News & Analysis on Cosmetics Innovation
Chicago-based outsourcing firm RR Donnelley has expanded its packaging capabilities with a number of recent acquisitions of packaging companies in the US that target expansion in cosmetics and personal care.
AkzoNobel has strengthened its technical and marketing teams with a total of four key executives appointments at its Bridgewater, New Jersey headquarters.
Researchers in the US have discovered a tool that can rate photographs based on how much they have been digitally altered, which could be used to help regulate beauty adverts.
A scientist from Ashland Specialty Chemicals has earned a patent for an invention to thicken formulations with fewer surfactants which could benefit skin and hair care products.
In February 2011, Lisa Archer, one of the founding members of the ‘Compact for Safe Cosmetics’ campaign told CosmeticDesign.com USA that 250 fully committed companies had pledged to take steps towards safer cosmetics.