RECENT NEWS

Unilever has revealed details of its ‘Compass Organisation’ operating model organised around five business groups: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Nutrition, Home Care and Ice Cream.

Italian personal care ingredient developer Roelmi HPC has won a Best Managed Companies Italia award, a prize for entrepreneurial excellence promoted by Deloitte Private.

The Society of Cosmetic Scientists Singapore (SCSS) held its 11th Suppliers' Day on 24 to 26 August after three years of hiatus.

All new roundtables at this year’s in-cosmetics Formulation Summit 2022 will invite attendees to discuss sustainability and the future of the personal care industry.

BASF and Hannong Chemicals are to establish a joint venture for the commercial production of non-ionic surfactants in the Asia-Pacific region.

Givaudan has launched a podcast, Active Beauty, which explores high-end cosmetic ingredients and market trends.

Genomics, microbiome analysis and biomarker sensing technologies are transforming personalised skin care, according to a white paper published by Sagentia Innovation.

Grant Industries’ speciality natural actives subsidiary BCR Ingredients has appointed Jim Palmadesso to its newly created vice president of sales role.

Swiss cosmetic active ingredient maker Mibelle Biochemistry has completed an asset deal with Mirexus Biotechnologies, a Canadian company that makes plant-derived glycogen (phytoglycogen) for use in personal care products.

Japanese chemical and cosmetics outfit Kao Corporation has joined a $120m venture to scale and commercialise Genomatica’s plant-based alternatives to palm kernel oil, joining Unilever as a founding member.

The New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists (NYSCC) Suppliers’ Day has been named a top 100 trade show in the United States.

BASF has renewed its quality (ISO 9001), environment (ISO 14001) and energy (ISO 50001) certifications for the company’s largest personal care manufacturing site at Düsseldorf-Holthausen in Germany.

US speciality ingredients company Inolex has appointed Neil Washburn to its executive team as interim President after a 39-year career at DuPont.

Japanese personal care firm Shiseido has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Gallinée, a London-based beauty brand dedicated to caring for the skin’s microbiome from head-to-toe.

L'Oréal USA has kicked off construction of a $140m research and innovation (R&I) centre in Clark, New Jersey.

US firm CP Kelco is partnering with compatriot biotech outfit ExoPolymer to develop and commercialise a portfolio of functional ingredients for the personal care industry.

Unilever chief executive Alan Jope has informed the British company’s board that he is to retire by the end of 2023 after five years in the role.

PBL Technology, in partnership with the University of East Anglia, won the Innovation in Action Technology Showcase Challenge at the 32nd IFSCC Congress in London.

Cosmetics trend analysts Spate has reported growing US interest in face tightening that reveals consumers are looking to tighten up through the use of skin products and/or procedures.

French firm Pierre Fabre has appointed Frédéric Ennabli to lead its Dermo-Cosmetics & Personal Care Business Unit from 1 October.