RECENT NEWS

At NYSCC Suppliers’ Day 2021, Givaudan Active Beauty is presenting new specifications for BisaboLife, which it says is “the purest and sustainable” form of (-)-α-bisabolol

Following piloting in Europe, Arcade Beauty, which specialises in beauty sampling, has created a new division called Arcade Beauty Retail, which it will roll out in North America in 2022

IMCD’s US arm is unveiling five more additional market-ready prototypes as part of its new Biotech Beauty collection at NYSCC Suppliers’ Day

At NYSCC Suppliers’ Day, Sabinsa is focusing on its cosmeceutical range, which, it says, “offers unique, scientifically substantiated, and clinically studied natural ingredients for skin and hair care formulations"

Lubrizol Life Science – Beauty has introduced Resulook, an advanced botanical ingredient, which, it said, “promotes growth and density of the eyelashes and eyebrows to revive the appearance of the eye and stand out in any situation”

Arxada, the newly rebranded company that was spun out from Lonza, has formed an agreement to merge with Troy Corporation, a specialist in microbial control and performance additives based in New Jersey

Givaudan Active Beauty has launching [N.A.S.] Rosemary 01, which it calls “a functional cosmetic ingredient that challenges BHT by outperforming its efficacy in a natural and organic way"

Symrise has formed a joint venture with the French fragrance manufacturer Groupe Neroli, in which it will have a majority stake

The Sustainable Beauty Awards are among many to have been made in the industry in the past few weeks

Arcaea has been launched out of Ginkgo Bioworks with a stated mission “to build a new foundation for the beauty industry through expressive biology”

Evonik has agreed to buy Swiss-based plant extract producer Botanica and will integrate it into the Care Solutions business line within the Nutrition & Care division

According to a new report by Global Market Insights, the global shea butter market size is anticipated to reach $2.9 billion by 2025, with a 10.5% compound annual growth rate

Symrise has launched SymProBiome, a new platform for microbiome research. This emerged from collaborations between its experts in microbiology and microbiome research, and other authorities in different fields

Barcelona-based Vytrus Biotech has achieved 100% natural origin content in its entire portfolio of active ingredients according to ISO 16128

Under a new conservation agreement with the Jelinkon Community Resource Management Area, Koster Keunen West Africa, the largest producer of beeswax in West Africa has agreed to adopt sustainable beekeeping practice

Fragrance house Iberchem, which is now part of Croda, has launched a new facility in Campinas, Brazil

Vantage Specialty Chemicals has completed an ongoing its investment at its site in Leuna, Germany, produce its Liponic EG-1 humectant (INCI: Glycereth-26). This is already produced at the US plant

Azelis’s distribution agreement with Merck KGaAs’s Surface Solutions business unit is to be extended from Vietnam to Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia

Mibelle Biochemistry’s new-launch MelanoGray, an essence made from Chios mandarins that “markedly reduces the quantity of grey hair in both men and women”

As part of its France’s solid skincare and make-up strategy MS Beautilab has acquired GI Picco’s, which, it said “strengthens MS Beautilab’s product assortment and thus completes its historical know-how”