Archives for August 15, 2007

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Environment agency fines cosmetics player over recycling

By  Simon Pitman

A UK cosmetics distribution company has been fined by the Environment Agency for not meeting recycling requirements, further evidence that government authorities in the UK are clamping down in an effort to meet increasingly strict quotas.

ASA calls for Clarins ads to be withdrawn

By  Guy Montague-Jones

Skincare giant Clarins has been asked to withdraw print adverts for a product that claimed to protect the user from 'damaging' electromagnetic waves, further denting consumer confidence in the beauty industry.

Symrise opens research centre in Singapore

Symrise, the Germany-based fragrance and flavourings manufacturer, has recently opened a Sensory and Consumer Science Centre in Singapore, in order to assist with its expansion into the growing Asian market.

New PLA technology for Purac

By  Charlotte Eyre

Purac has invested in new lactides that will potentially provide the food, pharma and cosmetics industries with cheaper and more effective bioplastic packaging, the company announced yesterday.