News
Brazil: Sales of personal care products fall by 8% in 2015
Industry buzz
The Brazilian industry of cosmetics, fragrances and personal care products finished 2015 with an 8% fall in sales achieving net revenues...
Mibelle Group buys the Ondal production plant in France to P&G
Industry buzz
The Mibelle Group will purchase P&G’s (Procter & Gamble) Ondal Sarl production site in Sarreguemines, France. The acquisition...
Metsä Board inaugurates new folding boxboard machine at husum mill
Industry buzz
In early April, Metsä Board, part of the Metsä Group, had its new folding boxboard machine at Husum in Sweden inaugurated with the...
The face of European online beauty shoppers is changing
Markets & trends
While online sales of beauty products are expected to grow by 8% each year until 2019, the profile of online beauty shoppers is changing...
Make-Up trends highlighted at IMATS New York
Industry buzz
Held on 8-10 April 2016 at Pier 94, the International Make-Up Artist Trade Show New York, IMATS, featured award-winning film, runway, TV...
Innovations and Science: New efficacy tests for new products
Science, R&D
Smart beauty, customization, new types of claims: marketing developments in cosmetics and dermoscosmetology require ranges of tests that...
Symrise opens sales offices and application laboratories in Iran
Industry buzz
Symrise has announced the opening of “Symrise Parsian” - its own site in Tehran, Iran. This move strengthens the company’s presence in...
Halal cosmetics: A growing global market but disparate certification systems
Markets & trends
Once limited to food products, halal certifications have gradually extended to flavours and to personal care products and cosmetics. As...
Cosmoprof Asia will split in two venues to increase exhibition area in 2016
Industry buzz
Cosmoprof Asia will be back in 2016 with a larger scale and will be held across two fair venues: the Hong Kong Convention &...
What is in people’s minds when they buy organic cosmetics?
Markets & trends
COSMEBIO, an organization representing organic cosmetics in France, and Organics Cluster (Rhône Alpes, France), gathered to learn more...
