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Naturex and Natraceutical to form botanicals giant
Ingredients & formulation
Naturex buys the ingredients division of one of its main competitors, Natraceutical Group, to form a leading producer of botanical...
Edelmann prints exclusive folding cartons for Flora by Gucci
Industry buzz
Gucci has given new life to the legendary Flora pattern through a summery and sensual fragrance creation. In 1966 the first scarf was...
Alcan Packaging Beauty wins 2009 ETMA award
Industry buzz
Alcan Packaging Beauty has won the award for Best Laminate Tube 2009 from ETMA - the European Tube Manufacturers Association - for the...
Reckitt Benckiser gets Cosmetics GMP certification
Industry buzz
Reckitt Benckiser is one of the first companies in the world to get an ISO 22176 certification for its French manufacturing facility...
Encouraging results for the BeautyFULL Club
Industry buzz
“A very encouraging first report” for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, said Charles-Emmanuel Gounod, the BeautyFULL Club’s President, which...
Cofatech and Valois launch a resealable flat sachet
Industry buzz
French sampling specialist Cofatech has signed a partnership agreement with Indigo by Valois for the mass-production and the marketing...
SGS to certify compliance with the EFfCI’s GMP guidelines
Laws & regulations
SGS has entered into a long-term partnership agreement with EFfCI to audit and certify the compliance of EFfCI members with the...
Avon to cut 1,200 jobs
Industry buzz
Avon announced it will reorganise its global activities, including realignments in its global supply chain manufacturing operations,...
Action group launches boycott campaign against Ahava Cosmetics
Companies & industry
Code Pink, a US anti-war group that is mainly composed of women, is launching a boycott campaign against Israel’s biggest cosmetics maker...
Faber-Castell Cosmetics: the pencil, nothing but the pencil (for the time being)!
Packaging & design
The Faber-Castell group will be celebrating 250 years of existence in 2011. For this “institution in writing instruments,” cosmetic...
