Tokyo is set to become L'Oréal's third largest operational centre
today, following the company's shareholding extension in Japenese
Shu Uemura Cosmetics. The agreement confirms the company's
commitment to globalising...
Cashing in on the trend towards natural ingredients, and benefiting
from the synergy with its sister company SilPRO that markets silk
essence powder, New Silk Road is keen to push silk as the natural
moisturiser.
Swiss company Ciba Specialty Chemicals has designed a new
technology to protect cosmetic products from the damaging effects
of light. Working hand in hand with cosmetic ingredients, the new
technology is claimed to increase shelf...
Advantage Marketing Systems has obtained the rights for the
distribution, marketing and worldwide product sales of a patented
facial line reducing serum. Signed with Nino Sorgente, under the
agreement AMS will initially roll out the...
The young French cosmetics brand Omare has expanded its line of
marine body and facial care products to include a new range of
algae-based gels, serums, creams and lotions targeting beauty
salons and spas.
Lipid-based ingredients company Enzymotec has come up with a new
cosmetic line based on its ingredient MultOil, to fight wrinkles
and moisturise the skin. The young Israeli company claims that the
product could induce collagen stimulation...
US company Robanda has formulated a night-time treatment structured
around the patented ingredient Saccramyces Lysate to include an
oxygen-focused product in its collection.
Powerful antioxidant properties found in the regal fruit of Roman
cuisine - the pomegranate - could protect the skin from changes
that might lead to cancer. Can we soon expect to see these
ingredients incorporated into skin creams?
Softness in US colour cosmetics cut into third quarter figures for
US cosmetics company Revlon with the New York-based company
reporting a loss of $54.7 million for the period.
German speciality chemicals supplier BASF has increased production
of its specialty amine, dimethylaminopropylamine - used to create
mild personal care products - in response to increased demand and
in total has recently passed the...
Procter and Gamble, owner of the Olay, Pantene and Head &
Shoulders lines and recent acquirer of Wella, today announced
healthy Q1 results including double-digit earnings growth for its
beauty and health care segments.
Kao, Japan's leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals and
personal care and household products, and Kanebo, the country's
second largest cosmetics maker, have announced a provisional
agreement to consolidate the two companies'...
US-based market research firm Kline & Company is to undertake a
study to investigate trends and opportunities among manufacturers
and marketers of specialty active ingredients for the cosmetic and
toiletries industries.
The consortium led by German coffee company Tchibo has signed an
agreement to purchase a 40 per cent holding in Nivea creams maker
Beiersdorf from German insurer Allianz, upping the stakes in a
potential takeover bidding war between...
Consumer goods giant Colgate-Palmolive announced on Monday it has
agreed to sell its European laundry detergent brands to rival
Procter & Gamble in order to focus on its oral and personal
care businesses.
Better business plans, closer consumer relationships, tighter
customer partnerships, more sustainable growth' was the slogan
provided by Procter & Gamble's president A.G. Lafley in an
upbeat address to the company's...
Swedish ingredients company Karlshamns has increased its ressources
dedicated to the cosmetic industry with its investment in a new
cosmetic laboratory for its Lipids for Care business.
UK-based engineering group IMI is to branch out into cosmetic
retail display design with its £47 million acquisition of Artform
International, a European specialist in Point-of-Purchase
development and manufacturing.
The wind might have changed direction for UK-based The Body Shop
with the natural beauty company reporting first half figures for
2003 that showed profit before tax rose to £9.1 million, compared
to a loss of £0.7 million for the...
RPC Bramlage has developed a custom-designed jar for cosmetics
manufacturer Schwarzkopf-Henkel's new Taft Fixing hair gel.
Combining speed and quality, the new jar was apparently ready for
production just 13 weeks after initial...
Global research and development specialist DuPont has developed a
new technology, Delrin Decorating Solutions, designed to give
package designers more ways to combine the look of luxury with high
functionality in cosmetic closures...
The UK's leading supermarket chain Tesco has brought freshness,
fragrance and functionality together to form Freshorize, a new
three-in-one fragranced handwash, air freshener and fragrance gel.
The US arm of Croda has announced the launch of a new silicon
alternative, an emollient ester said to retain a silicone-like feel
while bringing greater functionality to make-up and sunscreen
products.
Unilever Cosmetics International today announced the creation of a
new global marketing role for its designer prestige fragrance
divisions: Calvin Klein Cosmetics, Unilever Prestige and European
Designer Parfums.
Leading German beauty products supplier Artdeco has launched a new
line of skincare products based on a novel ingredient, caviar
extract, said to promote the communication between cells and skin.
Swedish company Lipid Technologies Provider has announced the
signing of a substantial investment agreement with DSM Venturing
for development of pharmaceutical delivery systems based on its
lipid technology.
Bayer Chemicals is to present new formulations for the detergents
and cosmetics industry at the SEPAWA conference taking place in
Germany this week, to include complexing and dispersing agents from
the Baypure range and its Bayrepel...
Adding to its wide selection of foam technology dispensers,
non-aerosol-dispenser specialist Airspray was demonstrating its new
'foaming fragrance' concept this week at the 2003 HBA Health Beauty
America Show.
Unilever has announced the completion of the sale of its Brut brand
of male personal care products in the Americas to Helen of Troy
Limited of El Paso, Texas, for $55 million (€47.07m) in cash.
The deal announced in early September for the sale of Noiro, the
cosmetics and detergent business of Finnish healthcare specialist
Orion Corporation, to funds managed/advised by CapMan was closed
today.
The European Commission has given clearance under merger
regulations to the proposed acquisition of French aluminium
producer Pechiney by Alcan of Canada.
Door-to-door cosmetics giant Avon digs deeper into Russian beauty
market with a hefty $40 million (€35m) investment in production
facilities, helping to hit the company's $500 million Russian sales
target for 2007.
Concern is prevalent among most marketers about the threats that
the new brands from dermatologists like Fredric Brandt and N.V.
Perricone bring to the industry, reveals a new study from market
consultants Kline & Company. And...
Symrise, born out of the merger of fragrance and flavour houses
Dragoco and Haarmann & Reimer in February this year, has
designed a new fragrance to celebrate the Mercedes-Benz Fashion
Week.
US vitamin maker Pharmavite has introduced its first cosmeceutical
line in partnership with Procter & Gamble's Olay brand to mass
retailers throughout the US.
Greenpeace claims the Austrian versions of some well-known
toothpastes and baby creams contain preservatives that can cause
skin rashes and make bacteria resistant to medicine, according to
an AFP report.
Representatives from Estee Lauder, Avon Products, and
Colgate-Palmolive are to receive awards at the HBA Gala Event in
recognition of significant contributions to the cosmetic, toiletry
and fragrance industries.
LVMH-owned fragrance retail chain Sephora has announced the signing
of a partnership with Maxim Klimov, owner of the L'Etoile retail
chain, to develop Sephora across Russia.
Increasingly sourcing innovation from outside, the Procter &
Gamble company has announced an agreement to purchase the number
two dental floss brand Glide from fibre technologists W. L. Gore
& Associates to complement its...
Burcon NutraScience Corporation and Archer Daniels Midland Company
have announced the finalisation of their licensing and development
agreement for ADM to commercialise Burcon's canola protein
ingredients.
Glass and plastic packaging supplier the Gerresheimer Group is
currently exhibiting at Taropak 2003 in Poland, displaying a varied
and innovative range of products for the personal care and
fragrance industries.
Amerchol Corporation has announced an agreement for the sale of
several product lines used in the manufacturing of personal care
products, as well as a manufacturing plant in Belgium, to the
Lubrizol Corporation.
Alcan's hostile takeover of French counterpart Pechiney has become
a friendly bid following acceptance of a revised offer for the
company by Pechiney's board. But getting regulatory approval may
prove harder.
Unilever has announced the signing of an agreement to sell its oral
care brands in the United States and Canada to owners of the Arm
& Hammer trademark Church & Dwight of Princeton, New
Jersey.
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) has announced the
launch of a major advertising campaign for Xpress, the company's
online flavour and fragrance catalogue aimed at small and medium
sized companies in a variety of...
Giorgio Armani Parfums yesterday introduced its new Emporio Armani
Night fragrances at the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Awards in Beverly
Hills in the US.
Netherlands-based Airspray International's Waterguard dispenser
technology is to be used in a new foaming bodywash by US personal
care product supplier Bath & Body Works, which operates more
than 1,600 stores worldwide, with...
There should be no more doubts about whether or not to use that
opened tube of sun-cream you found at the back of a cupboard or the
mascara in the bottom of your handbag, asserts the European
Commission.
Finnish healthcare specialist the Orion Corporation and its funds
manager/adviser, private equity investor CapMan, have agreed upon a
deal for the acquisition of Orion's cosmetics and detergent
business unit Noiro by funds managed/advised...
