RECENT NEWS

Cosphatec has launched Cosphaderm Feel, an ingredient suitable for natural cosmetic producers who do not want to miss out on silicone-like features.

Siltech Corporation (Toronto, ON) has purchased outright the company’s Atlanta-based personal care subsidiary, Siltech LLC.

Royal DSM has appointed Gareth Barker as president DSM Personal Care & Aroma Ingredients.

Hair is constantly exposed to a variety of stress factors. There is physical stress, such as blow drying as well as environmental stress factors like ROS, UV and pollution.

Dow Home & Personal Care, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Company has launched a new collection of formulations to satisfy the unique personal care market of Asia Pacific. To help brand owners deliver innovations that meet regionally-centric trends, Dow introduces Nature.Intended, a series of inspiring formulations which showcase how products with naturally-derived ingredients can be amplified with the power of chemistry.

Natural Sourcing has introduced Chokeberry Seed Oil into its catalogue of certified organic and conventional natural ingredients for personal care product development.

Hallstar, a global specialty chemical company, recently announced the addition of Damian Marshall and Varun Mathur to its officer team. Marshall and Mathur have 25 years of Hallstar experience between them, and have both served in general manager roles since 2016. Their promotions to vice president were made official by a vote of Hallstar’s directors at a January 2018 board meeting.

Jeen International has developed two new 100% all natural ingredients in their Jeesperse product line, Jeesperse OptiDerm and Jeesperse OptiTress.

Momentive has appointed Azelis as the exclusive distributor of their silicone specialities for the personal care market in Australia, effective immediately.

DSM’s Personal Care & Aroma Ingredients business unit has said that following audits at its production sites in Vouvry and Aesch, over half its personal care portfolio is now certified as Halal. The Halal certification is recognised by major Islamic authorities around the world.

Itaconix expands their portfolio of naturally derived polymers based on the patented polyitacontoate technology platform.

Like most industries, the global beauty sector regularly witnesses its fair share of new, upcoming and potentially ‘faddy’ trends. While some take hold and become surprisingly popular, others come and go in a flash. Which begs the question, how can cosmetics brands separate the winners from the losers?

Ashland and Robertet S.A. will offer new and existing customers access to Robertet fragrances with Ashland’s deposition and encapsulation expertise for fabric care, home cleaning and personal care applications.

Inolex has announced that Michael J Fevola, PhD will join their senior ranks as vice president leading the company’s global research and development functions.

The prospects – and consequences – of ageing are of concern to us all, especially when considering the likelihood of developing wrinkles.

Botaneco is studying new approaches to evaluate the SPF of sun care products containing natural ingredients, such as oleosomes.

Symrise has added experienced specialist, Dr Sabrina Behnke, as a global product manager to the Micro Protection Category.

ProTec Ingredia, supplier of active and speciality ingredients to the UK personal care market, will become the Innovacos distributor for the UK and Ireland from 22 February

Personal Care magazine spoke to Lipotrue about their upcoming Technical Seminar at in-cosmetics Global: Decoding wrinkles: A journey following the northern lights.

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