INTERVIEW: Watching the radar

Chicago-based Perry Romanowski is chair of education at the International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC) and president of US consultancy Element 44. Ahead of the 34th IFSCC Congress in Iguazú Falls, Brazil, Romanowski talks about the future of beauty

Andrea Maltagliati is General Secretary of Brussels-based trade association European Federation for Cosmetic Ingredients (EFfCI). Here, Andrea talks to editor Tim Probert about the regulatory state of affairs ahead of EFfCI’s annual conference on 25-26 September 

Andrea Maltagliati (AM): EFfCI was established in 2000 with the French [Ingrecos], Italian [Aispec MAPIC] and German [TEGEWA] national cosmetic ingredient associations after it became clear that national associations alone are not enough to represent the industry at a European level.

In time, the British Chemicals Association and the Swiss [HCi] and Spanish [AEIC] national association also came on board. As a federation, we now represent six national associations and around 135 personal care ingredient companies who are members.

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