Industry buzz
Seppic and Coatex partner to design new polymers for personal care
Coatex and Seppic, two world-leading experts in rheological additives for water-borne formulations, have entered into a long-term...
An application to personalise perfume bottles
Aptar beauty + home is launching a smartphone and tablet app based on its offering of bulb atomizers. This new service allows to...
A twin chamber airless dispenser by Yonwoo
Hot on the heels of the twin chamber trend is Yonwoo’s Twin Mix Airless, distributed in Europe by Quadpack, which enables consumers to...
A new general manager for Verreries Brosse
Effective mid-November, Olivier Caspar has joined the Italian group Zignago Vetro as CEO of Verrerie Brosse SAS, their French subsidiary....
L’Oréal to acquire Urban Decay make-up brand
L’Oréal, the world’s leading beauty company, today announced the signing of an agreement with private equity firm Castanea Partners to...
Beraca hires new executives to address sustainability issues
Beraca, a Brazilian-based supplier of certified organic and natural ingredients sourced from the Amazon rainforest and other Brazilian...
A tool for measuring how cosmetics could improve quality of life
A team of researchers from Swiss-based company Data Mining International SA, supported by the L’Oréal group, has developed an instrument...
Animal advocacy groups welcome appointment of Tonio Borg as EU health commissioner
The European parliament approved yesterday the appointment of Mr Tonio Borg, a catholic conservative and Malta’s former foreign minister,...
Ashland opens a technical centre dedicated to personal and home care products in Mumbai
Ashland Specialty Ingredients is strengthening its presence in India and Southeast Asia with the opening in Mumbai of a new technical...
Interparfums aims EUR 300 million annual sales in 2013
After the ending of its licence agreement with Burberry, Interparfums bets on the strong growth for Montblanc, Jimmy Choo and Boucheron...
