Packaging and bottling systems provider Krones has developed a new
high-speed packing tray capable of running at up to 100 cycles per
minute and a new PET-Asept Filling System for cold aseptic filling
of high- and low-acid products...
Halle Berry, Julianne Moore, Eva Mendes and Jaime King, all four
super models feature in a marketing campaign by US based cosmetic
group Revlon seeking to regain its balance in the mass cosmetic
market. However, the 2004 first half...
Procter & Gamble announced robust sales and profit growth for
the second quarter, exceeding its long-term targets. The strong
results were primarily driven by P&G's good performance in
beauty care and growth in developing...
Avon Products, the sixth largest global beauty company, reported
excellent sales growth in the second quarter, boosted by the
surprisingly fast-growing emerging markets. Focusing on China and
Russia, the company says it will reinvest...
Anglo-Dutch consumer goods group Unilever faced tough competition
for its personal care products in the first half, operating mainly
in weak markets with declining prices. Cutting costs helped improve
operating profits at the division,...
Marketers of health and beauty products are watching the ageing
population of major markets in North America and western Europe
with great interest, knowing that the trend towards living longer
is bringing with it increased demand...
The increasingly popular herbal extract aloe vera may be able to
prolong the amount of time a trauma injury patient can survive
before receiving treatment, such as a blood transfusion, according
to researchers at the University of...
Mainland Chinese consumers are increasingly joining the health and
beauty craze which is gripping the west and as such have helped US
personal care group Nu Skin Enterprises to a 400 per cent increase
in revenues there during the...
The rapid growth in the use of the natural antioxidant CoQ10 in the
cosmetics and supplement industry has prompted the Japanese
corporation Kaneka to build a new plant in the US and to establish
an American subsidiary to service the...
UK chemicals group Croda has seen strong demand for its marine and
nutritional oils as well as products for the personal care sector,
driving sales to the personal and healthcare sectors up 14 per cent
at constant currency rates in...
Paris-based Lancôme has announced a $300 million advertising
campaign to be launched this autumn as part of the company's
attempts to create a new, more dynamic image.
Health Canada is warning consumers not to use Sesa Hair Supplement
capsules, a product designed to treat hair loss, after it was found
to be contaminated with unacceptable levels of lead, causing
potential serious adverse effects,...
Family-owned US firm JM Huber has become the number one pectin,
xanthan gum and CMC supplier after yesterday agreeing to buy
leading hydrocolloid firm CP Kelco from merchant bank Lehman
Brothers, reports Lindsey Partos.
InduSoft is integrating its Web Studio (IWS) industrial automation
software with Protia's Strategic Line of Sight software to provide
customers with improved manufacturing performance visibility.
Domestic and brand name fragrance firm Inter Parfums reported a
hefty rise in net sales for the first quarter, pushing the company
to raise its 2004 sales guidance.
The times when men had little choice when it came to skin care
products are well past. This month Tolsom will join the crowd,
launching a skin care for men range through e-tailer and direct
seller Quixtar.
US publicly listed firm Oxford Industries has signed up five new
licensing agreements for its Tommy Bahama brand, marking the next
step in the lifestyle company's controlled brand extension.
The organisers of Propak Asia expo, held in Bangkok last month,
claim that strong growth and an upward trend in investment in the
region's processing and packaging markets were reflected by record
attendance, with particular...
German chemicals group Merck is introducing two new pigments for
cosmetics. Xirona Kiwi Rose and Xirona Volcanic Fire are said to
have high lustre and interesting colour changes, and are suitable
for all types of care and decorative...
US-headquartered FCMG group Procter & Gamble is merging its
fragrance and salon hair care products activities with those of
recently acquired German subsidiary Wella.
Milliken has introduced a range of plastic additives to provide
bright, clear and colourful packaging for a range of consumer
products, including toiletries.
Manufacturer of fluid extracts for the cosmeceutical, dietary
supplement and functional food industries US Nutra has announced
two new oil based proprietary ingredients manufactured from pure
cranberry seeds, for use in a variety...
Laboratoires Sérobiologiques aims to serve the growing men's
grooming market with its synergistic botanical complex Anasensyl,
which it claims decreases sensitivity to daily stresses, preventing
redness and stinging.
German maker of Schwarzkopf hair care products Henkel recently cut
its sales growth target by nearly half to 2 per cent, blaming a
sluggish market, both at home and in other European countries.
Olay Vitamins Complete Woman's Multivitamin has received a beauty
and health care industry Glammy Award for new products, sponsored
by the US National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Glamour
magazine and Chain Drug Review magazine.
Scientists at the University of Leeds have created the first ever
model of live skin with a full ecosystem of micro-organisms. The
development has the potential to help develop dozens of new
products and change the ingredients of...
Irish neuroscience based biopharmaceuticals company Elan has sold
its botulinum toxin type B product Myobloc/Neurobloc to Solstice
Neurosciences for up to €15 million.
US-based specialists in alpha hydroxyacid (AHA) technology
NeoStrata has launched its Skin Healthy Home Resurfacing Peel
System, an integrated home-use regimen of medically driven skin
treatment products to help consumers initiate...
Skinvisible has announced a patent has been granted for its range
of 15 Invisicare polymer compositions for use in a variety of
personal care products.
Procter & Gamble announced it has signed a US$30 million (€24
m) contract for future business over the next 18 months with
Amantea Nonwovens, a minority-owned nonwovens company, to provide
materials for tampons and nappies (diapers).
Although Europe is a world leader in chemical production, holding
28 per cent of the world market, its proportion of global trade has
dropped by 4 per cent over the past decade. The time has come to
take action, according to two industry...
Chemical and ingredients distributor Univar has consolidated its
operations by creating a dedicated sales and services contact for
the specialist personal care and pharmaceutical markets.
An Italian company has selected Eastman's glass polymer for the
bottle for Just Cavalli, a new Roberto Cavalli fragrance. The
transparent bottle is made up from different fully integrated
parts: a glass core, a resin shoulder...
UK-based Disperse Technologies has announced its acquisition of
cosmetics wholesaler and distributor Elizabeth French. The
company's cosmetics brands target the pre-teen through to
mid-twenties market. Researchers at Mintel estimate...
Swedish direct selling cosmetics company Oriflame is reportedly
planning to launch two fragrances this autumn under the names of
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Sylvia.
While almost two-thirds of consumers say that supermarkets are
their first choice retailers of toiletries and household goods,
nearly 40 per cent of them still prefer to purchase cosmetics from
specialist stores and pharmacies.
79 per cent of people in Great Britain are concerned about the
build up of chemicals in the bodies of people and wildlife,
according to an opinion poll conducted by IPSOS on behalf of the
World Wildlife Fund.
While it is too soon to tell whether the influx of footballers for
Euro 2004 has had a measurable impact on sales of hair styling
mousses and gels and other men's grooming products, market analysts
Euromonitor have published...
Shiseido's premium skincare line 'Beauty Voltage' is not only an
experience for the skin but for the eye as well, courtesy of BASF's
Variocrom variable colour pigment.
Japan's second largest manufacturer of household goods Lion is to
terminate a hair care product joint-venture agreement with a
Japanese unit of German company Henkel.
French stamping foil manufacturer Kurz has developed a wide variety
of design options, including a dual processing system that utilises
a hot stamping and overprinting process, as demonstrated at Drupa
2004.
Maker of Era Face spray-on foundation and other beauty products
Classified Cosmetics has filed a motion for a preliminary
injunction against cosmetics and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals
manufacturer Del Laboratories in a suit that...
International household and personal care products company PZ
Cussons has is to acquire top UK haircare brand Charles Worthington
in a deal worth up to £37m (€55 m) to the celebrity hairdresser and
his business partner.
