Interview with Brigitte Closs-Gonthier

12 March 2020 Mrs. Closs-Gonthier, SILAB is a company that researches, develops, produces and markets natural active ingredients for the cosmetic and dermo-cosmetic markets. What role do biotechnologies have in your product development? Since its creation more than...

SCC Suppliers ‘day 2020 workshop on “Essential Elements of Cosmetic Regulation, Safety Assessment, and Quality Assurance”

04 March 2020 Jay Ansell, Ph.D., DABT, ERT; Vice President of Cosmetics Programs, the Personal Care Products Council: What is your session theme for this year and what can attendees expect from this workshop? To complement last year’s highly successful session, we...

"intoCleaning", a Centralized Customer Platform for the Cleaning Industry

26 February 2020 Mrs. Anderson, Evonik has launched “intoCleaning”, a centralized customer platform for the cleaning industry. What is this platform? With intoCleaning we focus on bundling all relevant information about our products in a web-based portal. It is...

How to Naturally Overcome the Undesirable Effects of Digital Stress on the Skin and Well-being

18 February 2020 Mr. Fleury, can you explain how the digital stress appeared in our daily life? While the sun remains the first source of visible light, the artificial light of digital screens (characterised by a short wavelength, and a high energy, the so-called blue...

Interview with Dr. Bernhard Fellenberg

12 February 2020 At what point is a microbiological examination of cosmetics necessary? The testing of cosmetics (batch release) is always necessary if the product is hazardous from a microbiological point of view. These are cosmetics where microorganisms are able to...

Interview with Dr. Joerg Seubert

05 February 2020 Dr. Seubert, could you briefly describe your company to us please? Our family-owned group of companies, with its subsidiaries Follmann and Triflex, specialises in the development, production and international distribution of speciality chemicals for...

War for Talents

04 December 2019 Mr. Mausberg, please tell us a bit about your career. I’ve been working in the cosmetics and detergent industry since 1989. It all began with an apprenticeship as a chemical laboratory assistant at Henkel. I had already begun working in product...

EcoSun Pass

27 November 2019 BASF’s Care Creations® has recently introduced the EcoSun Pass. Can you tell us what this is exactly? The EcoSun Pass from BASF’s Care Creations® is a methodology to assess the environmental impact of UV filters used in sunscreen formulations. It is a...

Interview with Salvador García Claros

20 November 2019 Cepsa is upgrading its Puente Mayorga Chemical Plant. What are your plans there? This upgrade is making Puente Mayorga the first linear alkyl benzene (LAB) facility in the world to replace hydrofluoric (HF) technology with the Detal process, resulting...

proDERM Turns 25 - Setting the Course and Founding proDERM 2.0 in our Anniversary Year

13 November 2019 Mr. Wilhelm, your company proDERM recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. You are talking about a company foundation 2.0. What does that mean? Founding the company 2.0? Yes, really. The dynamic atmosphere right now feels more like a startup than an...

Interview with Neslihan Utkan

06 November 2019 Congratulations on the opening of your new Consumer Care Innovation Center in New Jersey, USA. How does this center fit into Clariant’s global strategy and why North America? The opening of our new Consumer Care and Innovation Center (CCIC) in New...

Interview with Marco Bracher

30 October 2019 Mr. Bracher, can you tell us a little bit about the Hydrior AG? Hydrior AG was founded in Bodio (Switzerland) in 1946. Initially it dealt with the high-pressure hydrogenation of fats. The resulting fatty alcohols were processed into surfactants for the...

Interview with Anne Drewer

23 October 2019 BYK-Chemie is usually associated with paints and coatings. How long have you been active in the detergents and cleaning products market? The acquisition of Rockwood Rheology Additives in 2013 also included the areas of cosmetics and the H I&I market....

The Microplastics Discussion and BASF Alternatives for Cosmetic Products

09 October 2019 What are microplastics and how do they relate to cosmetic products? Microplastics are, in essence, solid and water insoluble plastic particles maintaining a rigid shape when used or found in the environment, in particular in inland waters and the...

Low Temperature Washing – Challenges and Advantages

02 October 2019 Does low-temp/cold washing kill germs? David Grandeau, Marketing & Business Development Manager, Home Care, Solvay: We believe that maintaining hygiene in changing washing conditions is one of the major current market needs. In one hand, consumers are...

Interview with Tobias Hollmann

11 September 2019 Can you give us a brief introduction to the STOCKMEIER Group? The STOCKMEIER Group stands for the reliable supply of products and services for all types of chemicals throughout Europe. STOCKMEIER Chemie is one of the top distributors in Europe. Over...