RECENT NEWS

US speciality chemicals distributor Univar Solutions is to acquire Turkish counterpart Kale Kimya.

US trend analysts Spate has noted rising interest among skincare consumers for lactic acid serum products.

Beiersdorf has developed a cosmetic sun protection product specially made for a four year-old German girl with erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP), a rare light disorder.

Royal DSM has appointed Parand Salmassinia as president of its Personal Care & Aroma business unit effective immediately.

US consumers are looking into different products and treatments to fix signs of sun damage like sun spots and pigmentation, according to trend analysts Spate.

The 2023 edition of the in-cosmetics Global trade show in Barcelona on 28-30 March will feature a new Sustainability Zone.

Solabia has acquired BioActor, a Dutch developer of natural active ingredients used by food supplement brands.

Symrise is to participate in the Series A funding round of Ignite Venture Studio, a US-based company that creates and invests in global innovative start-up ventures associated with beauty, health and wellness.

UK outfit 2M Group of Companies (2M) has acquired Spanish personal care ingredient distributor Chemir.

French supplier of natural actives Silab has made changes to its governance structure with founder Jean Paufique leading a new supervisory board.

Cosmoprof has launched a new East Coast edition to take place in Miami Beach on 23-25 January 2024 to bridge the gap between the US and Latin America beauty industries.

BASF has taken the wraps off a holistic and responsible beauty concept at the Cosmet’Agora trade show in Paris.

Italian cosmetic actives supplier Res Pharma won the skincare category first prize for Myralys at the inaugural Wise Ingredient awards during the Making Cosmetics show in Milan.

Shiseido says it has developed the world’s first measurement system for 3D shape and subsurface scattering light in facial skin.

​Belgian chemicals producer Solvay is the preferred bidder to acquire South Korea’s leading ceramides provider Solus Biotech, according to local media reports.

US President Joe Biden has signed into law the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA), the first change to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight of cosmetic products since 1938.

German chemical distributor Brenntag has ended takeover talks with US counterpart Univar Solutions five weeks after entering into preliminary discussions.

Nouryon has expanded its alkoxylation footprint in southeast Asia through an asset purchase on Jurong Island, Singapore.

Dr Christoph Riemer has taken over as chief executive of German supplier of chemical specialities Zschimmer & Schwarz as of 1 January.

Personal care giant Beiersdorf has acquired Belgian life-science outfit S-Biomedic NV, a frontrunner in the field of skin microbiome research.