RECENT NEWS

US firm IFF has appointed Kevin O’Byrne, the chief financial officer of the UK’s second largest retailer J Sainsbury, to its board of directors.

The proposed merger of Royal DSM and Firmenich has obtained unconditional competition clearance from the European Commission.

Givaudan is to buy a portfolio of biofermented cosmetic ingredients for its Active Beauty business from US firm Amyris.

US speciality ingredient firm Inolex has made three appointments to its leadership team.

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has opened registration for its Sustainability in Personal Care seminar in London on 16 March.

Cosmetics Europe has launched COSMILE Europe, a database designed to help European citizens find information on cosmetic ingredients more easily.

Croda, Silab and Gattefossé were among the winners of the PCHi Fountain Awards 2023 at the Intercontinental Guangzhou Exhibition Centre in China.

L’Oréal’s Active Cosmetics division saw sales rise by 30.6% to €5.125 billion ($5.469 billion) in 2022, as it posted double-digit growth in all regions.

Brazil’s personal care exports grew 10.9% to $776.5m last year, according to the Brazilian Association of the Personal Hygiene, Perfumery and Cosmetics Industry (ABIHPEC).

Univar Solutions has acquired ChemSol Group, an ingredients and specialty chemicals distributor operating in Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama and Honduras.

Supplements targeting skin health is booming with more than 30% average annual growth in global product launches between 2017 and 2021, according to Innova Market Insights.

The British Beauty Council has launched the Future Talent Programme, a government and industry-backed initiative to inspire young people in the most formative years of their educational careers.

Swiss fragrance and taste company Firmenich has appointed a new leadership for its integrated Perfumery & Ingredients division.

The French cosmetics industry saw record exports worth €19.2bn ($20.6bn) in 2022 with growth of 18.8% on the previous year.

Three dozen organisations, including some of the world’s leading personal care ingredient makers, have launched the International Collaboration on Cosmetics Safety (ICCS) to ensure animal-free methods are accepted and used by everyone involved in cosmetics safety testing.

British speciality chemicals maker Croda is to acquire South Korean actives producer Solus Biotech for 350 billion won ($277m).

Personal care chemical makers BASF and Croda are among 15 organisations involved in the Flue2Chem carbon capture project, which has secured £2.68m ($3.22m) of funding from Innovate UK.

French plant-based cosmetic active producer Biolie has opened its first North American office as it looks to expand in the US market.

Symrise has taken a minority shareholding in Synergio, an Israeli developer of next-generation plant bio-actives for cosmetic products.

Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) event organiser Reed Sinopharm Exhibitions (RSE) is expecting over 30,000 visitors for the 2023 renewal this month.