RECENT NEWS

Ms Sabrina Gröne joined the new CARE Studio, IOI Oleo GmbH’s Applications Laboratory, in April, where she will be an application engineer.

Univar Personal Care North America and Cargill Beauty embarked on a new partnership to deliver nature-derived, label-friendly and highly functional ingredients to the North America personal care market.

MFG Chemical, who operate in specialty and custom chemical manufacturing, has upgraded its Pasadena, Texas plant, which the company acquired in March 2018, and sits on 24.5 acres.

In two months, trade professionals from the cosmetics and personal care industry will gather in Singapore for the ACA Leaders Forum 2019. Organised by Southeast Asia’s cosmetics association - ASEAN Cosmetics Association (ACA), the event will take place on 24 July in the Four Seasons Hotel Singapore, where senior business, marketing, and R&D leaders representing cosmetic ingredient suppliers and finished product manufacturers can connect and discover the latest insights impacting the global beauty market.

Holland & Barrett has announced a complete ban on the sale of all wet wipe products from its 800 UK and Ireland stores, with all wet wipe products and variants replaced by environmentally friendly and sustainable alternatives by end of September 2019.

Black BeeOme from Mibelle Biochemistry is a new active that results from the fermentation of honey from the rare dark bee Apis mellifera mellifera with the bacteria Zymomonas mobilis and has been designed to restore the skin microflora after stress to ensure a healthy and pure skin. It won the 1st Prize in the category “Most innovative raw material naturals/actives” at BSB Awards in April 2019.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has expanded its offering to customers in the personal care market with a bio-based polymer, Amaze SP, helping formulators to meet the latest consumer trends in hair styling.

Givaudan has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the cosmetics business of AMSilk GmbH.

Jojoba Desert (A.C.S) Ltd. is set to debut JD Jojoba Butter Vegan at NYSCC Suppliers' Day 2019, enabling silky textures in skin, lip, hair and sun care for vegan consumers.

Dow announced plans to expand its alkoxylation capacity at its existing facility in Tarragona, Spain directly benefiting the Europe, Middle East, Africa and India region.

Croda International have been selected as a finalist for the 2019 CEW Beauty Awards, in the Supplier Award: Ingredients and Formulation category. This award recognises the most innovative ingredients and formulations of the year. The shortlisted Croda formulation is the novel ‘Shape and Play Cleansing Sand’.

in-cosmetics Global returned to the beauty heartland of Paris from 2-4 April where four cosmetic and contract manufacturers battled it out in a nail-biting Formulation Challenge, with Nuxe Group coming out victorious.

Troy Corporation announced today that the company has achieved COSMOS approval for TroyCare LSB1, the first natural based preservative introduced by Troy for personal care and cosmetic products.

Governed by a rising demand for personal care products tailored to men’s needs, the male grooming market continues on a growth trajectory, albeit at a slower pace.

LipoTrue has received the 2019 BSB Innovation First Prize for Munapsys for the Most Innovative Raw Material in the cosmetic Active’s category at in -cosmetics Global 2019 by the independent BSB – Beratungs- and Servicebuero Dr. Riedel e.K. (Dr. Riedel Consulting Services Agency).

The 2019 ASCC Annual Conference will be held in Western Australia at the historic Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle from May 7– May 9.

in-cosmetics Global unveiled the winners of its Innovation Zone Best Ingredient Awards 2019 – a celebration of the most cutting-edge personal care ingredients that have been launched in the past six months.

Ahead of in-cosmetics Global, we shine a spotlight on some of the most innovative ingredients and formulas set to be on display at the show’s popular Innovation Zone, all of which will launch at the show or in the six months before.

Ahead of in-cosmetics Global, we shine a spotlight on some of the most innovative ingredients and formulas set to be on display at the show’s popular Innovation Zone, all of which will launch at the show or in the six months before.

The 30th edition of in-cosmetics Global will provide an excellent opportunity for R&D professionals to source the latest ingredient innovations and discover the trends shaping the global beauty industry. For the first time, the show will play host to an Indie Trail, curated in response to the growing presence of indie brands in the industry.