RECENT NEWS

SymTriol is an innovative new ingredient for use in cosmetics made by international fragrances and flavourings manufacturer Symrise. The multifunctional substance works as a moisturiser, a fragrance, and as an antimicrobial agent.

drom fragrances has geared up its creative perfumery team with the addition of Kevin J. Verspoor.

Lipotec SrL is the new Italian subsidiary of Lipotec – the active ingredients company has chosen the Italian market in which to open its fourth subsidiary. The other subsidiaries are Lipotec Distribución (Spain), GP Cosmétiques (France) and Lipotec GmbH (Germany).

FormulaCare i-2010, a newly announced event, has been developed by well-known personal care industry consultant Pam Jones as “a cost-effective and innovative way to improve communication between supplier and formulator”.

TRI-K Industries has been appointed as the exclusive US distributor for Val de Vire Bioactives.

Shifting its focus from REACH pre-registration to registration, The Dow Chemical Company has announced that it has established the Dow Only Representative Trustee (ORT) to leverage REACH registrations and thereby reduce costs all along its supply chains.

Specialty chemicals supplier Cognis has received the 2008 European Excellence Award in the ‘Evaluation’ category in recognition of the way it steers and evaluates its worldwide corporate communications.

Dr Straetmans has received the Frost & Sullivan 2008 Active Ingredients Product Line Strategy Award.

FLAVEX Naturextrakte GmbH is a pioneer in supercritical CO2-extraction and a leading supplier of supercritical botanical extracts – meet us at InCosmetics stand no. G 560.

Come and See GREENTECH on the stand E770

ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ at In-Cosmetics in Munich 2009, Hall A 1, stand number F 600

Inspired by the natural environment, Codif Recherche Et Nature will be discussing in detail with visitors how it specialises in active ingredients from seashore plants and seaweeds extracts.

RITA Corporation will be drawing attention to how it offers a broad product range of specialty chemicals in addition to expert technical and formulation assistance.

Promoted by Lipo Chemicals will be Lipo SFS-5, a functional silicone fluid substitute. Lipo SFS-5 is a non-silicone replacement for cyclomethicone D5.

Innospec will be launching a new surfactant, Pureact SLMI-85 at InCosmetics.

Sederma is launching CHROMACARE at InCosmetics.

Res Pharma, which is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its entrance in the market, has recently opened a new laboratory for applied cell biology.

KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD., Tokyo, Japan (KHB), KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN’s Biochemical affiliate, reorganizes its European whole owned entities effective as of April 1st, 2009 with the merger of KYOWA HAKKO EUROPE GmbH (KHE) and DAIICHI FINE CHEMICAL EUROPE GmbH (DFE).

Lipotec has launched Peelmoist, a molecular film that fights against dryness and desquamation skin problems. The new product helps to renew old cells from the stratum corneum (SC) through papain, a proteolytic enzyme. Peelmoist prevents rough and dry skin.

Veronique Rossow has joined Strahl & Pitsch as director of research. This newly expanded position will best utilise her experience in product design and formulation with the aim of incorporating both existing and novel wax materials into consumer product prototypes for the cosmetic and personal care industry.