The Shanghai Municipal Medical Products Administration is aiming to bolster the standardisation of on-site personalised cosmetics services through an updated set of “trial provisions” that will be effective for two years, starting this month.
The China FDA has been working on legislating a set of regulations to monitor cosmetics following a survey where Chinese consumers revealed quality and safety are top priority.
HCP has opened its fourth China based plant, the second in Luzhi County, Suzhou which company reps say will house injection, coating, metallisation, printing, final assembly and quality lab/testing.
PCHi 2014 closed its doors in Shanghai last Friday, with organizer Reed Sinopharm claiming both record visitor and exhibitor numbers at the event. And here are some of the highlights from the event in photos and captions.
Evonik Industries has opened a new production facility in China that it says will focus specifically on organic specialty surfactants in a bid to further expand business sustainably on the region.
Having announced plans to invest more in China and with sales booming in the region, as per its financial results released earlier in the month, Nu Skin will now look to finish the building of its Innovation Park in Shanghai.
Merck Chemicals has announced the opening of a ‘Pigments & Cosmetics Technology Application Network’ (TANC) in Shanghai in an effort it says, to better meet the growing needs of Chinese consumer.
Evonik Industries has announced it is to build an organics production facility in Shanghai as part of its priority to further expand its business in emerging markets, expected to be operational by 2013.
The Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) event will platform the latest industry innovations at the Expo Theme Pavilion in Shanghai and the Cosmetics Design team will be there.
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