Making Cosmetics – from Concept to Consumer

Making Cosmetics will take place at the NMM Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK, on12-13 March 2013 and will once again by free to attend. Visitors can update their knowledge on a wide range of issues essential to effectively and efficiently making personal care products.

Making Cosmetics is everyone’s chance in the personal care market to get up-to-the-minute information and advice direct from leading experts, manufacturers, suppliers and industry figures in sourcing, manufacturing and outsourcing personal care products from start to finish and taking them from concept to consumer. The programme covers the following areas:

The NPD Process
Compliance / Regulations
Testing / Analysis
Scale-up / Manufacture / Contract Manufacture
Risk Assessment / HACCP / GMP
Marketing / Branding / Market Trends
Packaging – Primary and Secondary

The 2102 event proved to be very popular with attendees with a combined attendance of 779 (Including 152 visitors who also attended day 2).

Making Cosmetics is two days packed with content ideal for anyone looking to:

• Develop products that are fit for purpose, stable and compliant.
• Increase efficiencies, enhance productivity, save costs, cut the time to market.
• Design, manufacture and market products in a controlled, safe and audited manner.
• Enhance product performance, application or appeal.
• Meet the demands of a legislative and regulatory framework that affects every part of the manufacturing and supply chain.
• Design and buy packaging in a manner that enhances brand success.
• Learn from the experiences and successes of other brand owners.
• Identify opportunity through market trends and data.

There is already an extensive programme of presentations and activities prepared for the next event that will also take place at the NMM Exhibition Centre, Birmingham UK. Following is the schedule of presentations and activities:

12 March

- The NPD Process, How to Avoid the Most Common Problems.
- Safety Assessments - All You Need to Know.
- Scale up from Laboratory to Factory.
- The Importance of Good Risk Management.
- Marketing & Branding From a Technical / Business Perspective.
- The Role of Packaging in Society.
- The Great Disconnect - Claims Development Vs. Product Claims.
- Responsible Person - Description & Role.
Session: The New EC Cosmetics Regulation. Get ready for July 2103 - Organised by the Cosmetic, Toiletry, Perfumery Association (CTPA).
 What’s Changing – New Roles and Responsibilities.
 Cosmetic Products Notification Protocol (CPNP) - an Explanation
 Key Issues – Reporting of Serious Undesirable Effects; Nanomaterials; and  Claims
Session: The Manufacture of Structured Liquids Including Emulsions
 Emulsions Overview
 A New Approach
 Novel Processing
- Session: Retailers' Perspective
 Beauty Redefining Retail, in the Age of Gratification and Entitlement
Session: Cosmetic GMP - Organised by Pharmig
 Cosmetics GMP as per ISO Standards
 Challenges Around Cosmetics and Hygiene
- Workshop: Cosmetic GMP - Organised by Pharmig
Session: Packaging - Organised by the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP)
 Gathering Consumer Insight
 The Development Process - Working With a Supplier
 Why Packaging Design is Vital to Early Success
 Buying Packaging the Smart Way
- Session: The UK C&T Market – Opportunities & Challenges. Organised by ECM / SPC
 Trends, New Launches and Market Data Focussing on Facial Skin Care,  Colour Cosmetics, Body Care, Spa Products, Male Grooming and Women's  Fragrances

13 March

- What You Need to Know When You are Starting Out
- Is Your Product Safe & Fit for Purpose?
- The Importance of Purified Water for Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Manufacture and the Benefits of Water Reuse & Recycling Technologies
- Innovative Cosmetic Ingredients – the Challenges Faced to Demonstrate Safety and Compliance
- What to Consider When Designing Your Packaging
Session: Fragrance - More Than Just a Pretty Smell
 IFRA – The Importance of Safety
 Essential Oils - Their Complexity and Safety Issues
 Fragrance Stability – Common Problems and How to Avoid Them
Session: Packaging - Organised by the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP)
 The Latest Thinking on Consumer Research
 Using Packaging as an Essential Marketing Tool
 The Future of Packaging and Retail
 Building a Brand by Packaging Relationships
- Best Practices in Using Innovadex.com to Search for Ingredients, Services and Equipment
Session: The Changing Retail Landscape of the UK C&T Market. Organised by ECM / SPC
 A Round-up of the Main Changes in the Retail Sector in the UK Looking at  What Retailers are Doing to Further Engage and Excite the Consumer
- Managing Creativity and Creative Teams (What Colour is Your Creative Hat?)
- Workshop: How to Get Your Product Developed and Made
Session: Contract Manufacturing
 Writing a Brief
 Successful Start-ups
 Speed to Market eg design for manufacture / risk evaluation
Session: Brand Owners' Perspective
 Lean Product Development in Luxury Cosmetics
 The Creation of a Skincare Brand
 Concept to Shelf. Launching a New Brand in the Current Market
 The Demand for Ethnic Personal Care Products

Exhibitor List

The following companies have already booked their space for the next Making Cosmetics:

ADEPT Pure Water
Anton Paar
Aspen Clinical Research (ACR)
Complete Synergie
Crystel
Curtis Packaging
Cutest Systems
Delfin Technologies
Delphic HSE Solutions
Ecolab
EKATO Mixing Technology
Elga Process Water
Emsworth Stability Plus
EnviroDerm Services (UK)
Fitzpatrick Europe
Fragrant Earth International
Hair Systems Europe
Hampshire Cosmetics
Innovadex
Inovia International
Intertek Health and Beauty Products Group
Jasan Cosmetic Laboratories
Knight Scientific
Labocontrole
Laleham Healthcare
Mibelle
Millroom Mixing Machines
MMR Research Worldwide
Olsa
Orean Personal Care
Pharmig
Quadro Engineering
Raepak
Royston Labels
Shülke and Mayr UK
Silverson Machines
Society of Cosmetic Scientists
SP Labs
SPC (HPCi Media)
Spectra Packaging Solutions
Stable Micro Systems
Statfold Seed Oil
Steritech
T&H Marketing
The Cosmetic, Toiletry & Perfumery Association
Timatic
Torpak
Universal Products (Lytham) Manufacturing
VMI Rayneri
Ytron Process Technology
Ytron-Quadro

Modern Mixing - the Ekato Way
At Making Cosmetics, visitors can join EKATO for the opportunity to see just how easily UNIMIX can make their products.


Each day EKATO will undertake practical demonstrations that will highlight the modern design features, which make UNIMIX such an efficient, time saving and cost effective way to manufacture cosmetics, creams or lotions. Advantages include high yield, repeatable production and scale up possibilities.
The EKATO Modern Mixing demonstrations will take place at 10.30, 12.30 & 14.00 each day. Pre-registration is recommended as spaces are limited.

Free Attendance

There is no charge to attend Making Cosmetics, or any of the presentations, seminars or workshops that will take place over the 2-day period. For more information and to register visit www.making-cosmetics.com.

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