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Cosfibel Premium packs Viktor & Rolf fragrances

Perfume - Packaging and labeling

Cosfibel created the springtime boxes dedicated to the Bonbon and Flowerbomb fragrances, putting all its expertise into the particularly meticulous creation of the interior decorations, executed in silver hot stamping.
Based on an all-cardboard casing and a paper hinge held in place by 2 grosgrain ribbons, these boxes come in 3 references respectively dedicated to the perfumes Bonbon, Flowerbomb and Bloom, its summer flanker.
Inside, the wedge holds a bottle as well as a shower gel and a perfumed body lotion. A transparent PET surcingle molded to the shape of the products ensures that they stay in place, and tamper-evident stickers protect them. The ribbon decorations on each box are printed in keeping with the brand's universe, and the plastic seal is affixed by hand.

Bonbon, la vie en rose

Dressed in printed polyester paper, this model features a rounded lid. The ribbons are embossed in reserve. The wedge and inside of the lid are printed with candy motifs in hot stamping.

Flowerbomb and Bloom, of pearl pink
Based on a similar model, these two boxes feature lids punctuated with ridges. They are covered in pink coated paper with a pearl varnish that gives them their iridescent appearance.
The size and finesse of the decorations on the lid and wedge of the Flowerbomb box reveal Cosfibel Premium's expertise to the full.

 

Safety at the heart of Cosmetic Valley's scientific workshop

Cosmetic Valley - Cosmetics industry

As part of the partnership between Cosmetic Valley and Innovation Chimie Carnot/ I2C, an interactive workshop was held on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at Le Havre Normandie University on the theme of "Innovating in cosmetics with safety in mind". This scientific workshop is part of Cosmetic Valley's strategy of working in close partnership with the academic and industrial fabric around issues of Safety, Normandy's Domain of Territorial Strategic Excellence.

Lectures and presentations provided an insight into a wide range of subjects, including the mapping and reduction of preservatives in formulas, the analysis of plant extracts, outstanding research facilities, and product and consumer safety. Companies in the cosmetics industry were able to exchange views with I2C Carnot researchers and take part in a tour of URCOM laboratories and interactive technical workshops. The aim of the day, which brought together some fifty participants, was to transform these contacts into joint development projects between companies and research.

Innovation Chimie Carnot / I2C in brief 

I2C brings together 8 research entities in Normandy, France's 2nd largest chemical industry region. Pooling equipment and a high level of recognized expertise in organic, polymer, analytical and formulation chemistry, I2C supports innovation in the finished chemicals sector, particularly in cosmetics. The institute's researchers work in the fields of raw materials, product development and characterization, formulation, galenics, product-environment interactions and quality control. Cosmetic Valley is a member of the I2C Carnot Strategic Organization Committee, whose role is to build a shared vision, propose strategic directions and improve the match between supply and demand.

A major player in I2C , the URCOM laboratory (Research Unit in Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry) is made up of 12 teacher-researchers. The unit is involved in fundamental and applied research projects, supported by the Cosmetic Valley cluster, with numerous industrial partnerships (Johnson & Johnson, Endupack, Air Liquide, etc.) in various forms (CIFRE, FUI, collaborative contracts). URCOM's researchers can therefore be mobilized in a variety of areas: formulation and sensory analysis, prediction of sensory properties using instrumental measurements, the study of skin surface properties, etc.

www. i2c.normandie - univ.fr 

Givaudan to acquire Naturex, world leader in natural ingredients

Beauty - Face

As part of its 2020 strategy to strengthen its capabilities in natural flavor solutions for its customers, Givaudan announced on March 26 that it had reached an agreement to acquire 40.6 % of the shares of Naturex, a listed French company, at a price of EUR 135. - per share for a total amount of EUR 522 million. This agreement is subject to all appropriate regulatory approvals.
Givaudan intends to launch a mandatory cash tender offer for all outstanding Naturex shares, at a price of EUR 135. - per share. The Board of Directors and management of Naturex unreservedly approve this transaction.
Naturex is one of the world' s leading companies in plant extraction and the development of natural ingredients and solutions for the food, health and cosmetics sectors. Headquartered in Avignon (France), the company recorded sales of EUR 405 million in 2017, operates from 16 production sites worldwide and employs 1,700 people.
Gilles Andrier , Chief Executive Officer of Givaudan, said: "The acquisition of a significant stake in Naturex is perfectly in line with our 2020 strategy to broaden our offer to provide natural products to our customers. Givaudan is the world leader in natural flavors, and Naturex complements our capabilities with its strong portfolio of botanical extracts and natural ingredients for the food and beverage, nutrition and health, and personal care sectors. We look forward to working with Naturex's management and shareholders over the coming months to gain their support for the planned acquisition."

Louie D'Amico, President of Givaudan's Flavours Division, said: "Consumers around the world are increasingly looking to the food and beverage industry to offer them more natural and organic products. Naturex will perfectly complement the acquisitions we have announced in this field over the last few years, namely Spicetec, Activ International, Vika and Centroflora Nutra."

edition of the international contest The Cosmetic Victories

Cosmetic Valley - perfumery

"Innovation is the spearhead of the "France brand". The Cosmetic Valley competitiveness cluster has made it an absolute must. It's what keeps the French beauty industry ahead of the pack. The Cosmetic Victories international competition is designed to serve as a breeding ground for young creators in the sector. Marc - Antoine Jamet, President of Cosmetic Valley.
Created in 2015 and supported by the Cosmetic Valley - ESSEC endowment fund, The Cosmetic Victories competition rewards the bearers of an innovative project related to the perfumery - cosmetics industry. Two prizes are awarded each year by a panel of industry experts:

▪ Prix Académique / Academic Prize
Candidates: young graduates, doctoral students, post-doctoral students, researchers.

▪ Prix Industrie/ Industry Prize
Candidates: entrepreneurs, start-ups and innovative SMEs.

Launched three years ago by the Cosmetic Valley competitiveness cluster and supported by an endowment fund set up in partnership with ESSEC, the Cosmetic Victories award two prizes: the Academic Prize and the Industry Prize.
Projects must involve innovation applicable to the perfumery - cosmetics industry in all areas of the sector: ingredients, formulation, testing, processes, packaging, chemistry, biotechnology, digital, distribution, new products and services. They must come from scientists, industrialists, students, researchers, managers of start-ups or small and medium-sized businesses. Innovations can originate from the perfumery and cosmetics industry, or from technology transfer from other industries.
Each winner receives a cash prize of 10,000 euros, as well as support from the Cosmetic Valley competitiveness cluster in the form of a presence at the Cosmetic 360 international cosmetics innovation trade show, support from the Cosmet'up platform, dedicated to accelerating innovative projects in the perfume and cosmetics industry, and a visibility package including national and international media coverage.

Six applications will be chosen by the selection committee, made up of industry professionals and international scientific experts. (3 per category).
2018 Selection Committee: Marcel CREST/CNRS (France) - Richard Daniellou/CNRS (France) - Carlos Edouardo DE OLIVEIRA PRAES/University of Barcelona (Spain) - Lai HUEYMIN/Industrial Technology Research Institute (Taiwan) - Christophe MASSON/Cosmetic Valle y (France) - Julien MOREL, ESSEC (France) - Benjamin MORLON/CNRS (France) - Carmen SOCACIU/Institute of Life Sciences ( Romania) - Normand VOYER/Université de Laval, Québec (Canada) - Neti WARANUCH/University of Pharmaceutical Sciences Naresuan (Thailand).

The two winners will be chosen by a jury of experts from research, the world's leading perfumery and cosmetics groups, and representative bodies of the profession. Among them: the Société française de Cosmétologie/SFC, the Fédération des entreprises de la Beauté/FEBEA, the Banque publique d'investissement/ BPI, the Centre National de recherche scientifique/CNRS and, of course, ESSEC and Cosmetic Valley.

Key dates :
March 30, 2018: closing date for applications
(online at: www.thecosmeticvictories.com)
April 20, 2018: announcement of the six shortlisted projects (3 nominations per award)
June 19, 2018: Cosmetic Victories award ceremony in Paris (1 winner per prize)

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L'Oréal acquires ModiFace and continues its advance in beauty tech

L'Oréal - Hair color

L'Oréal announces the acquisition of 100% from ModiFace, a world-renowned Canadian company and leader in the fields of augmented reality and artificial intelligence applied to beauty. This acquisition is part of the L'Oréal group's digital acceleration strategy, one of the objectives of which is to equip its 34 international brands with the most innovative technologies in terms of services and the beauty experience.
Founded by Parham Aarabi in Toronto in 2007, ModiFace has developed cutting-edge 3D virtual trial technologies for make-up, coloring and skin diagnosis, using proprietary know-how in face tracking and color rendering. Today, these applications are used by most of the major players in the beauty industry. ModiFace employs nearly 70 engineers, researchers and scientists, who have published over 200 scientific articles and filed some 30 patents.

Lubomira Rochet , Chief Digital Officer of L'Oréal, said: "We are delighted to welcome ModiFace to the L'Oréal group. ModiFace will be at the heart of our digital R&D. With its unrivalled teams and technologies, and its successive breakthroughs in beauty tech, ModiFace will contribute to reinventing the beauty experience around innovative services to help our consumers discover, try and choose products and brands. Our ambition for L'Oréal and ModiFace is to pioneer this transformation of the beauty industry by offering our customers new services and experiences."

Parham Aarabi , Founder and CEO of ModiFace, said: "L'Oréal's acquisition of ModiFace is a tremendous opportunity to innovate in augmented reality and artificial intelligence to new levels, which will impact the beauty industry for years to come. I'm very happy to join the L'Oréal family, and to build together a future based on augmented reality and artificial intelligence.

ModiFace will be part of L'Oréal's Digital Services Factory, a network dedicated to the design and development of new digital services for the Group's brands. ModiFace will work in close collaboration with the Group's Advanced Research department, benefiting from an unrivalled, century-old knowledge of the beauty business. ModiFace will remain in Toronto, close to the University, with which the company is involved in numerous research partnerships.

The Berkem Group acquires the company Eurolyo

Cosmetic industry - Formulation

Eurolyo, located in Chartres (28), is now part of the Berkem Group, an Aquitaine-based industrial ETI specializing in chemicals. This acquisition completes the group's expertise in contract work, as the freeze-drying technique is used in a wide range of sectors: agri-food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Berkem expands its range of contract work services

By acquiring Eurolyo as part of its Extraction division, alongside Berkem, the Berkem Group has strengthened and extended its range of outsourcing services. For 50 years, Berkem has been developing tailor-made plant extracts for the food, cosmetics and nutraceutical markets. Backed by high-performance, multi-purpose industrial facilities, Berkem offers a wide range of services. The range of contract services has been expanded with the arrival of Eurolyo's cold-drying know-how and equipment.

Eurolyo, cold product drying

Since 1995, Eurolyo has been providing contract freeze-drying services at its Chartres plant. This is a sublimation dehydration process, operated at very low temperature and under vacuum. This process enables particularly effective drying, preserving all the qualities of the finished product, even for heat-sensitive products.
Eurolyo's production unit in Chartres, in the heart of Cosmetic Valley, comprises 7 freeze-dryers of different capacities. It operates 24/7. The work area is classified ISO 7, enabling services to be carried out in a controlled atmosphere.
In 2017, Eurolyo's sales approached the million euro mark, mainly to French customers.

Today, the team consists of 4 freeze-drying experts who can count on the support of the Berkem Group to ensure the company's continuity and development. Eurolyo will remain at its Chartres (28) production site, retaining the know-how of its existing team.

Eurolyo and the Berkem Group: complementary skills

This acquisition will enable Berkem to diversify its range of contract services and consolidate the quality of its customer network in various sectors. With this acquisition, Berkem aims to consolidate its position as France's leading subcontractor in its field. Founded in 1964, the Berkem group is historically an industrial SME specializing in chemicals. It has a production site in Dordogne (24), one in Gironde (33), and one in La Teste de Buch (33), for products manufactured by Lixol. In 2017, it posted sales of €54 million and employed over 230 people in Europe. The Berkem Group has 4 subsidiaries marketing products developed by its R&D laboratories and from its production sites. All these products are intended for professional customers in the cosmetics, construction, industry and food sectors.

Deinove announces that it has produced the first industrial batch of its innovative carotenoid

Deinococcus radiodurans - Bacteria

Deinove, a biotech company that discovers, develops and produces high-added-value compounds from rare bacteria, particularly from the Deinococcus genus, announces that it has produced the first industrial batch of its innovative carotenoid. Deinove will carry out the commercial launch of this new cosmetic active at the specialized trade show In - Cosmetics 1, taking place from April 17 to 19, 2018 in Amsterdam.

Pioneering Deinococcus-based bacterial fermentation on an industrial scale

As announced in December, the fermentation production process has been scaled up on SAS Pivert's Biogis Center technology platform. After a technology transfer phase, an initial production run of several cubic meters was successfully completed.
The biomass thus produced then underwent an original, environmentally-friendly extraction, purification and formulation process, developed in collaboration with Processium, enabling a first industrial batch of finished product to be obtained. Deinove chose Veg'extra, an extraction specialist, as its service provider for these downstream processing stages.

Commercial launch imminent

The carotenoid developed has great potential: formulated in an organic vegetable oil, this innovative active is perfectly suited to incorporation into skincare creams and can therefore be used by various cosmetics players. Deinove anticipates a commercial launch of its compound early in the 2 nd quarter of 2018. In the meantime, teams are finalizing additional efficacy tests, including consumer tests, which will validate product claims and support the sales pitch. The company is also working on packaging the ingredient in sample form, adapted to the needs of cosmetics manufacturers.

Emmanuel Petiot , CEO of Deinove, comments: "We are proud to have reached this new milestone for the company. Our teams and partners have achieved a real technological feat in transferring our Deinococcus to industrial scale. It's extremely exciting to see several years of research and development come to fruition in the form of a commercial product. Deinove is starting a new chapter in its young history.

 

Pharmacosmetech, a new show dedicated to the Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics industries

Molding - Injection molding

Even Pro, organizer of the Sepem Industries trade shows (7 shows in France) as well as Vractech Expo (Le Mans and Mâcon), will be staging the first show dedicated to services, equipment and processes for the Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, Perfumery and Fine Chemicals industries in Chartres on April 2, 3 and 4, 2019.
This event is the fruit of numerous requests expressed by a large number of companies already exhibiting at Even Pro events and wishing, like several other professional sectors in France, to have their own event anchored at the heart of their production zone. That's why the Chartres exhibition center was chosen, because of its proximity to Paris and its location at the epicenter of the Cosmetic Valley and the Pôle Pharma.
This proximity to Paris and the introduction of free shuttles between Paris-Orly and the Chartres exhibition center will make it easier to attract national visitors.
In line with the trade shows organized by Even Pro, the first edition of Pharmacosmetech will cover a maximum surface area of 7,000 m², and will welcome around 300 exhibitors.
Even Pro specializes in the organization of trade shows and the development of industrial files (production sites, decision-makers and direct influencers). Operational players from nearly 5,000 production sites will be invited by name and free of charge: over 30,000 executives responsible for "core plant" activities, including site directors, production and maintenance managers, pharmacists, laboratory managers, R&D, engineering and design, logistics, packaging managers, etc.
A program of conferences will be set up to address current issues in these sectors.

 

Gattefossé Asia Pacific obtains ISO9001 version 2015 certification

Cosmetics industry - Fencing industries 2020

Gattefossé announces that its Singapore-based subsidiary Gattefossé Asie Pacifique has obtained ISO9001 version 2015 certification, the international standard that sets out the requirements for a quality management system.

For many years now, Gattefossé has had a quality management system in place for its Saint-Priest site (France), and this certification in Singapore represents the start of a process designed to extend the quality perimeter to the whole Group, in line with the company's strategy.
For Gattefossé Asia Pacific, this certification applies to the promotion and marketing of specialty ingredients and formulation solutions for the health and beauty industries worldwide, as well as to the control of operations with its partners. Production operations with its partner Faci are also ISO9001: 2015 and Good Manufacturing Practice certified.
Issued by certification body SGS as of December 12, 2017, it is part of a continuous improvement objective to satisfy the requirements of customers and other interested parties and comply with expected quality standards. This management and continuous improvement tool involves maintaining the systems in place, constantly monitoring and renewing objectives to be more efficient and seek better performance at all levels of the company.
The latest version of the standard, published in September 2015, reinforces the consideration of corporate strategy in the quality approach, integrates risk analysis of all processes and opportunity analysis taking into account the external environment.

"This initiative testifies to Gattefossé's determination to have a truly international quality management system, and to guarantee all our customers that we listen attentively to their needs and provide a high level of operational control. It is also a sign of our ongoing quest for continuous improvement throughout the Group". explains Jean-Pierre LAFORET, Group Director of Industrial Operations at Gattefossé.

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