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December 15, 2008
European Group Drafts Natural and Organic Cosmetics Standards
Several European organizations that recently formed a working group are seeking comments on a proposal to harmonize natural and organic cosmetics standards. The European Cosmetics...
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November 24, 2008
Cosmetics Demand Expected to Remain Healthy
Several suppliers are continuing to invest in the cosmetics sector, one of the few specialty chemical end markets in which growth is forecast to rise at a healthy clip despite the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/15538.html
October 24, 2008
Elevance, Tetramer Collaborating on Renewable Specialty Chemicals
Elevance Renewable Sciences says it has entered into a partnership with Tetramer Technologies for the development and commercialization of renewable specialty chemicals. Tetramer, a...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/15019.html
September 15, 2008
Dow Corning, Elevance Ink Development Deal
Dow Corning and Elevance Renewable Sciences (Lisle, IL) have signed joint development and marketing agreements to create a line of naturally derived ingredients for personal care...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/14203.html
July 7, 2008
Church & Dwight Finalizes Purchase of Del Pharmaceuticals
Church & Dwight (C&D; Princeton, NJ) says it has completed its previously announced acquisition of over-the-counter drug producer Del Pharmaceuticals (Uniondale, NY) from Coty...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/12863.html
July 3, 2008
BASF Hikes DMAPA Capacity at Geismar and Ludwigshafen
BASF says it will add a combined 10,000 m.t./year of dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) capacity at Geismar, LA and Ludwigshafen by end 2008, to meet increased demand. The project will raise...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/12837.html
June 23, 2008
California Sues Personal Care Manufacturers Regarding 1,4 Dioxane Labeling
California’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against four personal care manufacturers, alleging that the companies have violated Proposition 65 law by not listing the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/12631.html
June 11, 2008
California Files Suit Against Mislabeled Personal Care Products
California’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against four personal care manufacturers, alleging that the companies have failed to give “clear and reasonable...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/12405.html
May 26, 2008
M&A Catches the Green Wave
The global personal care industry has long been consolidating but the growing trend of using more natural ingredients is driving many of the recent M&A deals, said suppliers...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/12121.html
May 14, 2008
Metabolic Explorer Breaks New Ground with Bio-Route to PDO
Industrial biotech start-up Metabolic Explorer (Clermont-Ferrand, France) this week disclosed that it has successfully produced initial samples of 1,3-propanediol (PDO) generated from...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/11900.html
May 13, 2008
M&A in Personal Care Industry Tinged Green
The global personal care industry has long been consolidating but the growing trend of using more natural ingredients is driving many of the recent M&A deals, say suppliers...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/11895.html
May 5, 2008
‘Green’ Demand Sprouts Double-Digit Growth
Global demand for personal care products based on green ingredients, or those from renewable resources, is showing double-digit growth, says Gillian Morris, consultant at Kline &...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/11770.html
March 31, 2008
Chemical Found in Raft of ‘Organic’ Products
About 46 of more than 100 personal care products marketed as “natural” or “organic” were tested this year and found to contain 1,4-dioxane, a petroleum-derived...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/11154.html
January 25, 2008
Ciba Raises Prices for Home, Personal Care Lines
Ciba Specialty Chemicals says it will increase prices across many of its product ranges for home and personal care applications by...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/9998.html
January 21, 2008
Tri-K Becomes Kemira Specialty
Kemira says it has changed the name of Tri-K (Northvale, NJ), a...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/9910.html
December 5, 2007
Suppliers Expand Product Offerings as More Merchandisers Go ‘Natural’
U.S. and Western European consumer demand for personal care products based on natural ingredients is posting double-digit growth and is expected to reach about $7 billion by 2012, says...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/9180.html
November 14, 2007
Clorox Nabs Burt’s Bees
Clorox says it will acquire Burt’s Bees (Durham, NC), a...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/8823.html
October 3, 2007
FDA Cites P&G for Improper Triclosan Claims
The FDA says Procter & Gamble (P&G) violated the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by claiming its triclosan-based hand sanitizer, sold under the name Early Defense, can...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/8129.html
July 25, 2007
Degussa Plans to Expand Wisconsin Specialties Site
Degussa says it will invest $6.6 million to expand its care and surface specialties offerings at Janesville, WI. The investment includes a new 18 million...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/6956.html
July 11, 2007
DSM Buys Ingredients Maker
DSM has agreed to acquire Pentapharm Holding (Basel) for an undisclosed amount...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/specialty_chemicals/personal_care/6800.html
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