RECENT NEWS

Brazilian-based company, Beraca, has announced the opening of its first US subsidiary. The new office expands Beraca’s international strategy and aims to strengthen trade ties with the North American market.

Inolex has unveiled a new branding campaign to support its global expansion. The new branding reflects the company’s multi-million dollar investment in cosmetic technologies that are natural, sustainable, and meet the most pressing consumer needs.

Honeywell has announced that one of its Asensa personal care additives, Asensa NFF 11, has been certified by the Natural Products Association (NPA).

Creating more natural and sustainable hair styling products has historically been a significant challenge for the formulating chemist. While naturally-based styling polymers have been available, they typically provided less than satisfactory performance and, often, increased cost.

Arizona Chemical has announced two new members to its specialty products team. Firstly, Dr Anna Pavlovic has joined the specialty products group as senior research scientist.

Petra Anni Schmidt has been appointed marketing director of CLR. She will coordinate and evaluate CLR’s marketing activities worldwide.

Floratech announces an innovative web-based service which provides full ingredient disclosure via a QR (Quick Response) code printed on the product label.

Cornelius’ current portfolio of BASF personal care ingredients has now been extended to incorporate the Cognis legacy range.

Cremer Oleo assumed control of the operations of the Witten facilities from the Sasol Group on 1 March 2012. This acquisition has now established the company as one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of oleochemical speciality esters.

Some of the biggest challenges faced by the personal care industry will be among the issues tackled by in-cosmetics Barcelona in April.

IMCD Group has acquired all shares of Jan Dekker International, a highly reputable distributor of personal care and food ingredients. Headquartered in Wormerveer, the Netherlands, Jan Dekker has 64 staff and sales offices in France, Germany, Poland, UK and Spain. In addition, it runs two laboratories, one in The Netherlands and one in France. The deal is effective immediately.

Step Communications, the publishers of Personal Care Magazine are delighted to announce the re-launch of www.personalcaremagazine.com

Innospec’s applications team has drawn on its extensive knowledge and expertise to create two new optimised performance blends that are simple to use and offer optimum performance.

There are few things as hard to test as the colour of cosmetics – and probably fewer as personal to the end user.

The oceans and seas are a great place to find natural actives and function materials for personal care products. They are the last great untapped resource.

Making Cosmetics is designed to meet the needs of everyone involved in developing and delivering personal care products that are fit for purpose, stable and compliant. It is packed with free content offering great value opportunity for all attendees.

The industrial gas producer Air Products has acquired ROVI Cosmetics International, a developer and manufacturer of innovative active ingredients for the cosmetics industry from Schlüchtern in Germany.

To further support the prominent activity of Skinmimics, Evonik has performed a new study. Skinmimics is a unique, multi-lamellar delivery system based on high-tech biomimetic ingredients for improved bioavailability.

Calumet Penreco announced the launch of its new hybrid petrolatum products. These four new hybrid petrolatums combine Snow White Petrolatum USP with one of four natural oils: macadamia nut oil, avocado oil, safflower oil, and olive oil.

Greentech has announced new results for Silidine and Setiline. Silidine, a marine active, has a proved efficiency in vascular tonicity enhancement. Two new and particularly positive clinical tests show that Silidine decreases rosacea thanks to its vasoconstrictive action.