RECENT NEWS

Botanica, which has its headquarters in Switzerland, is offering common sorrel extracts from certified organic sources.

Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), part of J.M. Huber Corporation, has stated that construction is progressing on schedule for its new dental silica plant being built in the coastal city of Qingdao, Shangdong province, China.

Sederma has developed Phytosonic, a product designed to combat hypertrophy of adipose tissue by acting on pre-adipocytes and mature adipocytes. Phytosonic has vegetal origin and is derived from the new anti-fat technologies of ultrasound cell lysis.

Rhodia has inaugurated its new International Research & Development Center located in Shanghai. Created to spearhead the group’s innovation in the Asia Pacific region, this centre has now become one of Rhodia’s five major R&D centers.

Skinasensyl from Laboratoires Sérobiologiques (LS), the active ingredients business of Cognis Care Chemicals, is a new generation cosmeceutical ingredient with an innovative mechanism especially designed for people with sensitive skin.

The European Cosmetics Standards Working Group has run an open public consultation on the Cosmetics Organic Standard (COSMOS-standard).

Symrise has acquired licences for two new groups of cosmetic active ingredients. This was achieved in a joint development project with biotech specialist BRAIN and natural product company AnalytiCon.

Formulate Asia, recently held at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel in Singapore, has – like previous events in the series staged since 1996 – positively contributed to the training of the cosmetic formulators in the Asia Pacific region.

Mibelle Biochemistry has launched a lipophilic fraction of cocoa beans to de-stress skin.

Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc is expanding the global reach of its Noveon Consumer Specialties products and services and its ability to meet the needs of local and multinational customers with the opening of a personal care laboratory in Piscataway, New Jersey, US.

Cosmetic pigments and functional fillers of Merck KGaA sold under the brand names Biron, Colorona and Timiron have been certified in compliance with the Ecocert standard.

China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Dow Chemical (China) Investment Company Limited (Dow) have signed a joint project document to collaborate on promoting chemical safety and emergency preparedness in the chemical industry in China.

McIntyre Group has announced new distributor appointments in China and Taiwan for the entire McIntyre line of surfactants, preservatives, amine oxides, and specialty blends:

An invitation is being extended to submit abstracts for presentation at the 2009 IFSCC conference in Melbourne, Australia. The event’s title is “A Corroboree of Science and Beauty”.

Dow Corning Corporation and Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc have signed joint development and marketing agreements to create and market a unique line of naturally derived ingredients for the personal care market.

Key areas for new research and development within the personal care sector were strongly highlighted at the 25th Congress of the International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC) held in Barcelona, Spain, in October, and attended by over 1,000 delegates from around the world.

Thirty of the Cognis group’s basic and active ingredients have been given BDIH (Association of German Industries and Trading Firms) certification for use in natural cosmetics.

Facing unprecedented increases in the cost of energy, transportation and raw materials, Symrise´s Scent & Care division recently announced price increases for its products with immediate effect. In selective areas, prices will increase by up to and over 10%.

The Dow Chemical Company has been recognised by Chinese university students as one of China’s top 50 employers.

Providing formulators with updates on product development, safety and regulatory issues, emulsion formulation and emulsifier systems, sensory effects, emollient systems, and fragrance creation will be Formulate Asia 2008 which is being organised by the Cosmetics, Toiletries and Fragrance Association of Singapore and the Society of Cosmetic Scientists (Singapore).