In this guest article, ahead of the in-cosmetics Global show next month, Chris Sayner, Vice President of Customer Alliances Corporate Sustainability, Croda International Plc explains how the ingredients supplier role has evolved with the mounting industry...
Symrise, global fragrance and ingredients supplier, has been picked out for its efforts in sustainability, with the company having been nominated for the 2016 German Sustainability Award.
Eco-sunscreen brand Sôvée is to be the first cosmetics company to use a clear packaging film based on renewable resources, specially developed by Italian Mater-Bi manufacturer Novamont to protect its products.
Ingredient suppliers AkzoNobel and BASF are part of a major Dutch consortium which has announced plans to establish a national research centre focused on tackling important energy and chemistry issues associated with the growing depletion of the finite...
As it looks to combat confusion surrounding the definition of what constitutes ‘organic’, Natrue has adopted the IFOAM technical definition of what constitutes an accepted organic standard.
Scientists in Germany have developed a process of transforming algae oil into high-quality chemical raw materials that could affect a number of industries.
According to natural ingredients supplier Naturex, in order to maintain consumer loyalty, manufacturers need to rely on a strong partner that has complete control over all aspects of the ingredient production process.
Now is the time for full clarity over natural and naturally-derived ingredients according to Organic Monitor’s Judi Beerling, who will be addressing the topic at the upcoming in-cosmetics show in Paris in April.
France-based natural and organic cosmetic association Cosmebio and its ingredient supplier counterpart FPS-Covrec, have collaborated in a move aimed at further promoting natural cosmetics, both in France and internationally.
Switzerland-based specialty chemical distributor Staerkle & Nagler has been acquired by market expansion specialist DKSH in a move that aims to compliment its existing performance materials business in Asia.
Cremer Oleo has reached an agreement to acquire Sasol Germany’s production site in Witten along with the associated oleochemicals business in an all-German transaction.
UK retail chain Marks and Spencer has focused on lessening environmental impact as well as the right design for its latest personal care range by using PET bottles that incorporate 30 per cent PCR material.
Evonik becomes the latest supplier to the cosmetics and personal care industry to raise its prices, adding to the growing problem of rising costs that is affecting businesses throughout the supply chain.
Smaller cosmetics packaging companies are being particularly hard hit by rising raw materials costs due to climbing oil prices and high demand for certain materials.
Ingredients supplier Dr Straetmans will launch its palm oil free emulsifier at this year’s in-cosmetics show in Milan, highlighting the need to source ingredients without destroying rainforests.
Germany experienced a “significant increase “ in turnover for aluminium packaging across cosmetics as well as food and pharmaceuticals in 2010 as the sector recovered from recession, said the national trade body.
A survey conducted by Germany-based plastics packaging association Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen (IK) suggests further price rises are expected in the first quarter of 2011.
Having registered sales volume increases so far in 2010, huge raw material price hikes threaten to derail the European tube industry, says manufacturing assocation.
Private label personal care specialist McBride says weak retail sales in Europe and increased expenses are likely to impact the company’s fourth quarter results.
Packaging giant DuPont will be unveiling its new polyester resin with over a third renewable content to the luxury cosmetic sector at the LuxePack trade show later this month.
Taxing virgin PET is one of the best ways to get companies to move over to using recycled material for plastic packaging, according to a green chemist.
Natural ingredients supplier Cremer Care offers organic glycerine to the European cosmetics market through a partnership with Colombian company Daabon organics.
CSM has announced plans to sell its Purac gluconates production
plant in The Netherlands to Avebe, as part of a broader
restructuring of manufacturing and focus on core competencies.
Until now it has been raw material and chemical providers that have
been increasing their prices, but Germany-based active ingredients
player Symrise now joins the growing list.
Sun Chemical is blaming a 'dramatic spike' in raw material, energy
and transportation costs for significant price hikes for its
Performance Pigments Division.
BASF Corporation is the latest leading specialty chemicals
manufacturer to announce major price hikes among its offerings to
the personal care industry.
Unilever has identified personal care as a priority area in the
creation of future sales growth and the protection of profits from
increasing raw material costs.
Continued challenges in the retail environment and the added
spectra of rising commodity costs means that Procter & Gamble
is reckoning on cutting costs in a number of business areas in
order to sustain strong growth.
Solid nine month sales for fine chemicals and ingredients player
Cognis are driven by particularly strong sales growth for the
company's Care Chemicals division - but profits are hit by
commodity prices.
Sun Chemical has increased the price of all packaging inks and
coatings by three to seven per cent this month, blaming rising
petrochemical costs that could affect the entire packaging industry
for the next couple of years.
Aloecorp, the world's leading vertically integrated supplier of
Aloe vera raw materials, has announced extensions to its
distributor partnerships in Belgium and the UK.
