most cases up between 5% and 15%, and in select cases up to 30%.