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VPI on top form
Packaging & design
VPI, the subsidiary of French group Faiveley Plasturgie specialising in the cosmetic, beauty and pharmaceutical sectors, shows “a...
BASF makes offer to acquire Ciba
Industry buzz
BASF plans to acquire leading Swiss specialty chemical company Ciba, and will make a public takeover offer to Ciba’s shareholders....
Luxe Pack Monaco remains an unavoidable event
Packaging & design
Luxe Pack Monaco will be held from October 28 to 31, 2008 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and the organisers have very high expectations...
Alkos invests to consolidate external growth
Packaging & design
With the acquisition in April 2008 of Financière Beauté and the holding’s two main subsidiaries, Intercosmétiques and Sagal, France-based...
The European Commission reorganizes its scientific advisory structure
Laws & regulations
The Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (SCCP) is renamed Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) and takes in charge the...
RPC to supply bottles for new Nivea Visage line
Industry buzz
Beiersdorf has chosen RPC’s blow moulding cluster to be the supplier of the new Nivea Visage line, the packaging supplier said in a...
PRP to focus on three strategic axes
Packaging & design
Located in Oyonnax, at the heart of the Plastics Valley, North-East of Lyon, and specialising in the making of plastic bottles for health...
MBF Plastiques scores big in high-end spray-caps
Packaging & design
With the launch of Paco Rabanne’s “1 Million”, the French company specialising in plastic injection moulding, demonstrates, once again,...
Dow Corning and Elevance join forces to tap natural ingredients market
Industry buzz
Dow Corning and Elevance Renewable Sciences have signed joint development and marketing agreements to create and market a new line of...
Botanical colours for beauty products
Ingredients & formulation
The Alban Muller Group is launching a new range of eco-responsible cosmetic ingredients. Amicolors are botanical colour additives...
