Industry Updates

In Sight--Forever Young: Antiaging Hair Care
4/2007 -- When most consumers think about aging, they think about skin. Contrary to popular belief, however, hair also ages. The visible sign of aging hair is lack of pigment, which is a result of hair follicles no longer producing melanin.1 Accompanying this decrease in pigment is a decrease in hair strength and thickness. Although there is no way to prevent hair from becoming gray and thin, there may be a way to slow the process by which it happens. To slow hair aging, researchers are turning to an ingredient that has been formulated into personal care products for quite some time—silicone. More from Cosmetics & Toiletries...

Solution to Bubble Puzzle Pops Out
4/25/2007 -- With a key mathematical insight, a pair of theorists has solved a 5-decades-old puzzle as easily as you might burst a soap bubble with a pin. The new result lets researchers predict whether a bubble in foam will grow or shrink. More than a mere curiosity, the mathematical relation could aid engineers designing foamy materials, biologists studying the architecture of tissues, and physicists probing how crystalline grains are arranged within a solid. More from ScienceNOW...

Power Microscopy for the Masses
A new breed of sophisticated, low-cost microscopes is enabling new vision for industry and academe
4/2007 -- Electron and scanning probe microscopes-those wonderful machines that allow us to peer at objects on the atomic and nano scales-have traditionally been large and expensive. Increasingly, however, toolmakers are introducing versions of these devices that are smaller (sometimes even portable) and less expensive than ever before as they begin to serve a potentially enormous market. More from Small Times...

Cleanse, Condition, Repair, Repeat
With new products focusing on health, ethnic hair care gets stronger
4/2007 -- More than ever, ethnic consumers are focusing on moisturizing their hair. Many of the latest ethnic hair products feature ingredients that help restore moisture, say industry observers. More from HAPPI...

CEW Announces 2007 Award Winners
4/27/2007 -- Cosmetic Executive Women (UK) yesterday revealed the winners of its 2007 'Beauty Oscars' at a lunch held at London's Carton Tower hotel attended by over 300 leading figures in the UK beauty industry. This is just the second year CEW (UK) has run the awards and this year 170 products were nominated across 21 categories, including new entrants for 2007 from the mass beauty and hair care sectors. More from CosmeticsBusiness.com...

HunterLab Introduces New Spectrophotometer
4/2007 -- Reston, Va.-based Hunter Associates Laboratory Inc. (HunterLab) now offers the UltraScan® VIS spectrophotometer designed to measure the full range of human color perception while meeting International Commission on Illumination (CIE) and ASTM International guidelines for accurate color measurement. Tristimulus color calculations are performed between 360 and 780 nanometers (nm), as is recommended by the CIE, and spectral data are reported every 10 nm. The UltraScan VIS features automated specular component inclusion/exclusion and uses diffuse/8° geometry for measurement. More from Textile World...

OTA Calls for More Funding for Organics
4/26/2007 -- The nation's organic industry has called for federal agencies to boost spending on crop research and market development in an effort to help farmers keep up with burgeoning demand. More from CosmeticsDesign.com

High Court Raises the Patent Bar
4/30/2007 -- The U.S. government has considerable leeway to reject patent applications it finds obvious, the Supreme Court said today in a unanimous opinion on a case pitting manufacturers of brake pedals against each other. The ruling addresses the thorny problem for the Patent and Trademark Office of how to decide whether applicants have combined known elements to make a new discovery. But the court didn't go so far as to give examiners carte blanche to reject all patents that combine existing ideas, a possibility that biotechnology advocates had feared would come out of today's long-awaited ruling. More from ScienceNOW...

Views of Innovation Measurement
4/2007 -- Taking ‘official policy’ reports at face value can be dangerous, even if the results and trends reported appear to be superficially logical. More from R&D Magazine...

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Member News

Two of DuPont’s Newest Technologies Win Innovation Achievement Awards
Wilmington, DE (4/26/2007) -- Two of the latest technologies from DuPont, one based on bio-based technology and the other based on nanofiber science – DuPont™ Sorona® polymer and DuPont Hybrid Membrane Technology (HMT) respectively – have received prestigious IDEA Achievement Awards, presented at IDEA07, the International Engineered Fabrics Conference and Expo in Miami Beach, Fla. More from DuPont...

Amerchol to Introduce SoftCAT™ SX Polymers
New conditioning polymer provides enhanced performance and sensory properties
Pistacaway, NJ (4/23/2007) -- In recognition of market trends and the need for products that provide better conditioning, The Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) announced today that its Amerchol business introduced a new line of conditioning polymers for hair care applications at the recent In-Cosmetics trade show, held April 17-19, 2007 in Paris, France. More from Dow Chemical...

Ciba Enters Decorative Cosmetic Market with Full Line of Cosmetic Grade Pigments
Basel, Switzerland (3/14/2007) -- Ciba has entered the decorative cosmetic market with its launch of the Ciba® CALISHA™ Color Collection, a full line of cosmetic grade pigments that features a selection of oil-dispersible (OD) pearls, inorganic oxides and organic lake pigments. OD pearl pigments disperse quickly in the oil phase and reduce dusting, thus minimizing cross-contamination of color. OD pearls compress easily in powders and enhance the deposition of color on the skin. More from Ciba...

Allergen 'Hot-Spots' Exposed for This Spring Season
Procter & Gamble partners with allergy foundation to educate consumers
Washington, DC (3/14/2007) -- Procter & Gamble has partnered with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) to educate people about those hidden allergen "hot-spots." People know about dust mites in their beds, pet dander in their carpets and other dust and allergens on their floors and furniture, but they may be missing some other hidden place where allergens collect in their homes. More from P&G...

The First Year of NIVEA Haus – On-the-spot Wellness is “in”!
Hamburg, Germany (4/27/2007) -- Today, on April 27, 2007, the world’s first NIVEA Haus is celebrating its first year of existence. This will be a special day for Beiersdorf AG as its expectations have been far surpassed: More than 18,000 massage, cosmetic and beauty treatments have been performed in the first year, and almost 180,000 products have been sold in the in-house shop. Every day, approximately 700 visitors experience the NIVEA brand in a very unique way. The NIVEA Haus team has grown from 21 employees at its inception, to 50 employees at present. The concept is in step with the spirit of the times, on-the-spot wellness is a trend. More from Beiersdorf...

The Jellyfish Diaper
Stockholm, Sweden (3/13/2007) -- Through finding out how and why the jellyfish can retain so much water, researchers hope by synthetic means to replicate comparable high-absorbency structures. More from SCA...

RAG Subsidiary Degussa Opens Bio Science-to-Business Center
Focus on white biotechnology
(3/15/2007) -- RAG subsidiary Degussa is placing increasing emphasis on the innovation potential of "white biotechnology." The global leader in specialty chemicals today formally opened its Bio Science-to-Business Center in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). In this innovative center for white biotechnology, 60 highly qualified employees will collaborate with academia and industry to develop new biotechnological products and processes based on renewable raw materials. More from Degussa...

“Henkel Innovation Trophy”, Round 2
Düsseldorf, Germany (4/25/2007) -- The first round of the “Henkel Innovation Trophy” competition has proven to be a resounding success. The response from inventors around the world to this first global ideas competition from Henkel has been exceptional. Consequently, Henkel is now moving the initiative further forward under the new heading “Henkel Innovation Trophy – Partners in Innovation”. Once again, the company is calling upon all independent inventors to submit their creative ideas for appraisal. There is an attractive cash prize awaiting the winner, as well as the opportunity of signing an agreement with Henkel covering utilization of the proprietary rights assigned to the innovation. More from Henkel...

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