Industry News
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New Life Chemical Celebrates 10 Years
New Life Chemical Company, a diversified surplus chemical company based in Greenville, SC, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. In 1997, friends and colleagues Bill Anderson, Melvin Murphy, Andrea W. Pisarcik, and Ron Rountree took their faith and 6…01.04.08
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Noveon Consumer Specialties Ad Campaign Wins Award
Formulators know Noveon Consumer Specialties products from Lubrizol for their quality, consistency and technical know-how. Now the brand can be recognized for its creativity, too. The Noveon Consumer Specialties “Make it…/Formulate w…01.04.08
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New Backup Systems at Surefil
Surefil LLC, a fast-growing contract manufacturer of liquid-filled products, has added back-up and redundant systems to ensure dependable production for the personal care and medical industries. Because Surefil manufactures products within these indu…01.04.08
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LACP Awards Cognis For Its Communications
At this year’s League of American Communication Professionals (LACP) Spotlight Awards, Cognis’ communication was ranked among the best in the world. The global specialty chemicals supplier won a total of nine awards, and five of the top 1…01.04.08
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Desert Whale Jojoba Renews Its Organic Certification
Desert Whale Jojoba Co., Inc. renewed its Quality Assurance International (QAI) organic certification for 2008. This begins Desert Whale’s seventh consecutive year providing certified organic jojoba and natural emollients to the personal care i…01.04.08
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DSM Awarded Community and Economic Development Award
DSM’s Greenville, N.C. site was honored as the 2007 recipient of the North Carolina International Community and Economic Development Award. The award is given by the North Carolina Department of Commerce in recognition of important civic and ph…01.04.08
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Silab Establishes Foundation
he new Silab-Jean Paufique Corporate Foundation is the brainchild of Mr. Paufique, the founding chairman of Silab, to involve his company in corporate social responsibility. Directed by Thierry Cruchon, general director of the company, the corporate…12.04.07
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Call for Papers, Presentations For 2008 CPMA Conference
The Color Pigments Manufacturers Association, Inc. (CPMA) is now accepting abstracts for papers to be presented at the 2008 CPMA International Conference on High Performance and Traditional Color Pigments, Color Matter–New Business and New Prod…12.04.07
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SC Johnson Tops List For Workers Over 50
AARP recently named SC Johnson the No. 1 company in the U.S. for workers over 50. AARP’s Best Employer list recognizes companies for demonstrating exemplary practices in the recruitment, retention and promotion of mature workers. It also dist…12.04.07
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An OASIS for Organic Products?
To an already long list of would-be organic authorities, mar keters can add another: OASIS. The new organization, which is an acronym for Organic and Sustainable Industry Standards, was unveiled at SupplySide West in Las Vegas. The group’s lon…12.04.07
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Innospec Realigns Its Performance Chemicals Unit
Innospec Inc. has streamlined its fast-growing Performance Chemicals division into a unified, sales-led global business focused on rapidly meeting customers’ needs anywhere in three geographical regions and five core industry sectors. …12.04.07
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Clairol Partners for Parties
For the first time ever, thousands of women nationwide will host Clairol House Parties, inviting friends and family into their own homes for a night of at-home hair color education. Clairol partnered with House Party, a marketing company that crea…12.04.07
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Monoi Announces Competition Winners
The theme for the Monoï International Competition’s formulation this year was Tahitian Spa. This third edition was dedicated to celebrating Monoï de Tahiti as an invitation to travel. Almost 50 projects were presented, hailing from Eu…12.04.07
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Tom’s of Maine Announces Rivers Awareness Partnership
Tom’s of Maine co-founders Tom and Kate Chappell spent the first week of October kicking off the company’s five-year, $1 million Rivers Awareness Partnership at 12 public, retail, and community events in San Francisco and Portland, Oregon…12.04.07
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Luxury Skin Care Line SK-II Names New Global Ambassador
Luxury skin care line SK-II announced that Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett has signed on to become the brand’s global ambassador. SK-II is a Procter & Gamble Beauty brand launched over 25 years ago in Japan and three-and-a-h…12.04.07
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Unilever Chief Awarded Prize From Columbia Business School
Unilever announced that its group chief executive, Patrick Cescau, was named the 2007 recipient of the Botwinick Prize in Ethics by the renowned Columbia Business School. The Botwinick Prize in Ethics is awarded to an individual from a business or…12.04.07
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MAC Supports Urban Awards
MAC Cosmetics hosted an exclusive makeup suite at the Mayfair Hotel in London in support of the Urban Music Awards. A team of MAC Pro makeup artists was on hand for makeup services to key talent, nominees and presenters in preparatio…12.04.07
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Actress Donates to Pantene Beautiful Lengths Program
Academy Award winner Hilary Swank cut her hair for Pantene Beautiful Lengths in a declaration of support for women with cancer. This national campaign encourages people to come together and share their strength by giving their healthy hair to cre…12.04.07
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Beauty International Set For Germany in March
Beauty International Düsseldorf is slated for March 7-9 in Germany. The event will provide an overview of the professional cosmetic services market and will feature over 1,000 exhibitors and brands in the areas of cosmetics, nail and foot care,…12.04.07
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Agilex, a New Supplier Of Fragrances, Flavors
Carlo W. Colesanti, chairman, chief executive officer and president, of FFG (Flavor and Fragrance Group) Industries, Inc., announced the launch of Agilex Flavors & Fragrances Inc., a new company that has been formed through the integration of FFG…11.02.07
