With Unilever’s results showing better than expected fourth quarter sales growth, we take a look at the key part being played by its personal care division.
Symrise has made the sustainability of its supply chain a key part of its business strategy and that goal has paid off with a gold status award from EcoVadis for its sustainability management.
Ahead of this week’s 2017 European edition of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, held in London, we caught up with Cargill, one major player in personal care set to participate.
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a publicly-accessible database with key information on around 15,000 chemicals, aimed at researchers, regulatory authorities and businesses.
A Wall Street analyst’s positive note on Procter & Gamble’s outlook has sent share prices upwards and could be one of the first signs the business is really back on track.
Chemical company BASF is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Argan Program in Southern Morocco, introducing a new anti-ageing active ingredient based on argan pulp to plump and densify skin.
Unilever has its new product launches to thank for its growth in Personal Care last year as the company as a whole saw profit grow despite a sales dip.
Market research firm Euromonitor suggests that conditions in the Iranian cosmetics industry are likely to improve as a result of the $7bn in sanctions relief announced by the US.
Ahead of the results for its second quarter, the embattled cosmetics giant is being tipped to continue to gain ground as cost saving measures and a trimmer business structure pay dividends.
A joint project between specialty chemical players Milliken and PolyChim has resulted in the development of a homopolymer proplylene (PP) packaging with enhanced aesthetics and manufacturing advantages.
Air Products, owner of Germany-based Rovi Cosmetics, is launching its new Dermohydrine cellular active at the in-cosmetics event in Paris taking place this week.
Netherlands-based Avery Dennison says it has improved the recylability of its PET containers by incorporating an adhesive and film combination that reduces waste from plastic packaging.
The Germany-headquarted company has launched a new active ingredient said to be specifically developed to restore the natural sebum levels of mature and postmenopausal skin at this year’s in-cosmetics event in Barcelona.
Researchers at cosmetics company Kao have demonstrated that a eucalyptus extract has the ability to improve the skin function on the outer layer in dry skin by increasing ceramide levels in the stratum corneum, in the epidermis and in keratinocytes.
Over the next four years the global beauty market is expected to grow and continue its recovery, aided by recovering consumer health, less aggressive competition, increased exposure to the faster growing emerging markets and a slow recovery in developed...
Taking supplements of wheat ceramides daily for three months may improve skin hydration, although the difference in the skin feel noted by users was less significant.
Ingredients supplier Jan Dekker has launched an extract of the East Asian silver vine fruit which it claims can improve skin transparency and lead to younger looking skin.
Momentive Performance Materials has combined two of its existing technologies to create a silicone-based material that can help disperse actives and pigments in formulations.
BASF was hard hit by the global downturn in 2009 and is turning to sustainability measures as a means of cutting costs and getting the business back on track.
Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble has tested its Olay Pro-X anti-aging regime against a tretinoin-based prescription treatment, and found they performed similarly.
Connecticut-based MeadWestvaco has launched an enhanced version of
its Crescendo gradeline paperboard that improves print quality and
overall appearance of secondary packaging, as well as adding more
diversity to the range.
