A continuing focus on skin care brand Nivea, as well as giving unprofitable lines the chop, has given German consumer goods company Beiersdorf a positive outlook in 2012, following the announcement of its 2011 results.
This year’s in-cosmetics event, held at the Gran Via exhibition centre in Barcelona from 17-19 April 2012, promises to be bigger than previous editions with already 11,700 m2 of floor space booked and over 530 exhibitors signed up.
Packaging supplier Rexam has announced it is now ‘actively marketing’ its Personal Care business for sale following the release of the company’s 2011 results.
On the back of its fourth quarter 2011 results announcement last week, Unilever CFO Jean-Marc Huet has reiterated that the Personal Care business and emerging market push that helped boost those figures will remain key factors in the company’s future...
Standard & Poor’s says its outlook for the credit quality of personal care is now slightly negative, indicating that growth and investment potential for the area is likely to be curbed.
As part of ambitious plans to increase its footprint in the cosmetic and personal care market, Unilever has recently announced a number of significant brand extensions to broaden its portfolio.
The PCHi event is set to open its doors in Shanghai, China on 27th February, providing a window in on one of the world’s fastest growing and evolving cosmetic and personal care markets.
Many personal care companies are currently facing the dilemma of making further investment in sustainability and becoming greener against a backdrop of rising costs and inflation.
Specialty soap base supplier Stephenson Personal Care has utilised its appearance at the Society of Cosmetics Scientists (SCS) Formulate exhibition to launch its two new naturally derived personal care ranges.
The Venezuelan government has set price caps on 18 consumer products, including personal and home care products, in an effort to curb inflation in the country.
P&G is to begin manufacturing personal care products locally for the Indian market as part of its sustainability efforts and an increased focus on growing its presence in the emerging market.
Johnson and Johnson has announced that it is continuing its efforts to remove two potentially harmful ingredients from its baby shampoo, following pressure from consumer and environmental groups.
Austrian packaging firm Borealis has partnered with Plasticum Group and developed a polypropylene (PP) tube for the cosmetics and personal care industry increasing production efficiency resulting in a domino effect of other benefits.
The Nivea skin cream maker is cutting back on unprofitable lines and investing more in its skin care brands in an attempt to gain market share after seeing its third quarter profits take a tumble.
Bluestar Silicones has opened a newly built Technical Service Laboratory in the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, as part of a bid to expand its offerings to the personal care category.
Thanks to strong growth in personal care, driven by acquisitions and the emerging markets, Unilever has continued its strong growth in the third quarter of the year.
New research from Organic Monitor has found that the growth rate of global sales of natural and organic beauty products is slowing because of the weak economic climate, although figures are expected to climb by $5bn (€3.7bn) in the next four years.
For a number of years France-based research company Spincontrol has been delving deeper and deeper into the subject area of wellbeing in an attempt to discover how more effective and targeted cosmetic and personal care products can be developed.
Switzerland-based Clariant will open a new laboratory near Mumbai focused on developing formulations specifically for the personal care industry in India, a market that is showing continued growth.
UK-headquartered manufacturer Rexam has expanded its personal care packaging production facility in Excelsior Springs, Missouri to meet growing customer demand.
Heidenreich will join the executive board at Beirsdorf in January 2012 and will replace out-going CEO Thomas Quaas after the company's AGM, in the following April.
In the first of a two part interview, CosmeticsDesign spoke to Michel de Poortere, secretary general of the European Silicones Centre(CES) to find out just how much of a threat silicones pose to the environment.
While the recession may officially be over it has taken its toll on the beauty packaging industry and manufacturers will have to turn to differentiation of packaging format, size and shape to attract consumers.
Having already tailored its business increasingly around personal care, Unilever CEO Paul Polman says the company is hoping to eventually derive most of its sales from emerging markets.
As an important factor that influences a consumer’s decision when buying cosmetics and personal care products, CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com takes a look at a few of the packaging innovations of 2011.
The five biggest international finished goods manufacturers continue to post improved results, although rising costs, currency translation and sluggish developed markets continue to throw up challenges.
Analysts at investment bank Liberum Capital expect Unilever to sell its food arm, excluding the ice cream and beverage category, for an estimated figure of €14bn in an effort to grow its home and personal care business.
As it looks to bolster its personal care business, the natural ingredients supplier is eyeing a couple of acquisitions in the cosmetics industry in order to strengthen its position in the market.
Specialty chemical company IMCD has opened a new personal care applications laboratory in Selangor, Malaysia to target significant growth potential in that market.
The anglo-dutch consumer products giant has announced a number of changes to its managerial structure in order to support its growth plans, particularly in the emerging markets.
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...
A new report shows that personal care remains the most important sector for aerosols in the UK market and also underlines the fact that growth remains strong.
Following on from the relatively robust performance of the beauty and personal care market as a whole in 2009, which grew 5.1 per cent to reach a value of $4.05bn, skincare, bath and shower and men’s grooming products are expected to witness the most...
Adapting to limited budgets and sharp price increase in 2009, Mexican consumers of beauty and personal care products changed their purchasing patterns, leading to manufacturers to adopt more sophisticated marketing and distribution strategies, according...
Speciality ingredients supplier Naturex has posted strong growth for the first quarter and despite it remaining a small part of its operations, the company still holds out hope for its personal care business.
Increased sales of DMAPA in the US and Latin America has led Belgium-headquartered alkylamines producer Taminco to construct a unit for the surfactant intermediate at its plant in St Gabriel in Louisana
Complex product formulations, concerns over sustainability and the growing trend towards premiumisation are just some of the factors that will influence new product development at Rexam Personal Care, according to its global marketing and innovation director...
Germany-based consumer goods company Henkel has reported strong growth in its business for the latest quarter and full year, on the back of significant gains from cosmetics and toiletries.
Azelis has signed a definitive agreement to acquire raw material and ingredient supplier S&D Group as it looks to strengthen its portfolio coverage as well as its geographical spread.
Building on growth in its food and household packaging divisions Netherlands-based AFA Dispensing says it is now set to focus on aerosol replacements for the personal care segment.
Natrue has taken steps towards a globally recognised definition for the use of the term natural in personal care products by partnering with US certifier NSF International.
Silicone producer BRB International has decided to use this years in-cosmetics show in Milan to cement its position as a key supplier to the personal care industry.
