Archives for September 25, 2006

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Jarchem launches butter and oil ingredients

By  Simon Pitman

Jarchem Industries, a New Jersey-based specialty chemical manufacturer focusing on cosmetic ingredients, has launched a new line of natural-based butter and oil ingredients for a wide range of cosmetic applications, including emulsifiers, stabilizers...

EU to remove restrictions on packaging sizes

By  Ahmed ElAmin

Companies will soon have the freedom to choose the size of packaging they use for most oftheir products, after a set of restrictive rules were abolished yesterday by EU ministers.

P&G sells Sure deodorant brand

By  Simon Pitman

Procter & Gamble has sold its Sure deodorant brand to the privately held Innovative Brands LLC for an undisclosed sum, as it continues to concentrate on its two gender-specific deodorant brands Old Spice for men and Secrets for women.

Revlon cuts workforce, drops Vital Radiance

By  Simon Pitman

In answer to concerns over its financial position Revlon has taken the decision to cut its workforce and drop the badly received Vital Radiance cosmetics line for older women.