All news articles for March 2014

Indian men seeking greater grooming comfort

06-Mar-2014 By Michelle Yeomans

Market researcher Reportlinker has identified that despite changes in the current market landscape, the male toiletries market in India is growing steadily in both value and volume terms.

Unilever teams up with the University of Cambridge

06-Mar-2014 By Lucy Whitehouse

Global consumer goods manufacturer Unilever has partnered up with the University of Cambridge to further the university’s Sustainability Leadership programme (CPSL) with the recent launch of its first seminar in Asia.

Innovation and sustainability the focus as Cosmetics Vision gets underway

05-Mar-2014 By Andrew MCDOUGALL

The Cosmetics Vision event gets under way today, promising three days of industry discussion on innovation and sustainability and how these are a source of commercial advantage for cosmetics manufacturers.

Greenpeace puts pressure on P&G over palm oil sourcing strategy

05-Mar-2014 By Simon Pitman

Greenpeace says that personal care giant Procter & Gamble could be doing more to source palm oil from eco-friendly sources, in turn avoiding the destruction of rainforests in Indonesia.

Industry association works towards forging greater ties between Japan and China

05-Mar-2014 By Simon Pitman

According to Jianzhong Yang, founder of the Japan-China Cosmetics Exchange Association, there is much that cosmetics players in these two countries can offer one another.

Japanese place high importance on quality packaging

05-Mar-2014 By Michelle Yeomans

According to a new report by Canadean, demand for high quality and aesthetically pleasing packaging will aid the growth of the Japanese cosmetic plastics industry.

Soliance reveals concept targeting burgeoning multifunctional face mask category

04-Mar-2014 By Simon Pitman

Biotech ingredients suppler Soliance has launched a new concept, multifunctional and customisable face masks, which taps into a number of growing industry trends.

ASEANbeauty first to cater to fast evolving market in Thailand

04-Mar-2014 By Michelle Yeomans

UBM Asia has launched ASEANbeauty, a trade event supported by the Thai Cosmetics Manufacturers Association in an effort to keep up with the growing cosmetics sector in Thailand.

India’s smaller businesses losing out

04-Mar-2014 By Lucy Whitehouse

India’s micro, small and medium enterprises may need to step it up with exports, as recent figures show that the country’s MSME exports are declining.

Scientists develop liquid procedure to extract musks from cosmetics

04-Mar-2014 By Michelle Yeomans

Chinese scientists have developed a novel way of extracting musks from cosmetics through a combination of supported liquid extraction (SLE) and solid-phase extraction (SPE).