More than 700 beauty industry executives from China and throughout Asia attended the Personal Care Technology Summit & Expo in Shanghai this week. The annual event is produced by Ringier, Happi’s partner in China and publisher of Happi China.

During the two-day event (June 28 & 29) attendees could visit with more than 80 exhibitors of raw materials and equipment to the cosmetics industry. Actives, functional ingredients and preservatives were just a few of the product categories on display in the exhibition hall.

The conference includes sessions on novel raw materials, sustainability, whitening and anti-allergy, anti-pollution, regulations and testing issues.

“This is a great opportunity to meet your peers. In addition to more than 60 presentations, it is a great place to do business,” explained Michael Hay, president, Ringier. “There is a lot of opportunities for interaction between delegates and exhibitors. We even help delegates find the suppliers they need. It’s all about learning, it’s all about networking and it’s all about doing business.”

Personal Care Technology Summit & Expo also includes the prestigious Ringier Technology Innovation Awards, which honors leading suppliers in several categories including effective ingredients, functional ingredients, packaging, testing, and production and processing in skin care, color cosmetics, personal cleansers and other categories. This year’s winners include:

Effective Ingredients (Skin Care)
Bloomage Freda Biopharm: 4D Hyaluronic Acid
Rahn AG: Defensil Soft
Guangzhous Qiyuan Biotechnology: Silk Protein Hydrolysate with sericin
Kewpie: HAbooster
Shanghai Greaf Biotech: Gwhite multi-herbs
Shenzhen Winkey Pharmaceutical: WKPep Brightin
Wuxi Cossen: 100% Pure Natural Active Collagen Filamen Balls
Hunan Silok Silicone: Dimethiconol Meadowfoamate
Shanghai Huiwen Biotech: Dendrobium Candidum Polysaccharide
Angel Yeast: WallTer Screen
IFF/Lucas Meyer: Boréaline Expert
Wacker Chemie: CavaMax W8/Retinol Complex
CLR: JuvenEye CLR
Shanghai Jayu: Extracts of Haematococcus Pluvialis HPEs
Shenzhen Winkey: WKPep SuperRepairing Multi-Peptides
Shangai Huiwen Biotech: Dendrobium Candidum Polyphenols

Effective Ingredients (Color Cosmetics)
Interpolymer: Sytran Red A and Black A pigments

Effective Ingredients (Personal Cleansers)
Guangdong Longhu: Vitacel CS exfoliants
Vitamin C60 Bioresearch: SunGuard Fullerene

Effective Ingredients (Hair & Scalp Care)
Seppic: Xylishine
Provital: Keranutri

Other Effective Ingredients
Axialys Innovations: Optimealth 10W
Spec-chem: SpecKare EyeS100
Shanghai Jayu Bio-Tech: Gentian Anti-Irritation Factor

Surfactant
Guangzhou Tinci: PCA Ethyl Cocoyl Arginate (Amin CAE)

Thickener
Cargill Beauty: Actigum VSX 20 texturizer
Qingdao Hyzlin Biology: Low heavy metal, low endotoxin, high viscosity sodium alginate

Emulsifier
Shanghai Syntec Additive Ltd: Veetec Nano

Pigment
Uni Powder: Marshmallow Hydrophobic & Lipophobic Powder & Slurry

Sensory Enhancer
Sasol Chemicals Pacific: Titanel Fischer-tropsch wax
Ingredion China: NativaCare 5600

Functional Ingredients (Preservatives)
Guangzhou Nago Biotechnology: A91
Guangzhou Honsea Sunshine Biotech: NatGuard Natural Antibacterial Blend
Thankful (Guangzhou) High-tech Materials: Thankful TF-2229A

Functional Ingredients (Delivery Systems)
Sethic Innovation Labo: eMask

Other Functional Ingredients
Evonik Specialty Chemicals: Tego Solv 90

Packaging (Equipment)
Linx Printing Technologies: Linx 8920 continuous ink jet printers

Packaging (Material)
S&F Science (Shanghai) Co.: Eucalace

Packaging (Design)
Topfeelpack Co: Multifunctional Makeup Pan
Foshan Huihong Plastic Mold: D35 Tube in Tube

Testing (Facility)
Ohaus International Trading: MB120 Moisture Analyzer
Shanghai Yikuan Industry: MoistureMeter EpiD

Testing (Technique)
Ashland (China) Holding Co: Assessing models for anti-pollution of cosmetic ingredients

Production and Processing
Shanghai Chengxing M&E: CX-Ermes