RECENT NEWS

The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and Orion Genomics announced that they have sequenced three oil palm genomes from two oil palm species. This achievement could lead to higher yielding species being created for palm oil farmers while reducing pressure on the land it is produced from. E. guineensis is the commercial variety most commonly planted in Malaysia.

Bruno Baroux, director of Greensea (Mèze, France), passed away on 19 December 2009 at 0045, after a 10 year battle against illness.

Sensient Technologies Corporation has opened new facilities in China located in Guangzhou and Shanghai. The new 62,000 square-foot premises in Guangzhou (pictured) includes a four-story office and laboratory building, a manufacturing plant and a separate fragrance building.

China-based ingredients supplier, Fenchem, is to launch an organic rosemary extract with antioxidant and antimicrobial properties aimed at natural personal care formulations.

Over the past few years, superfruits have enjoyed immense success. Nowadays these exotic fruits can be found everywhere in the supermarket — in tea, juices, cereals and many more products.

The Cornelius Cosmetics Virtual Exhibition, held in November, proved to be a great success, allowing customers to access new product information, ideas and developments, at a time that suited them, without the need for travel. The format targeted key areas of interest to industry players, with an easy to navigate system which facilitated on line support, samples and quotations, with content relevant to all functions within an organisation.

Nanoegg Research Laboratories are promoting their latest product which they claim has potential to combat wrinkles and aid whitening.

Silab introduced their new product to address dilated pores at this year’s HBA Global Expo.

Lipo Chemicals Inc is currently promoting Lipo SFS-5, a non-silicone substitute for cyclomethicone D5.

Researchers at the Institute of Food Engineering, Shanghai Normal University, China, believe green tea is an excellent potential ingredient for skin care products.

Consumer Product Testing Company (CPTC) has announced the appointment of Dr Michael Caswell to spearhead their clinical evaluation team.

At this year’s HBA Global Expo, Cognis Care Chemicals and its active ingredients business Laboratoires Sérobiologiques (LS) presented their latest developments for personal care solutions at the LS booth and during the conference sessions.

The Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) trade show exhibition area will be expanded by 16% and features such as the New Technology Feature Area and conference program will be upscaled, indicating that the global cosmetics and toiletries market is poised for renewed growth.

Clariant has announced the launch of its new EcoTain label to support the cosmetic and personal care industry’s commitment to choosing greener products and formulation concepts.

ISP Personal Care has announced the addition of a new sun care UV filter to its portfolio that has been designed to provide broad spectrum skin protection against damage caused by exposure to the sun.

ISP Personal Care has announced the addition of a new sun care UV filter to its portfolio that has been designed to provide broad spectrum skin protection against damage caused by exposure to the sun.

Demand for skin beautifying ingredients that can be used orally and topically is growing worldwide, according to French company, Axialys.

Gabriel Khazaka, CEO and founder of Courage and Khazaka Electronic GmbH, Germany, one of the leading manufacturers of skin testing instruments, was honoured in September for his lifetime of work by being appointed an honorary professor of the University of France-Compt, Besanon, France.

EverLaSkin is a unique natural ingredient which manufacturer, BioSpectrum, who is currently promoting the product, claims will stimulate dormant stem cells under the skin.

UK cosmetics firm Body Shop has come under fire from Christian Aid and the Guardian newspaper due to its trading with a Columbian palm oil company who are believed to have evicted peasant farmers in order to build a new plantation.