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News from Abroad

EXPANDING FOOTPRINT
IMCD opens new personal care application

laboratory in Thailand

IMCD, the Dutch We used their facility as a
distributor of speciality R&D centre to develop for-
chemicals and ingredi- mulations and prototypes
ents, has opened a new on skin and sun care, and to
personal care applica- share the knowledge on lat-
tion laboratory in Bang- est innovative ingredients
kok, Thailand. and market trends. As we
see an increase in demand
The new laboratory for our technical expertise
aims to work in close and co-creation projects on
collaboration with cus- new trends, we decided
tomers’ research and to invest in our own faci-
development departments, lity to better support our
carrying out competitive customers and suppliers,”
matching against other commented Ms. Sriwalpha
ingredients and sharing Burarak, Business Unit
new application opportunities. The Similarly, suppliers can gain an Manager, IMCD Thailand Personal
facility will focus mainly on skin, sun insight as to how their products Care.
care and colour cosmetics. interact and function in combination
with other products from the IMCD The facility will double up as a
IMCD said its customers will also portfolio as part of a finished formu- training centre to ensure that IMCD
be able to test product performance, lation. employees stay abreast of market
run stability and application tests, trends and developments to provide
and review the finished product with “It all started as a collaboration the best knowledge of the functiona-
the support of its scientists and tech- project with the Faculty of Pharma- lity and characteristics of the product
nical managers. ceutical Science of a local university. offerings.

JOINT DEVELOPMENT
Nippon Shokubai and Sumitomo subsidiary in

cosmetic ingredients collaboration

Japan’s Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd. in the Americas, Europe and Asia to the new business areas in its second
and Summit Cosmetics Corporation identify market and customer needs. medium-term business plan, “Reborn
(SCC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nippon Shokubai will focus their Nippon Shokubai 2020 NEXT” which
Sumitomo Corp, have entered into a expertise on research and development, started in 2017.
Memorandum of Understanding for utilising their technologies and cap-
the joint development and sales of abilities in synthesis, polymerisation The company said its techno-
next-generation cosmetic ingredients. and catalyst processing to develop logies can deliver targeted solutions to
new ingredients that meet current market requirements like whitening/
The partners will initially inves- and future market trends and to sup- brightening, anti-pollution, anti-
tigate new film forming agents and ply these ingredients to the global aging, clean beauty ingredients as well
thickeners, including biopolymers cosmetic industry. as growing demand for ingredient to
and other ingredient categories. The prevent viruses, PM 2.5, pollen and
key role for SCC will be to utilise its Nippon Shokubai has identified other substances from adhering to
global sales and marketing network personal care ingredients as one of the skin and hair.
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