14 NEWS Two major buys for Lanxess
Lanxess has made the second largest deal in its history by completing the €870 million acquisition of Emerald Kalama Chemical. This should be supplanted in Q2 2022, when it expects to complete the acquisition of the microbial control business of IFF for $1.3 billion. Both have strong roots in personal care. Among many other things,
Emerald Kalama will give Lanxess a new presence in aroma chemicals, for which it has created a new Flavours & Fragrances business unit, led by Holger Hüppeler. About 75% of Emerald Kalama’s sales of €375 million last year came from speciality products for the consumer care market. Some 30 new aroma
chemicals of all kinds came with the deal, which also brought preservatives for
Korea revises Cosmetic Act in several ways
On 17 August, South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) promulgated the revised Cosmetic Act, which has altered legislation in several important ways. To improve the safety
Emerald Kalama brings Lanxess a greatly enhanced US presence
multiple applications, including personal care, such as aldehydes and benzoates under the Kalama, Purox and Kalaguard brands. The IFF deal is subject to regulatory approvals and a
necessary carve-out process. IFF Microbial Control supplies antimicrobial active ingredients and formulations for material protection, preservatives and disinfectants for personal care and many other applications.
Carner launches four hair perfumes
Barcelona-based niche fragrance brand Carner has launched a new collection of four hair perfumes that it says was “inspired by Mediterranean seaside memories”. These are: ■ Tardes: Inspired by a spring afternoon in Barcelona, with notes of rose, geranium and almonds ■ Bo-bo: The collection’s best- seller, with fresh notes of tangerine and orange and white amber base notes ■ Latin Lover: A romantic fragrance, with top notes of
“Our hair perfume is an
emerging trend in our market. It boasts a special formula to avoid harming the hair and is applied in a mist-like spray for better coverage,” said Joaquim Carner, co-founder of Carner. All four are supplied in 50ml
aphrodisiac ylang-ylang, bergamot and Chinese magnolia ■ Costarela: A fresh scent with a touch of wood and salty, sandy tones to evoke the sea mist of the port of Barcelona
bottles with a wooden cap made by Quadpack Wood, like all of Carner’s products since its first in 2010. This was sourced locally from ash trees in white to match the “elegant, cosmopolitan and natural” brand identity.
management of custom cosmetics, a facility standard has been established, the list of ingredients must be published and the final product cannot be sub-divided. In addition, the duty of
custom cosmetic compounding managers is specified and they are not allowed to distribute or sell any cosmetics for which animal testing was conducted under Article 2(1) of the Laboratory Animal Act. As of 18 September, the
manufacture, import, display and sale of cosmetics that simulate foods in form, container or packaging has been banned to prevent consumers from eating them by mistake. There are also new packaging and labelling requirements related to solid soaps
The new Act also imposes
fines of up to KRW 30 million ($25.6 million) or up to three years in prison for filling a business registration or report, or inspecting or reporting the functional cosmetics by fraud or other improper means.
Cranberry-based anti-ageing ingredient from Silab
Silab has launched its latest anti- ageing active ingredient, Peptilium (INCI: Vaccinium macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract). This is composed of natural biopeptides, which are obtained by up-cycling cranberry fruit press cake, a by- product of cranberry juice production, and purifying it to 95%. The company said that it “prioritised a supplier committed to practices of sustainable development and implemented internally a specific eco-extraction process to produce the natural biopeptides”. Peptilium is now available as an 0.5-2% aqueous solution, has contents of 99%
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natural origin and is compliant with regulations in the EU, the USA, China and Japan. The natural biopeptides in
Peptilium can act transversally on several biological targets and multiple skin parts. Thus, it is claimed to reinforce the epidermal barrier function and boost complexion radiance, as well as acting against wrinkles by improving the quality of the dermal-epidermal junction and the dermal matrix. Silab carried out a targeted
transcriptomic analysis on a Silabskin RE reconstructed epidermis that showed Peptilium, at 0.5%, restored
Pentilium is based on cranberries
keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation. It was also tested at 0.1% on aged fibroblasts and shown to increase the production of the collagen I network by 54%, thus keeping matrix fibres functionally organised. Further tests over 21 days at 2% in an emulsion improved the parameters characteristic of complexion radiance in both Caucasian (reflection: +12%; pink colour: +17%) and Asian subjects (luminosity: +6%; olive colour: -5%). Similarly, it showed an anti-wrinkle effect in Caucasians (negative volume: -22%) and Asians (stage of crow’s feet wrinkles: -10%), the company stated.
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