cosmetics news

17th Jan 2022

Bast Fibre has entered into an agreement to acquire Lumberton Cellulose (LC), a natural fibre processing facility located in Lumberton, North Carolina from Georgia-Pacific Cellulose. Bast Fibre is a triple-bottom line cleantech fibre engineering firm manufacturing specialty natural fibre for applications throughout the nonwovens and textile industries.

17th Jan 2022

Frontier.cool, the world’s largest cloud solution, has revealed the world’s first FPGA-based MPSoC (multiprocessor system on a chip) for the textile industry, based on FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) hardware acceleration, at the recently held CES 2022, in Las Vegas in the US. Frontier facilitates the rapid, scalable digitisation of textile...

14th Jan 2022

Industrial Asset Recovery Group (IARG) has announced the liquidation of chemical plants formerly operated by Emerald Performance Materials in Henry, Illinois. The plant officially ceased operations in 2021. Emerald Performance Materials was a producer of specialty chemical products for flavours, fragrances, food, beverage, personal, household care.

13th Jan 2022

The Honest Company, a digitally-native, mission-driven brand focused on leading the clean lifestyle movement, has announced that Steve Austenfeld will be joining the organisation as vice president, investor relations. US’ Honest has been dedicated to creating thoughtfully formulated, safe and effective personal care, beauty, baby and household products.

13th Jan 2022

P&G Ventures, the early-stage start-up studio within Procter & Gamble, has announced Lady Patch as the winner of the 2022 Innovation Challenge during the virtual CES event. Chosen from a record number of submissions, Lady Patch will be awarded the grand prize of $10,000 and the opportunity to partner with P&G Ventures to continue developing their...

13th Jan 2022

Researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) in Jena, Germany, are in the process of developing a self-sufficient energy supply based on textiles. In this manner, it will become even easier in the future to supply mobile electronic devices worn close to the body with energy, even when no external power supply is available.

13th Jan 2022

Bunzl plc, UK-based specialist international distribution and services Group, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Tingley Rubber Corporation, an American distributor of own brand PPE based in New Jersey, US in late December. The business is focused on protective footwear and apparel and has a strong product portfolio.

13th Jan 2022

FiltXPO, the international filtration/separation exhibition and technical conference, will bring together buyers and exhibitors of filtration technology in Florida, US, from March 29, 2022. The exhibition will present three days of provocative debates, with five panels of global industry experts who will share pivotal ideas and uproot industry...

12th Jan 2022

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is leading the way in carbon fibre reinforced bridge beams - an evolutionary step forward - with the goal of a 100-year bridge in sight. Since 2001, MDOT has been collaborating with Lawrence Technological University (LTU) on researching carbon fibre reinforced polymer materials in concrete bridge beams.