Safic-Alcan expands US footprint with ChemSpec acquisition
France-based speciality chemicals provider Safic-Alcan has acquired a majority stake in Ohio-based ChemSpec, a deal that will also give it a footing in the China market.
Archives for August 5, 2015
EPA’s Clean Power Plan opens the floodgate for algae-based personal care ingredients
Gina McCarthy, the agency’s administrator, signed the new pollution emission guidelines on Monday, and algae industry groups are already calling the plan a “huge win” that will result in the commercialization of countless technologies and products.
Cosmoprof Las Vegas video interview: Ancorotti Cosmetics
Italy-based Ancorotti Cosmetics is one of the few companies in the world specializing in mascara. We caught up with the vice president of the North American operations, Mary Aunn Guarino, to find out more.
Efficiency is the industry’s biggest sustainability challenge right now
The biggest sustainability issue the cosmetics industry is facing at present is ‘efficiency’, says Amarjit Sahota, as cosmetic companies look to raise products sales whilst reducing their environmental impacts.
Edgewell Personal Care reveals first financial results after spin-off
The newly spun-off and renamed business, Edgewell Personal Care, has released the first financial results, showing it was hard hit by the currency revaluation in Venezuela and the strength of the US dollar.