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A privately owned company founded in 1987, Lipotec is currently one of the leading suppliers of cosmetic active ingredients in the world. The company’s core business was originally built around two technology platforms: Delivery Systems and Peptides. The Cosmetic division was dedicated to encapsulation and delivery systems, especially millicapsules and liposomes, while the Peptide division was specialised in the synthesis and purification of peptides for pharmaceutical applications.
In recent years, our expertise in peptides has been incorporated as a technology platform into the cosmetic operation and peptides are currently one of our most active product lines. This has enable Lipotec to become one pf the leading suppliers of cosmetic active ingredients in the world.
Furthermore, Lipotec has designed a new concept of beauty adopting an idea that is firmly accepted in the medical and food industries, but is only starting to enter the cosmetic field: Prevention. Through this new concept, called Preventive Cosmetics, Lipotec has demonstrated that acting on the skin TODAY will minimize its damage TOMORROW.
Lipotec is an ISO 9001 certified company since July 1999, and is continuously updating its quality certifications which include most areas in the company, from R&D to production.
24-Apr-2008 - Lipotec launched a range of new ingredients at this year's In-Cosmetics including Vanistryl, an anti stretch mark ingredient.
17-Apr-2008 - Lipotec presented its new skin lightening ingredient featuring photoprotective qualities at In-Cosmetics in Amsterdam.
11-Apr-2008 - The CosmeticsDesign team will be out in force for one of the industry's most important events of the year, the In-Cosmetics show, being held in Amsterdam next week.
18-Mar-2008 - A tetrapeptide used as an anti-ageing active may work through its ability to regulate collagen binding, according to scientists at ingredients supplier Lipotec.
22-Jan-2008 - A new male grooming range is being launched featuring ingredients sourced from the Dead Sea as well as advanced active ingredients and includes a hand moisturiser and a unisex black mud shampoo.
16-Jan-2008 - Peptide based ingredients that promise to have similar muscle freezing effects to botox are the hot trend to watch in 2008, as they appear in the new wave of ultra-scientific anti-aging formulations hitting the US market.
26-Oct-2006 - Peptide-based treatments have been all the rage for some time now, but pricing has kept such products out of the reach of the majority of consumers. However, Janson Beckett claims its latest launch is about to change this.
16-Aug-2006 - Spain's Lipofoods is seeking to enter the competitive European phytosterols market, asking the UK's Food Standards Agency for an opinion on the equivalence of its soya-derived ingredient to that of ADM previously authorised under European novel foods regulations.
04-Oct-2005 - Health & Beauty America closed its doors on September 29 having given the industry a peek into some of the most ground-breaking and pioneering offerings. The CosmeticsDesign.com team was busy unearthing some of the highlights in the packaging field.