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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...
IFF names new head of supply chain
Industry buzz
Global creator of flavours and fragrances, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), recently announced the nomination of Beth E....
Beiersdordf’s conquest of the East
Industry buzz
Beiersdorf’s Central and Eastern European Management Unit reported an 11% increase of its turnover in the first half year of 2008 to...
“Innovation is our first investment,” Alain Chevassus, Cosfibel
Packaging & design
Alain Chevassus, founder and president of Cosfibel, is continuing our set of interviews with the leaders of the cosmetics industry’s...
