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France will not tax cosmetics
Industry buzz
The old idea of a tax to fund the activities of the French Agency of Health Products (AFSSAPS), whose responsibilities includes the...
Unipex acquires Fytokem
Industry buzz
Unipex Group, a manufacturer and distributor of active ingredients and specialty chemicals for the cosmetic and pharmaceutical...
Maybelline chooses Alcan Packaging Beauty to make its latest lipstick
Industry buzz
With a co-polyester cap and a metallised ABS base, Color Sensational, Maybelline’s latest lipstick combines elegance, gloss and subtle...
Palm oil: Unilever cuts purchases from supplier criticized by Greenpeace
Environment
Unilever recently announced that it has decided to suspend all future purchases of palm oil from the Indonesian company PT Smart, part of...
Symrise launches superfruits for cosmetic products
Ingredients & formulation
Symrise is expanding its Actipone line of botanical active ingredients to add superfruits to its offering. Superfruits refer to fruits...
“Our industry must focus on innovation,” Ulrich Griebel, Schwan STABILO Cosmetics
Companies & industry
In an exclusive interview, Ulrich Griebel General Manager of Schwan STABILO Cosmetics GmbH & Co. KG tells Premium Beauty News that...
Weckerle invests in lipsticks
Industry buzz
Weckerle Cosmetics, which can claim a double digit growth rate this year again, carry on its investment policy in the lipstick segment....
Yves Rocher opens its Parisian flagship store
Industry buzz
Yves Rocher recently reopened its prestigious store at 102, Champs-Élysées Avenue, in Paris. The flagship address was entirely...
International Lacquers becomes I.L. Cosmetics
Companies & industry
As a consequence of its diversification in the make-up segment, the Luxembourg-based company, specializing in nail enamel, is changing...
Seidel to diversify in the art of tableware
Industry buzz
Ideas, Andreas Ritzenhoff, Seidel’s CEO, has never run out of them and the packaging industry dedicated to the perfume and cosmetics...