RECENT NEWS

University of Manchester spin-out Holiferm is to build a commercial-scale biosurfactants plant at Wallasey, UK, after receiving an investment of $7 million in a financing round

Roelmi HPC, a specialist in probiotics, has taken its first step into the personal care market with a skin care active called EquiBiotics LRh. This is a probiotic-derived ingredient obtained by the tyndallisation of L. rhamnosus LRH020

Coptis, a French publisher of software for cosmetic laboratories, has received funding from Extens, a fund dedicated to healthcare software publishers, and Clearsight, a Swiss investment fund

Mexico is to become the first country in North America and the 41st worldwide to outlaw the testing of cosmetics on animals after a federal bill won unanimous support in the Senate

Lubrizol Life Science - Beauty has launched a new ingredient called Oxylance. This is a botanical extract of Ligustrum lucidum

LipoTrue has shared some new results for its iPeptide, which has also won the 2021 BSB Innovation bronze prize. The company describes iPeptide as “a good sleep biohacking peptide, developed to down-regulate IL-33 expression”

Libra Speciality Chemicals, which makes and blends active ingredients for home and personal care and home care applications, has invested £3.5 million in a new plant at its site in Manchester, UK, to make low-salt betaines

Symrise has taken a 25% minority interest in New Jersey-based Kobo Products, a specialist in surface-treated powder pigments and dispersions for cosmetics, and has formed an agreement with Kobo on the future disposition of shares and governance

Silab has launched its latest anti-ageing active ingredient, Peptilium (Vaccinium macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract). This is composed of natural biopeptides purified to 95%. These are obtained by up-cycling cranberry fruit press cake

Clariant has agreed to acquire the 70% of Brazilian speciality personal care company Beraca that it did not own already from the founding Sabará family. This should close in Q4, subject to regulatory approvals

On 17 August, South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) promulgated the revised Cosmetic Act, which has altered legislation in several important ways

Yon-Ka, a French phyto-aromatic plant cell active-based skincare brand that is best known for its Quintessence essential oil complex, is now working with AI technology firm Revieve to deliver “a personalized digital skincare experience”

US synthetic biotechnology company Amyris has launched Rose, a clean colour cosmetics and skincare brand that is the second of three it will make this summer, together with the Modern Essentials collection

BASF’s Care Creations has opened an evaluation salon for personal care at its site in Lagos. This is the first of its kind to be launched by a personal care ingredient supplier in Nigeria

Reed Exhibitions has announced that In-Cosmetics Global in Barcelona and In-Cosmetics Asia in Bangkok will not take place this year “due to the ongoing travel restrictions due to the [COVID-19] pandemic”

French fragrance and ingredients firm Robertet has acquired a majority stake in its compatriot Astier Demarest. Terms were not disclosed but François and Bruno Destoumieux, from the family that owned Astier Demarest, will remain as leaders

Azelis has signed an agreement to acquire the Greater China operations of Ingredients Plus, including its holding company in Hong Kong and its subsidiaries in Shanghai and Guangzhou, including ideation and application laboratories

Lanxess has completed the €870 million acquisition of Emerald Kalama Chemical, the second largest in its history. Among many other things, this will give the company a new presence in aroma chemicals

As part of its commitment to deliver 100% vegan formulas by 2023, The Body Shop has become one of the first companies to start moving micro-challenge tests to VeganSure, a vegan microbiological testing system from MSL Solution Providers

CrossChem, a US-based raw materials and distribution partner of Hamburg-based Berg + Schmidt, has published an overview of the current state of research on the effectiveness and application of Berg + Schmidt’s GlyAcid