RECENT NEWS

The 2021 edition of Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi), China’s leading sourcing platform for the global personal care industry, will be held in Shenzhen from 24-26 March at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center.

18 March will be J-Beauty Ingredients Day, part 3 of in-cosmetics Asia’s online learning series.

In an era where the world revolves around communication, hair plays a key role and among the more desired claims in hair care are density, strength and thickness.

Facial expressions help communicate our emotions and connect us to others. But over time, those smiles and frowns can be recorded on our skin, in the form of mimic wrinkles.

During ageing, human skin undergoes profound alterations of its biomechanical properties, and more particularly a loss of elasticity that results in skin sagging.

Givaudan Active Beauty presents Chronoglow, an active ingredient crafted by green fractionation and empowered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) able to mimic botanical epigenetic mechanisms for skin care benefits.

Symrise has joined the international initiative AIM-Progress. The Association des Industries de Marque unites consumer goods manufacturers and their suppliers committed to sustainability and respect for human rights throughout the supply chain.

Mibelle Biochemistry are celebrating 30 years of innovation in the personal care industry in 2021. It all started back in 1991 when Mibelle Biochemistry was founded as a business unit of Mibelle Group in Switzerland, by Dr Fred Zülli.

Perfectus Biomed have announced the appointment of Dr Lloyd Payne to the role of non-executive director.

For formulators looking to make natural origin hair care claims but not sacrifice performance, Grant Industries offers a line of patent-pending 100% naturally derived Gransense elastomers ideal for a variety of hair care formulations.

Sozio has announced they have acquired French fragrance business, Scentessence.

Silab is commissioning a new production line for unicellular organisms on its single site, within its Biotechnologies Production Unit, opened in 2015, providing a second production line for the large-scale culture of yeast, microalgae and bacteria.

Jungbunzlauer has announced that as part of their Vision 2030 strategy, a group-wide interdisciplinary sustainability group has been implemented to build knowledge and work cross-functionally.

Croda International Plc has been awarded the new Platinum status by EcoVadis.

Inolex has appointed Lisa Gandolfi PhD, to vice president Marketing as a standing member of the company’s Executive Leadership Team.

Clariant announced that ingredient search platform Chemberry will spin-off from Clariant, and will be operated independently under the new name Covalo.

Omya has announced that the former subsidiary, Kinetik Technolgies, has fully merged into the Omya Group and now operates under the name Omya Kinetik.

On Tuesday 30th March at 2pm BST, NAGASE will present an exclusive, free webinar hosted by Personal Care Magazine enabling you to learn about NAGASE Personal Care's detailed studies on the role of autophagy on skin ageing and pigmentation.

Croda International Plc has announced it has agreed to acquire the worldwide business activities of Alban Muller. With an annual revenue of €18m (2020), Alban Muller is a leader in the creation and supply of natural and botanical beauty ingredients.

Givaudan Active Beauty launches Omegablue, a cosmetic ingredient created from upcycled wild bilberries used for advanced skin repair.