The World Perfumery Congress, a biennial event that covers the entire fragrance industry value chain, will be held on 10-12 June 2014 in Deauville, France, at the Centre International. The event comprises an exhibition and a conference programme, aiming at providing visitors with insights into the latest industry updates and trends. This year's event investigates the ‘Future of Fragrance'. More than...
Over €1.2 million! This is the fine imposed on Pin by the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris last April 11. What for? For illicitly using famous brand perfume names (Fahrenheit, Eau Sauvage, Black XS Paco Rabanne, Coco, etc.) on the company's online store www.pirate-parfum.fr. Here are a few explanations by Matthieu Bourgeois, French associate lawyer and intellectual property specialist at KGA law...
The growing array of green actives is spurring innovation in the cosmetics industry, found Organic Monitor. However, novel green ingredients are also bringing fresh technical challenges, says the market research firm. Eager to find sustainable alternatives to oil-based synthetic ingredients, suppliers have diversified extraction and production processes. While plant materials were the traditional source...
The 5th edition of Cosme Tech, the International Cosmetics Development Expo, and the 3rd edition of Cosme Tokyo, the International Cosmetics Trade Fair, will be held on 20-22 October 2014 at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition centre. Hajime Suzuki, Director, Group VP, International Sales & Marketing Division at Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd. detailed to Premium Beauty News the new features of the joint events...
A teacher and researcher in the Laboratoire automatique et génie des procédés (UMR CNRS 5007), at the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Stéphanie Briançon is particularly interested in the physical chemistry of formulations. Her laboratory is part of this fabric of excellence in the Lyon research area on which relies the European Centre of Dermocosmetics(CED). Premium Beauty News interviewed her on...
The five-tube Metal Ball Family from Albéa is engineered to provide a cooling and massaging effect while enhancing formula benefits. The product range features diameters from 16 to 50mm and capacities from 5 to 250ml. “The wide range allows precise application for small, localized body areas, as well as larger areas where fast and efficient application is needed. Body care, facial care, eye contouring...
Two weeks ago, Cosmebio and Organics Cluster unveiled the results of a new prospective study: Organic Markets in 2025. About forty economic players and experts (economists, industrial players, sociologists, distributors, producers, researchers…) have worked together with the prospective agency Futuribles to produce this report which outlines four possible scenarios for the future. After several years...
On the 1st of May 2014, the German company Oekametall became Oeka Oehlhorn GmbH & Co. KG. While, in the 1950s the company was produced mostly metal items, for technical components (stamped or cut pieces) and cosmetic packaging (capsules, lipstick, etc.), in the early 1960s, the introduction and development of injection techniques, led to a growing production of plastic components, which soon became...
Just a little over a year after announcing a first big industrial investment program including in particular, the construction of a new of 20,000 sqm (215,000 sq ft) production unit on one of the existing Chinese sites, to host a complete aluminium processing line, Eddy Wu, President and CEO, has announced the expansion of its plant in Suzhou and is considering an industrial presence in Eastern Europe...
Knoll Prestige Packaging has developed and manufactured for the House of Lancôme this luxurious suitcase fully wrapped with black faux leather. Mirror plaques of gold PMMA are glued on the two front magnetic doors and emphasize the precious look of the suitcase. Brand's signature is gold hot stamped on a black PMMA plaque. The inside is composed of numerous compartments, drawers, a gold mirror and...
French cosmetic applicator specialist Cosmogen reached a 21 million euros turnover in 2013, and has achieved a two-digit growth over the past five years. Renaud van den Berg, the new General Manager, has revealed the company's ambitions to Premium Beauty News. Premium Beauty News - You have been assuming control of Cosmogen for a few months now. What are your main strategic objectives? Renaud van den...
Bourjois, the France-based make-up maker, selected Albéa's injected plastic Dolce Vita mascara brush and pack solution to help differentiate its latest product, Beauty'Full Volume Dark Khôl. “The key to this latest project between Albéa and Bourjois was the supplier's ability to deliver an exceptional set of brush characteristics that perfectly match the requirements of this particular product. Dolce...
Can you draw or sculpt a perfume? This is exactly what Cartier achieved with the help of design agency centdegrés and thanks to the manufacturing know-how of the Pochet Group. The head of the feline that gave its name to La Panthère (the panther in French), Cartier's latest fragrance, is sculpted inside the bottle thanks to the new In'pressive process developed and patented by the Pochet Group. “This...
Reed Exhibitions, the organiser of the in-cosmetics, in-cosmetics Asia and in-cosmetics Brasil events, has announced the launch of in-cosmetics Korea. This new addition to the company's portfolio in Asia will take place on 15-16 June 2015 at the COEX Exhibition Centre in Seoul. According to Reed, the two-day event will be South Korea's first exhibition and educational event dedicated solely to the...
While its domestic market carries on declining, the Italian cosmetics industry stands on exports to fuel its growth. The recession of the Italian personal care market continued in 2013 to EUR 9,500 million, a decline of 1.2% compared to 2012, according to recently released figures from Cosmetica Italia. According to the trade association, this recession, which remains modest compared to the crisis...
Derived from two specific brown algae sourced in the Brehat archipelago, in Brittany, France, Sea Shine is a marine algae complex, designed by BiotechMarine, a Seppic subsidiary, to smoothly lighten the skin. An in vivo study shows after 56 days, a significant lightening effect on Asian and Caucasian panels. This new active ingredient is compliant with China's regulations (based on vegetable butylene...
Dominique Vautier, President of the Alkos Group since September 2010, is now in charge of the project development for the Alkos and Cosmogen groups. The MBO operation led by MBO Partners (with a 51% majority stake in the take over holding) has enabled him to become the Managing Director and shareholder of the Alkos-Cosmogen group and has also enabled Gérard Gieux to keep both a significant share of...
On the occasion of the in-cosmetics tradeshow, which was held in Hamburg at the beginning of the month, Greetech presented a series of new biotech actives as well as new results for some oils. The latest edition of the in-cosmetics show in Hamburg put “green” cosmetic ingredients under the spotlights, including products obtained from environmental-friendly extraction methods, ingredients derived from...
Finnish supplier of paper and carton board Stora Enso has announced the winners of the 2014 edition of the Recreate Packaging design competition, which was dedicated to travel packaging. Recreate Packaging was organised for the second time by Stora Enso and Aalto University's International Design Business Management (IDBM) Program aimed at challenging conventional thinking and the use of materials...
The 19th edition of China Beauty Expo (CBE) took place on 7-9 May 2014 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. The growth in the number of exhibitors ( 12.5 % compared to 2013) confirmed the dynamism of the beauty industry in the Asia-Pacific region. CBE features three major exhibition areas: Cosmetics China, dedicated to cosmetics, skin care products and perfumes, Cosmetech Shanghai, dedicated...