Swiss company Verdan has announced its partnership with market expansion services group DKSH to distribute its raw material, potassium alum, worldwide.
Specialty chemicals group Lanxess is making a significant investment to expand and strengthen its menthol production facilities in Germany, which produces numerous aromas for cosmetic products.
Beiersdorf has announced a full year organic 2010 sales increase of 3.1 percent, in line with the forecast that were recently lowered by costs relating to its restructuring programme.
Anglo-Dutch company Unilever will be collaborating on a two year project with molecular technology company BioLeap to help design new consumer goods products.
The international expansion for natural personal care brand Burt’s Bees’ has been slower than expected, leading owner Clorox to write down the business by a quarter of its acquisition price.
French fragrance and beauty retailer Marionnaud has reported a sales increase over the Christmas period compared to last year’s figures, highlighting the success of its own brand makeup items.
Japanese-headquartered Kao Corporation has invested in a new manufacturing plant in the Anhui province, China, in order to reinforce its production base of consumer goods in the country.
Inter Parfums has announced that its 74 percent owned Paris-based subsidiary, Inter Parfums SA, has signed a 15 year exclusive worldwide license agreement with Boucheron.
P&G said it was sticking by previous earnings and sales expectations for the second quarter and is looking to trim back its manufacturing operations to cut costs.
Cargill is to acquire Indonesian starch, sweetener and sorbitol company PT Sorini Agro Asia Corporindo, in a deal designed to help it better serve its customers in the Asia Pacific region.
Beiersdorf has announced new measures designed to focus the business on skin care, which it says will weigh on next year’s operating margin, including pulling out of the color cosmetics market in Germany.
Fragrance and flavour provider Symrise has successfully concluded its refinancing plan by obtaining a revolving credit facility with a volume of €300 million.
Treatt says increased demand for its raw ingredients – especially orange oil – have underpinned record sales during 2010, but that input price variability remains a risk.
Procter & Gamble has emerged from a challenging financial period to become a leaner and more efficient business, but in the current quarter profits still look under pressure.
Five months after announcing its intention to buy up specialist chemicals provider Cognis, BASF has been given the all clear for the acquisition from the European Commission.
A group of shareholders of Alberto Culver have reached an agreement with the company stemming from its proposed acquisition by Unilever, in which it claims the best deal was not sought by the beauty care firm.
L’Occitane’s expansion into China, funded by a recent IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange, has helped drive a big increase in sales for the first half of its financial year.
L’Oréal, LVMH, Marionnaud and Nocibé are all required to pay fines for previous price fixing in the fragrance domain, after their appeal was refused by a French court.
Future growth for L’Oreal in the US market will be heavily dependent on the success of its anti-aging skin care lines, according to financial information provider Trefis.
During a key presentation at the recent Natural Beauty Summit in Paris, industry consultant Michael Gutsatz underlined the importance of developing brands around people and sustainability
Anglo-Dutch consumer giant Unilever has been given the all clear to acquire Sara Lee’s Personal Care and European Laundry business by the European Commission (EC), on the condition it sells on the Sanex deodorant brand after acquisition.
Prestige perfume and cosmetics manufacturer Inter Parfums expects brand extensions and new launches to add to the positive effects of an improving economic climate in building strong growth in 2011.
New, mainly natural, products with higher than average margins have helped flavour and specialty ingredient firm Frutarom to widen its overall margin performance in the third quarter.
Reviewing interim third quarter results, Rexam’s chief executive, Graham Chipchase, says there are clear signs of recovery in its plastics packaging division, although visibility remains uncertain.
Speaking at the annual shareholders meeting, Estee Lauder CFO Fabrizio Fread says the company wants to grow its business by focusing on the Asian skin care market.
Flavours and fragrance giant Symrise has reported very strong sales growth in the first nine months of the year, driven by outstanding gains in emerging markets.
Beiersdorf reported solid group sales growth, driven by big gains for its industrial adhesives unit, Tesa, and more modest increases in its consumer products division.
Avon Products is selling its 74.7 percent stake in Avon Japan to affiliate TPG Capital as part of aims to focus the business on high value direct sales.
Unilever has announced a big rise in both net profit and turnover for the third quarter on the back of big gains from emerging markets and a solid performance from personal care.
The latest report from market research company Mintel has found that sales of women’s fragrances in Food, Drug and Mass outlets, excluding Walmart, (FDMx) show a significant decline since 2005.
Boots Alliance has reported its results for the first half of the financial year, showing health and beauty sales to be steady, while mainstay pharmaceutical sales boom.
Avon Products reported above market average sales growth for the third quarter, a result that was driven by strong growth in new markets that helped to offset falling North American sales.
Procter & Gamble’s focus on the emerging markets is paying off as net sales for the first quarter show a strong increase, but net earnings take a tumble on rising costs.
A consultant for UK-based factory profitability experts Marco explains how he helped a flavours and fragrance manufacturer identify key areas of its business where inefficiencies could be easily targeted.
All four of L’Oreal divisions have recorded strong growth in the first nine months of financial year 2010, reaffirming the strength of the company’s recovery.
Packaging firm AptarGroup posted better-than-expected Q3 results helped by strong growth in its beauty & home and closures segments; but predicts a difficult end to the year.
The Soraya subsidiary of Poland-based consumer products company Cederroth has acquired the Polish cosmetics manufacturer Dermika for an undisclosed sum.