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31-Mar-2004
Wella reports a drop in profit
31-Mar-2004 - Wella, the German maker of hair-care and beauty products, has forecast a 'year of challenges' for 2004 after the group reported a significant drop in net profit. Recently acquired by...
Micronised minerals to better skin
31-Mar-2004 - Shaklee Corporation, the health and wellness company, has introduced a colour cosmetics collection claimed to be better for skin than wearing no makeup at all. The new line - called...
30-Mar-2004
Shiseido and Coca Cola to launch Aroma Works brand
30-Mar-2004 - Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido is gearing up to roll out Aroma Works - a cosmetics and beverage brand - to be launched in collaboration with US soft-drink manufacturer Coca Cola.
Cosmetic wipes to drive market
30-Mar-2004 - Disposable wipes have evolved into a global business concept generating more than $5 billion in sales a year, reports Euromonitor. Achieving strong double-digit growth year after year, the category now...
29-Mar-2004
UVA rays as dangerous as UVB?
29-Mar-2004 - University of Sydney researchers have found that UVA rays - which age the skin but do not burn - can cause DNA damage. The finding suggests sunscreens must protect against...
Reacting to active ingredients
29-Mar-2004 - Parents should exercise caution when choosing skin care products for allergic children, warns a new study by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. One in four of the...
24-Mar-2004
De Witt acquires T-Zone
24-Mar-2004 - De Witt - a British personal care company - has acquired T-Zone, a tea-tree oil based skincare brand. The agreement is central to De Witt's ambitious expansion strategy, which has...
Anti-aging market thrives
24-Mar-2004 - The anti-aging product market grew by 13 per cent last year - more than doubling its previous two-year growth rate - reports the NPD Group. It comes as no suprise...
L'Oréal scoops packager of the year award
24-Mar-2004 - L'Oréal has been named 'Packager of the Year' for 2003 by CPC Packaging, an American trade journal for the cosmetics and personal care industry. The award underlines the Group's capacity...
23-Mar-2004
Elizabeth Arden signs up Britney Spears
23-Mar-2004 - Cosmetics maker Elizabeth Arden, a company not particularly known for its teenage appeal, is bringing Britney Spears on board to develop her own fragrance. The deal has been cited as...
Elopak to showcase personal care packaging
23-Mar-2004 - Elopak Plastic Divisions is to showcase an overview of its products and services at the Total Packaging & Processing event in Birmingham next week. Unifill will exhibit its portfolio of...
Owens-Illinois conquers Europe
23-Mar-2004 - Owens-Illinois - the largest manufacturer of glass containers in America, Australia and New Zealand - is to make further inroads into Europe. The company that packages cosmetics has announced a...
22-Mar-2004
Metrosexual males to claim market share
22-Mar-2004 - Grooming time for British men has increased to an average of 3.1 hours per week - outstripping the average female grooming time of just 2.5 hours - according to a...
19-Mar-2004
Antioxidant sun protection
19-Mar-2004 - SkinCeuticals has developed a method for measuring the effectiveness of antioxidant protection against UV exposure. The new research claims that sun protection factor (SPF) alone does not provide the optimal...
17-Mar-2004
Moisture-free packaging
17-Mar-2004 - Appleton has introduced MoistureBloc for Ream Wrap, a completely repulpable and 100-percent recyclable ream wrap developed for environmentally friendly paper-based products. The company claims that the product offers excellent moisture...
Green tea polyphenols to delay skin ageing
17-Mar-2004 - CCA Industries is to collaborate with a Camellia sinesis - Green tea extract - expert to establish the filing of patents and development of antioxidant topical formulations to rejuvenate and...
16-Mar-2004
TFF looks to new product development
16-Mar-2004 - Seeing off a drop in sales for the first three quarters of 2003, US flavours company Technology Flavors & Fragrances (TFF) drives further into new product development in the area...
15-Mar-2004
A shatter-resistant alternative to glass
15-Mar-2004 - Eastman Specialty Plastics (ESP) has introduced Glass Polymer, a value-based alternative to glass. The material - that looks and feels like glass - is claimed to provide manufacturers with a...
Degussa steps up its biotech production
15-Mar-2004 - Degussa - a German supplier of raw materials and active ingredients - is to develop the cosmetic potential of its biotech processes. The company's new ProFerm production project is to...
12-Mar-2004
A new bio-functional ingredient for the EU
12-Mar-2004 - International Specialty Products (ISP), a supplier of specialty ingredients for cosmetics, has launched a new anti-inflammatory ingredient in Europe. Vital ET is a bio-functional form of vitamin E developed for...
Elizabeth Arden extinguishes debt
12-Mar-2004 - US cosmetics and fragrance manufacturer Elizabeth Arden has reported a loss of net income despite an increase in net sales for fiscal 2004. Debt extinguishment and restructuring charges had a...
11-Mar-2004
SkinMedica invest in cosmeceuticals
11-Mar-2004 - SkinMedica - a specialty pharmaceutical company - is to receive financing to further expand its cosmeceutical pipeline. The company has entered a deal with existing, and new investors to sell...
L'Oréal plans for Shanghai R&D base
11-Mar-2004 - L'Oréal, the world's largest cosmetics group, is to set up a research & development (R&D) centre in Shanghai following the group's success in China. L'Oréal's chinese business recorded the highest...
10-Mar-2004
A natural alternative to botulinum toxin
10-Mar-2004 - Laboratoires Sérobiologiques, a division of the Cognis group, has biotransformed peptides from hibiscus seeds to develop a natural alternative to botulinum toxin injections. Myoxinol LS 9763, launched today at Personal...
09-Mar-2004
Price increases for titanium dioxide
09-Mar-2004 - A rise in global demand for titanium dioxide - a natural sourced pigment used in cosmetics and suncream - has led Millennium Chemicals to introduce a price increase for its...
08-Mar-2004
A label industry first
08-Mar-2004 - The first-ever encyclopedia for the label industry is to be launched this year at Labelexpo Americas 2004. The encyclopedia is the result of almost four years of research by Mike...
05-Mar-2004
'Tween' boys: the new niche market?
05-Mar-2004 - OT Over Time - a new company founded by former Procter & Gamble employees - thinks it has found a niche market in the highly competitive personal care sector. The...
04-Mar-2004
Quest sells ingredients to focus on fragrance
04-Mar-2004 - UK chemical stalwart Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) will spin off the food ingredients arm of its struggling flavour and fragrance business Quest to Irish ingredients group Kerry. The move is...
LVMH posts positive results
04-Mar-2004 - Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) - the world's leading luxury products group - has achieved a 9 per cent increase in annual operating income despite the difficult economic environment of...
03-Mar-2004
Battle for professional hair-care market
03-Mar-2004 - L'Oréal may be seeking to acquire Alberto-Culver to ward off competition in the US hair-care market. With the acquisitions of Clairol in 2001 and Wella last year, Procter & Gamble...
02-Mar-2004
'Genetically-guided' cosmetics
02-Mar-2004 - Arch Personal Care Products - a division of Arch Chemicals - has been working closely with GeneLink, a manufacturer of DNA collection kits, to formulate 'genetically-guided' skin care formulations. The...
01-Mar-2004
Airspray and P&G strike a deal
01-Mar-2004 - Airspray has signed a packaging agreement with Procter & Gamble to produce F2 instant-foam dispensers for P&G's latest Pantene Pro-V product launch. European-based Airspray already supplies dispensers to Wella, L'Oréal...
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