RECENT NEWS

Chinese personal care ingredient manufacturer Bloomage has completed construction of a 30,000 square metre pilot-scale testing platform in Tianjin equipped with 64 pilot production lines.

Spanish personal care ingredient maker Provital has appointed Eloi Armengol to the newly created position of strategy director.

Swiss chemicals company Jungbunzlauer has kicked off construction of a C$200m ($149m) xanthan gum production plant at its Canadian site in Port Colborne, Ontario.

Nature Coatings, an award-winning US biochemicals company, is poised to enter the cosmetics market in the coming weeks with a new line of black pigments.

Evonik has developed a skin microbiome model that it says allows, for the first time, a scientifically substantiated evaluation of the influence of cosmetic ingredients and products in laboratory tests.

Certification body NATRUE (The International Natural and Organic Cosmetics Association) has launched its first-ever Natural Cosmetics Week, running from 23-29 November.

The UK Society of Cosmetic Scientists (SCS) has revealed the shortlist for the Laura Marshall Memorial Award for Innovation to be presented in November.

Symrise has inaugurated its first manufacturing facility for cosmetic ingredients in Chennai, India.

L’Oréal and Evonik have participated in a €35m ($39m) funding round in Abolis Biotechnologies, a French startup based in Genopole.

Symrise is on the lookout for a new president of its Scent & Care unit after Jörn Andreas decided to step down.

The organiser of the Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) trade show in China has opened the nominations process for the 2025 Fountain Awards.

Personal care ingredient distributor DKSH has upgraded its four innovation centres in Manila to support its rapidly growing business in the Philippines.

Canadian speciality silicones maker Siltech has appointed Matthew Sygo as its global marketing and sales manager for personal care.

The organiser of the in-cosmetics Asia trade show has extended the deadline for its '9 Faces of the APAC Beauty Industry 2024' initiative to 27 September.

Solabia has acquired a majority stake in compatriot French cosmetic ingredient maker PolymerExpert for an undisclosed sum.

Barentz International has appointed Lars Schneider as its chief executive for the EMEA region, effective 1 October.

Evonik has cut the ribbon on a production plant for cosmetic emollients at its site in Steinau, Germany.

Lipoid Kosmetik has earned its fifth consecutive EcoVadis platinum rating with improved scores for its 2024 award.

US personal care ingredient maker Lubrizol has inaugurated a beauty research institute in Shanghai, China.

The organiser of the Sepawa Congress in Berlin, Germany has revealed the keynote presentation for the 2024 edition that takes place on 16-18 October.