Croda International Plc, the name behind ingredients and technologies used by industries and consumers around the world, has celebrated being named the UK's most admired company in the chemical sector for the second year in a row and the third most admired company in the UK across all sectors.
Improving their position after a 16th place finish in 2017, the Yorkshire-based company was awarded last night (December 4) at the prestigious ceremony hosted by 'Management Today' at the Claridge Hotel in London.
The awards, which are the largest of their kind in the UK, recognize key factors critical to the company's success across 12 categories including management excellence, financial strength and quality of products and services, the latter placing Croda 4th in the UK.
Steve Foots, CEO of Croda said: "The fact that our innovative and sustainable strategic approach has been recognized in this way is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our people around the world.
At Croda, we have a dynamism and culture where internal and external collaborations are at the heart of everything we do. I am extremely proud that ouraccomplishments in 2018 have been recognized, especially as this was assessed by our peers, with highly respected board representatives, analysts and City experts voting across the UK."
Croda among the most admired companies in the UK
Novacap and all its activities change their name to Seqens
Seqens is an integrated global player in pharmaceutical synthesis and specialty ingredients with a broad range of products, services and technologies. The group offers its customers contract manufacturing services for the pharmaceutical and specialty markets as well as a broad portfolio of active ingredients, pharmaceutical intermediates and specialty products.
Seqens operates 24 production sites and 3 R&D centers in Europe, North America and Asia and employs 3,200 people. More than 300 scientists, engineers and experts develop tailor-made solutions for our customers and ensure that products are successfully put into production.
Seqens, science at the heart of its activities.
The name Seqens refers to our synthesis activities and evokes the idea of sequencing when we build our molecules and cross-reference our skills and technologies.
In the pharmaceutical industry, Seqens supports its customers in the development, industrialization and manufacturing of drug substances, from the preclinical phase to marketing, and offers a broad portfolio of active ingredients and proprietary products.
Seqens also develops customized solutions and ingredients for the most demanding industries such as health, electronics, cosmetics, food and the environment.
Seqens , The Continuum of Progress
"With Seqens, we intend to be a strong, global and integrated player in pharmaceutical synthesis and specialty ingredients. Our ambition is to develop and produce the most complex molecules thanks to our recognized expertise and a broad continuum of technologies that is unique on the market. I am proud of what our 3,200 employees have accomplished so far. Today, we are opening a new page in the history of our group," said Pierre Luzeau, President of Seqens.
About Novacap
The Novacap Group's subsidiaries - Novacarb, Novacyl, Novapex, Novacid, Novabay, Uetikon, H2B, ID Bio, PCAS, Chemoxy and PCI Synthesis - are distinguished by their leading positions in various markets, including cosmetics and fragrances, food and feed, detergents, environment and electronics.
The legal entities of Novacap's subsidiaries - Novacarb, Novacyl, Novapex, Novacid, Novabay, Uetikon, H2B, ID Bio, PCAS, Chemoxy and PCI Synthesis - will remain in place.
Easyfairs announces the launch of PLD Packaging of Premium & Luxury Drinks alongside ADF&PCD in Paris
The new show's mission is to connect the global community of designers, specifiers and suppliers of packaging for premium and luxury beverages, and to facilitate the transfer of technology and inspiration with the perfume and cosmetics sector.
Easyfairs, the multi-format trade show organizer and event venue owner, announces the launch of the new PLD - Packaging of Premium & Luxury Drinks trade show, which will bring together designers, innovators and packaging suppliers to the international premium and luxury drinks market.
The first edition of the event will take place on January 29 and 30, 2020 at Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles in conjunction with ADF&PCD, the world's leading trade show for the design and development of packaging for the perfumery, cosmetics, aerosol and dispensing markets.
PLD is designed for all those involved in creating packaging for wines, spirits and other premium alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. It will offer the sector a platform for creative inspiration, new technical solutions and a wide range of events to meet peers.
Animations and conferences, given by experts from brands, design agencies and distributors, will give an overview of the latest trends and innovations in this extremely dynamic market.
PLD's joint event with ADF&PCD will provide a unique platform for the transfer of knowledge, ideas, inspiration and influence between packaging designers in the premium beverage market and those in fragrances and cosmetics. In addition, PLD will be a partner of Pentawards, the prestigious packaging design competition.
Paul MacDonald, Global Director of Packaging Shows at Easyfairs, explains:
"Packaging professionals from the premium and luxury beverage market have already been visiting ADF&PCD for several years to research the next technology or trends in the fragrance and cosmetics market that they can apply to their own projects." So it was a natural step to strengthen this relationship at the heart of the event, and to create a genuine platform to facilitate these exchanges by developing a new international event in Paris, dedicated to this extremely creative market.
"The premium and luxury drinks market is the source of some of the most innovative and prestigious packaging, and I'm looking forward to seeing PLD encourage and stimulate the inspiration and creativity of this exciting market," explains Paul MacDonald.
Easyfairs acquired ADF&PCD in 2014, and since then the event has grown considerably. The next edition of ADF&PCD, on January 30 and 31, 2019, will welcome over 600 exhibitors and 8,000 visitors from all over the world to source their next packaging solutions.
Pantone: the color of the year 2019 is...
Vibrant yet soft, Pantone 16-1546 Living Coral envelops us in its warmth, offering a little comfort and liveliness in an ever-changing environment.
Faced with the omnipresence of digital technologies and social networks in our daily lives, we crave authentic experiences that are sources of connection and intimacy. Sociable and playful, the engaging nature of Pantone color 16-1546 Living Coral promotes and encourages joyful activities. Symbolizing our innate desire for optimism and joy, Pantone 16-1546 Living Coral embodies a light-hearted expression.
Representing the fusion of modern life, Pantone Living Coral is a reassuring color, present in our natural environment, and enlivening social networks with its presence.
Pantone 16-1546 Living Coral evokes the familiarity and energy of colors found in nature. Although difficult to contemplate, the look this invigorating, effervescent color takes on under the sea captures the eye and hypnotizes the mind. At the center of a naturally vivid and chromatic ecosystem, Living Coral Pantone evokes the kaleidoscope of colors found in coral reefs.
For 20 years, Pantone Color of the Year has been setting trends in product development and influencing purchasing decisions in a wide range of sectors, including fashion, industrial and interior design, graphic design and product packaging.
The Color of the Year selection process requires careful thought and trend analysis. To arrive at each year's selection, Pantone's color experts at the Pantone Color Institute scour the world for new color influences, from the entertainment sector to film production, from travel art collections and new artists to fashion, all the creative sectors and fashionable tourist destinations, as well as new lifestyles, ways of playing and socio-economic conditions. Influences can also come from technological progress, from materials, textures and effects that influence colors, from social networking platforms, and even from future sporting events on which the eyes of the world will be riveted.
Happy Holidays
The entire team ofIndustries Cosmétiques wishes you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. We're taking a few days off and will be back at the start of 2019 in top form! We'll be bringing you even more news and features, and an even prettier magazine! And, of course, we'll have the opportunity to meet up at the many trade shows we'll be attending.
See you soon
Launch of the 4th edition of The Cosmetic Victories international contest
"The Cosmetic Victories international competition has set itself the triple objective of identifying innovative start-ups, supporting their projects and promoting research in the fragrance and cosmetics sector. This unique competition derives its legitimacy from a demanding selection process involving several panels of high-level international experts, and from the diversity of a jury made up of industry representatives, institutions and professional associations in the sector" Marc-Antoine Jamet, President of Cosmetic Valley.
The Cosmetic Victories international competition is now open to all innovative projects in the perfumery and cosmetics industry!
Two prizes, each worth 10,000 euros, will be awarded:
- Prix Académique / Academic Prize
Candidates: young graduates, PhD students, post-docs, researchers.
- Prix Industrie / Industry Prize
Candidates: entrepreneurs, start-ups and innovative SMEs.
Key dates
December 3, 2018: applications open on the website: www.thecosmeticvictories.com
March 31, 2019: closing date for applications
April 30, 2019: announcement of the six shortlisted projects (3 nominees per prize)
June 2019: Victories award ceremony in Paris (1 winner per prize)
An international competition of excellence dedicated to cosmetics innovation
Launched in 2015 by the Cosmetic Valley competitiveness cluster and supported by the 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 and 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 SMEs. Innovations can originate from the perfumery and cosmetics sector, or from technology transfer from other sectors.
Each winner receives a cash prize of 10,000 euros, as well as support from the Cosmetic Valley competitiveness cluster in the form of 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 entries (3 per award category) will be chosen by a selection committee made up of industry professionals and international scientific experts.
The two winners will be chosen by a panel of experts drawn from research, the world's leading groups in the perfumery and cosmetics industry, and organizations representing the profession. Among them: the Société française de Cosmétologie/SFC, the Banque publique d'investissement/ BPI, the Centre National de recherche scientifique/CNRS and, of course, ESSEC and Cosmetic Valley.
Applications to be submitted by March 31, 2019 on : www.thecosmeticvictories.com
Nuxe chooses "Note" by Aptar Beauty + Home for Prodigieux Absolu de parfum
Nuxe naturally turned to Note d'Aptar Beauty + Home to offer its new Prodigieux® fragrance a case worthy of its original, intense and sensual juice.
"Note" offers a delicate and precious gesture to deposit the right amount of perfumed essence on the skin. A soft, precise and progressive application, one drop at a time... and the fragrance comes to rest on the wrist, the neck or on a piece of clothing to perfume only the desired area.
NOTE, a state-of-the-art technology
The result of 5 years of research, NOTE is an innovative applicator, inspired by an ancestral perfumery tradition when the fragrance was deposited on the skin with a glass cap. The NOTE system integrates a transparent applicator that automatically refills with each use.
Mill brand for the House of Mizensir Parfums
Mill designs and manufactures metal labels and decorations that mark luxury products and their packaging with the designer's signature. In the field of perfumery, the specialist has had the honor - for the past three years - of applying its know-how to the 26 eaux de parfum that currently make up the Maison Mizensir collection. This year, the collection has been enriched by four new creations: Lovely Alba, Cologne du Mate, Cologne de Figuier and the latest, Célèbes Wood.
"Célèbes Wood is a wood of spices. It's an instant invitation to travel, but in a totally dreamlike way," says its creator Alberto Morillas. This new eau de parfum (average retail price 190 euros, 100 ml) completes a range of compositions that are sometimes fresh and citrusy, sometimes sensual and carnal, sometimes frank and masculine.
A powerful plate, sometimes gold, sometimes silver
For the entire collection, Alberto Morillas has chosen a sober, elegant 13.5 cm bottle that lets each fragrance tell its own story. At the top, the 42 x 42 mm square label is striking. Referring to the origins of the house, it bears its name, its seal, the name of the creation and its master perfumer.
Aluminum combines incredible lightness and strength
The Mill team recommended this material to Maison Mizensir for both aesthetic and technical reasons. "In our desire to obtain homogeneous, high-quality aspects, aluminum gives very good results. And over and above the aesthetics, which must be beyond reproach, the choice of aluminum also enables us to internalize the entire Mizensir sheet manufacturing process. In this way, we optimize production, which has a positive impact on delivery times", explains Matthias Bodard, Head of Luxury Markets.
Chemical etching adds value to marking
Depending on the composition of the fragrance, this marking technique plays on contrasts between matte and gloss, and hollow and relief effects. To achieve this, after screen-printing the targeted areas, the plates are placed in acid or alkaline baths, the duration of which determines the desired engraving depth. For gold labels, a finishing varnish is applied to sublimate the hue.
Neyret unveils a new range of biosourced, recycled and biodegradable ecological tapes
Neyret is expanding its range of innovative ribbons, made from eco-friendly raw materials. Whether natural or derived from reprocessed waste, these new items offer even more eco-design possibilities for the packaging and ornamentation of luxury products.
In keeping with its CSR approach, the range is divided into 3 families of substrates: biosourced, recycled and biodegradable.
Biosourced ribbons
Produced from certified organic natural fibers, guaranteeing a clean, reasoned manufacturing cycle, free from pesticides, insecticides or GMOs.
Recycled ribbons
Woven with fibers obtained from waste recycling, like recycled polyester yarns produced from reprocessed plastic bottles.
Biodegradable ribbons
Woven with natural fibers such as Lyocell (eucalyptus), bamboo fiber or bio-polymers, biodegradable ribbons disappear after use. To personalize these eco-friendly ribbons, Neyret also offers eco-friendly inks: water-based inks or Oekotex-certified inks guaranteeing the absence of non-environmental chemical substances.
Dyes can also be eco-friendly and guaranteed by GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard): an international certification imposing a very high level of environmental and social requirements.
With the diversity of its solutions, Neyret has taken up the challenge of maintaining a wide range of aesthetic choices for its customers: satin ribbons with smooth, glossy textures, coarse grains with ribbed aspects, matte and rough taffeta effects, fine and delicate embossed prints - the assortment is not limited. And of course, one of our strengths: the ability to create a unique, eco-friendly 100% customized ribbon for each customer.
Phytocontrol Group inaugurates its new laboratory
Phytocontrol, a private, independent French laboratory group and leader in food and water safety, inaugurated the extension to its central laboratory on Tuesday November 27.
A 4000m laboratory2 in total
Phytocontrol adds 1000m2 to its central laboratory in Nîmes, to support its dynamic development (30% growth per year) in agri-food and hydrological analyses. Since this summer, this wing has housed analytical production and all R&D departments.
Supported by the Region, the State and Nîmes Métropole, this new building, costing almost 2.5 million euros, brings the total surface area of the analysis center to 4,000m2 within the Georges Besse II science park. This state-of-the-art ISO 14001 facility is accredited for all analytical programs developed, GLP-certified and approved by the French Ministries of Health and the Environment.
Recently, the laboratory's entire analytical equipment (LC-MS/MS) was renewed; Phytocontrol invested over 2 million euros in 2018, in this cutting-edge technology.
" With this expansion, we have a greater capacity for analysis; moreover, thanks to our constant drive for innovation, we are constantly reinforcing and adapting our historical know-how and our core business. "comments Eric Capodanno, Phytocontrol's Scientific Director.
70 institutional guests and historical partners attended the event
The laboratory extension was inaugurated under the aegis of Carole Delga, President of the Occitanie Region, Yvan Lachaud, President of Nîmes Métropole and all Phytocontrol's financial, institutional and industrial partners.
"We are proud to welcome to our premises the partners who have supported us from the outset, to show them our latest-generation facilities, and to share with them our enthusiasm and plans for the future. "said Mikaël Bresson, President of Phytocontrol Group.
Indeed, it was an opportunity to recall Phytocontrol's loyalty to the Gard region, and in particular to the city of Nîmes, where the laboratory has always been based, and where it intends to expand: by 2021, Phytocontrol aims to create a major European center of expertise in food authenticity in the Gard region.
In the even nearer future, the group plans to set up a BTS training course in control and analysis, in collaboration with the Occitanie Region, the Rectorat, the CCI du Gard, Nîmes Métropole and the laboratories of the major industries in Gard, in order to fill the fifty or so positions opened up each year, in particular as part of the development of the hydrology department involved in regional and national monitoring plans.
