Portola Packaging has announced its environmental improvements in energy and packaging source reduction and recycling, as it seeks to minimize its environmental impact in a sustainable way.
This year’s in-cosmetics show will be larger than ever, inspired by the success of last year’s event and will also include a more comprehensive programme of workshops and seminars.
The US prestige beauty industry has shown an increase of 4 percent in dollar sales in 2010 compared to 2009 thanks to a quick recovery in skin care, according to The NPD Group.
Procter & Gamble announces steady gains for its third quarter sales ending in December, but profits are down on lower retail pricing and negative currency exchange rates.
Albéa (previously Alcan Packaging Beauty) has announced its acquisition of laminate tube manufacturer Betts Group, to become a leader in plastic and laminate tubes.
Global beauty company Coty has received minority equity investments from two private equity firms which will aid in its accelerated growth plans on a global scale.
Consumer goods giant Kimberly-Clark announced a slight increase in both its organic and like-for-like sales and will focus on restructuring its pulp and tissue division.
Ingredients company New Zealand Extracts says that research it has conducted with AgResearch suggests that a Sauvignon Blanc extract could be a good sunscreen.
The year ahead should see the global market for medicated skin care begin to recover, following on from the challenging conditions experienced in the past two years.
The Indian color cosmetics market is predicted to return annual growth of 12 per cent over the coming three years, according to a report from market researcher RNCOS.
Beiersdorf has announced a full year organic 2010 sales increase of 3.1 percent, in line with the forecast that were recently lowered by costs relating to its restructuring programme.
Japan-headquartered Kao Corporation has accelerated its global product development, with plans to introduce its foam-type hair colour products in Thailand later this year.
Chemical company Rhodia has announced the acquisition of polymers company Suzhou Hipro as it attempts to reinforce its global position in guar technology and develop its presence in China and Asia-Pacific.
Rigid packaging player Berlin Packaging has acquired Continental Packaging Solutions and integrated AllPak into its business, significantly expanding its reach in the US.
The New Year brings about new trends, and market analyst Mintel has predicted that maintaining biodiversity and focusing on sustainable sourcing in the beauty industry will be key in 2011.
Merck KGaA has opened a new centre in India to showcase its range of technology solutions to the country’s rapidly expanding pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.
Japanese-headquartered Kao Corporation has invested in a new manufacturing plant in the Anhui province, China, in order to reinforce its production base of consumer goods in the country.
Green chemistry and its role in helping companies reduce their environmental footprints has been recognised at a number of industry events and new launches this year.
Symrise has opened the doors of its perfumery school in India as it aims to educate and nurture a new talent pool of junior perfumers and expand their competence in what it sees as a growth market.
Global printing and coding company Domino has posted record sales for 2010, ending October 31, and attributed the growth to re-investment by its customers.
Cargill is to acquire Indonesian starch, sweetener and sorbitol company PT Sorini Agro Asia Corporindo, in a deal designed to help it better serve its customers in the Asia Pacific region.
China beauty suppliers are no longer relying on the phenomenal growth seen in the domestic in recent years to expand their businesses, suggests a new market report.
Beiersdorf has announced new measures designed to focus the business on skin care, which it says will weigh on next year’s operating margin, including pulling out of the color cosmetics market in Germany.
Intercos America, a leading worldwide manufacturer of make-up products has secured state investment to expand its production facilities in New York State.
L’Oreal has announced its new research and innovation strategy targeting the emerging markets that it believes will help it to capture one billion new consumers.
Indian fast moving consumer goods giant Godrej has acquired two important niche brand in the country’s hair and body care market, Swastik Shikakai and Swastik Neem.
Fragrance and cosmetics manufacturer Coty has announced its plans to purchase a majority stake in TJoy in an attempt to increase its presence in China.
The Consumers Foundation (CF) in Taiwan has said it wants to see a tightening of regulations governing organic cosmetics following a series of random product tests.
Applying an extract from the leaves of Orthosiphon stamineus, otherwise known as Java tea or Cat’s whiskers, can help reduce sebum production in the skin, reducing shine and decreasing pore size, claim BASF scientists.
L'Oreal and Nestle, plan to enter the Chinese market in 2011 with their beauty pill brand Inneov, as more young people turn to dietary supplements to improve skin and hair conditions, according to press reports.
L’Occitane’s expansion into China, funded by a recent IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange, has helped drive a big increase in sales for the first half of its financial year.
Unilever-owned brand Vaseline is making use of social media marketing by launching a video series to promote its new brand of skin care, ‘Vaseline Intensive Rescue’.
Although ethical and environmental concerns were once the reserve of the media, increased information now makes this area a major concern for personal care consumers.
Companies sourcing ingredients from plants will have to comply with biodiversity regulation from both the provider state as well as compliance systems in their own country.
As mobile devices and ‘apps’ appear to be taking over the world of advertising, Unilever will expand its presence on Apple’s iAd platform to Europe and Asia by the end of the second quarter next year.
Recent international talks in Nagoya, Japan, have resulted in the adoption of an international regime that will force companies to change the way they source their natural ingredients…although, not immediately.