RECENT NEWS

Formulation Summit returns to London

This year’s in-cosmetics Formulation Summit, which returns to the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in London from 24-25 October, will offer cutting-edge insight and scientific analysis of personalised beauty, examining how brands need to respond to keep pace with rapid change.

Personal care and household care lines merged

Evonik is merging its Personal Care and Household Care business lines together with its associated oleochemistry platform to form a new Care Solutions Business Line.

Hair care focus in Bangkok

in-cosmetics Asia will play a pivotal role in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region becoming the largest hair care market by 2022 as it announces a major focus on hair care actives at this year’s event that opens on 30 October in Bangkok.

Exploring rise of personalised beauty

Customisation is the hot trend across multiple industries and is the topic of this year’s two-day in-cosmetics Formulation Summit – taking place at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in London from 24-25 October.

Indie focus at US show

in-cosmetics North America will return to the Javits Center in New York from 17-18 October with a new programme designed to bring one of the fastest growing sectors of the industry to the event.

Range of new features at Making Cosmetics

The sixth edition of Making Cosmetics in Milano has grown by 30%. Visitors from across the supply chain are assured a high return of their invested time, with over 50 hours of scientific content delivered by authoritative associations including: the Italian Society of Cosmetic Chemists, the European Federation for Cosmetics Ingredients, the Italian Association of Chemical Trade and the Italian Institute of Packaging.

Business manager appointed

Colonial Chemical has announced the promotion of Dennis Abbeduto as personal care business manager - surfactant and specialty chemical sales. Mr Abbeduto has served Colonial Chemical for over seven years, previously in the position of product applications manager.

CSR report released

BRB International’s 2017 Corporate Social Responsibility report describes the impact of the company headquartered in Ittervoort (the Netherlands), in relation to people, planet and profit, also known as the triple bottom line.

Feature-packed Cosmetorium

The third edition of Cosmetorium will feature the participation of 126 companies in the sector offering visitors innovative developments in the cosmetics industry.

Distribution agreement

Azelis now has an extended distribution agreement to offer Lonza’s specialty ingredients for the personal care market in UK, Ireland and Italy.

Partnership for volatile, biodegradable emollients

Biesterfeld Spezialchemie will offer biodegradable emollients from Biosynthis for the cosmetics and cleaning sectors.

SCS Formulate: a catalyst for innovation

For many years the UK has been a centre of excellence in the formulation and supply of personal care products.

Microbiome ingredient wins award

Lipotec's Fensebiome peptide has been recognised with Gold at the ITEHPEC Innovation Awards 2018 held during in-cosmetics Latin America show taking place in Brazil.

Three new project leaders

Cargill Beauty has announced three project leaders based at the Cargill Beauty locations in Jersey City, NJ and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Laurel berry oil introduced

Natural Sourcing is introducing Laurel Berry Oil (Laurus Nobilis (Laurel) Oil) into its ethically sourced product range of over 500 certified organic and conventional natural ingredients for personal care product development.

Minerals optimised for colour cosmetics

Based on high purity calcium carbonate, newly launched and Natrue-certified Omyaskin minerals, from Omya, comply with the most stringent regulatory and quality standards.

Plant extract agreement

BASF and Mazza Innovation announced the signing of an exclusive, long-term supply agreement. The Canadian botanical extractions company will provide BASF with specific plant extracts to develop new solutions for cosmetic applications.

New technology director

Jeen International in Fairfield, NJ, has announced the addition of Dr (James) Vince Gruber as Director of New Technologies.

Tiny TEWL meter

With its ultra-small measuring chamber (only 2 mm Ø), the Tewameter TM Nano from Courage+Khazaka measures the Transepidermal Waterloss (TEWL) in g/h/m² on small, or difficult to reach sites.

Multifunctional new skin care ingredient

Wilshire Technologies has released a new phytochemical skin care ingredient, Glabridin.

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