The personal care giant secures International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC) host society award — presented to Eunbi Ko for her “exceptional thesis”.
The leader in cosmetics original design manufacturing (ODM), Cosmax, builds upon its strong procurement history, with the acquisition of cosmetics maker Nuworld.
The personal care company will build a new production plant for skin care cosmetics to respond to growing demands and to complement the company's existing three factories in Japan.
The Japanese multinational electronics company cultivates new make up application software that allows shoppers to freely produce digital professional make up.
The South Korean personal care giant launches three cosmetics brands in China — OHUI, VDL and Belif — to enable it to make greater strides in the global cosmetics industry.
Ashland is looking to step up its efforts in Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Cambodia to drive sales success in more of Asia’s emerging markets, while also looking to ramp-up its technical services for customers in the region.
Developing the “science of Korean beauty”, Cosmax Bio teams up in a mutual cooperation with Jeonnam Bioindustry to use natural materials for the production of industry goods.
Teaming up with Kyoto University, multinational electronics company, Panasonic, has advanced its key technologies to evolve its radar health monitor for use in the home.
As the flavours and fragrant leader lays the foundation for its hub in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province of China, the move represents the company’s biggest-ever investment in its Chinese fragrance activities.
As the Chinese silicon raw material name prepares to attend in-cosmetics Asia, we spoke to Stephanie Yu, Brand Executive, Guangzhou Batai Chemical about the importance of feel and texture, and how there’s a whole lot of “love in the cosmetics industry”....
Yusuke Chikamatsu from the Cosmetic Raw Materials Department at raw material handler and distributor, Kaneda, talks us through their business aims, along with the functionality and high-quality nature of Made in Japan items.
Aiming to offer the optimum online shopping experience, JD.com now prepares to give brands a luxury-only direct channel to Chinese consumers through Toplife.
Shiseido Group’s, luxury brand, Clé de Peau Beauté, launches its limited edition, holiday season ‘Coffret Synactif’ from its premium product range ‘Synactif’.
Japanese multinational personal care company, Kosé Corporation, unveils its Decorté name, as it enters into an exclusive distribution agreement with Selfridges, located on Oxford Street, London, UK.
Flavour and fragrances company, Givaudan, enters into a strategic alliance with extract ingredients manufacturer, Draco Natural Products, to explore the power of traditional Chinese medicine in product development.
We talked to Philip Hwang, Brand Strategy Director at Brandimage some more about how APAC is embracing the fragrance sector and how brands can leverage cultural heritage to make an impact.
The leading provider of insights and analytics, Clarivate Analytics, reveals in its 2017 State of Innovation Report: The Relentless Desire to Advance report how patented inventions from China have slowed down and R&D investment has reduced.
Japanese personal care heavyweight, Shiseido, succeeds in developing and applying two newly-advanced technologies: In Vivo visualisation of dermal capillaries and the involvement of vascular plexus malformation in hyperpigmentation.
We continued our conversation with Laurel Gu, Research Director, and Jessica Jin, Associate Beauty Director, both of Mintel, on the Chinese economy and how selective spending habits are causing a thought-provoking stir for brands.
Market research agency, Mintel, reveals how urban Chinese consumers are more selective spenders in 2017, so we caught up with Laurel Gu, Research Director, and Jessica Jin, Associate Beauty Director to find out why this is and the impact this is likely...
While personal care conglomerate, Shiseido, ramps up its facial expression project with a new face skin care cream, it also announced the voluntary recollection of its Integrate Killer Wink Gel Liner.
After exploring how new experiences are set to dominate K-beauty in the US, we spoke to David Tyrrell, Global Skincare Analyst, Beauty & Personal Care at Mintel about how innovations using social media, cultural influences and educational messages...
Experiential beauty, anti-ageing and moisturisation benefits, along with the safety of cosmetics are hot points of interest for the US markets, David Tyrrell, Global Skincare Analyst, Beauty & Personal Care at Mintel revealed.
With Japan making waves in the simple make up segment, we continued our conversation with Shannon Romanowski and Sharon Kwek from market research company, Mintel, on how brands can successfully market their products and which labels, in particular, are...
Packaging material producer, Tekni-Plex, injects $15 mn (€12.4 mn) investment into its production plant as part of its global supply network commitment.
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