NEWS DIGEST Marine microbe agreement
A Scottish marine biotechnology firm has joined forces with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in a bid to discover innovative and high-value products from microorganisms. Scientists from Aquapharm Biotechnology are to be given exclusive commercial access to a selection of Australian marine microbes in the AIMS Bioresources Library.
Aquapharm believes the deal will lead to the discovery of useful new active ingredients for use in pharmaceutical, nutritional and personal care products. Jon Williams, VP commercial at Aquapharm, explained: “AIMS is among the world’s top
specialist research institutions, and it has cultivated a sizeable collection of marine micro- organisms from Australia’s unique marine territory. This territory spans an immense 16 million square kilometres, leading to high biodiversity and the potential for novel microbes and their products. “Aquapharm has signed an agreement with AIMS that grants us exclusive commercial access to a select range of these organisms for testing and development, with the option to conclude an exclusive licence agreement for commercialisation if they are found to be suitable. “We are optimistic that this opportunity to
screen an even wider variety of microorganisms from a diverse range of habitats and organisms will complement the efforts made to date in mining our own collection, and help us to discover some exciting new products which could ultimately find their way into anything from advanced medicines to toiletries.” Under the terms of this deal, Aquapharm will invest its specialist expertise to culture and screen a range of these microbes. If the Scottish firm finds an extract among these with commercial potential, it may negotiate a royalty fee to AIMS in exchange for commercialisation rights.
Expanded technical team
Consumer-relevant innovation award presented
Dow Home & Personal Care received the ‘Best Innovation Contributor 2011’ award from Henkel Laundry & Home Care at the 2012 American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Annual Meeting and Industry Convention in Orlando, Florida.
Every year Henkel recognises an external partner for delivery of outstanding, consumer- relevant innovation. This year Dow received Henkel’s award for its innovation in personal care technologies.
In presenting this award, Thomas Förster, corporate vice president R&D cosmetics at Henkel, commented how strong business partners play a decisive role for Henkel in developing innovative products.
“The Dow Chemical Company has made excellent contributions to the launch of two successful innovations in our hairstyling product category in 2011,” said Förster. “Due to the development of a shine polymer for Henkel’s shine hairspray lines and a styling polymer technology for highest hold levels, we are able to meet the consumers’ needs even better and to set new standards in the market.”
8 PERSONAL CARE April 2012
Innospec has expanded its technical team in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) appointing Dr Tony Gough as European technical manager for its Personal Care division. The appointment reflects Innospec’s continued growth in the personal care sector and its commitment to further development in this strategic segment. Tony will be responsible for leading Innospec’s technical customer support ensuring the highest level of understanding and response to customer needs in this important market. He will be based at the company’s manufacturing and R&D facility at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK. Tony brings a wealth of experience and technical expertise having worked in research
Marketing director
appointment
Petra Anni Schmidt has been appointed marketing director of CLR. She will coordinate and evaluate CLR’s marketing activities worldwide. Petra has spent the last nine years working for CLR (Chemisches Laboratorium Dr. Kurt Richter GmbH, Berlin), as international technical sales manager responsible for CLR’s business in Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and the north of Germany. Petra holds degrees in both Cosmetics Science and Sales and Marketing.
and development in the personal care product industry for over 20 years. Prior to this role he has held management and senior management roles at ISP/Ashland, Surfachem, COSi, Alberto-Culver and Unilever Research. Tony is currently the vice president of the UK’s Society of Cosmetic Chemists and will become its president in May 2012.
Phil Boon, EVP business operations and EMEA regional director said: “We are very pleased to welcome Tony to the team. His extensive technical expertise and management experience means he’s well-positioned to lead our customer-focused technical support and help us continue our work as a leading provider of innovative solutions for personal care.”
New styling polymer
The Lubrizol Corporation’s personal and home care business introduces Fixate Design polymer (INCI: Polyacrylate-32) for formulation flexibility for clean, lustrous, long-lasting volume and hold in hair styling applications. The versatility of Fixate Design polymer provides formulators with creative options and degrees of freedom while maintaining superior performance in mousses, curling creams and sprays and a wide variety of other hair styling applications. Fixate Design polymer is an anionic, multi- functional film-forming polymer that delivers excellent performance in hair styling applications and offers formulation flexibility. When used in styling applications, Fixate Design polymer delivers high humidity resistance, tailored hold, exceptional shine, little to no flaking, enhanced volume and distinctive sensory qualities.
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