TAGS: Sustainability / Natural Cosmetics Skin Care Toiletries in-cosmetics
Evonik showcased numerous new products at in-cosmetics Global 2022. The company made significant progress towards the goal by adopting sustainability as a guiding business principle, leveraging technology platforms, creating more system solutions, and implementing an ambitious acquisition strategy.
Launches Highlighted at in-cosmetics
Further Evonik highlighted at the in-cosmetics global included:
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Net-zero emollient TEGOSOFT® LO MB for everyday skincare applications is a natural alternative to mineral oil. It is 100 percent vegetable-based from a renewable feedstock and is produced through green chemistry (biocatalysis). This carbon-neutral solution creates a skin feel comparable to mineral oil, helping formulators meet the demands of their consumers for more sustainable solutions without sacrificing sensory benefits.
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New ceramides and sphingolipids. In the past six months, Evonik has used its expertise in ceramides to launch four new products: SPHINOX® Defenda, SPHINOX® Lift, SK-INFLUX® Evolve MB, and RHEASOME® CeraBoost. The latter is based on a combination of a natural, biotech-derived delivery system with active ingredients, capable of boosting the skin's own ceramide synthesis and replenishing skin lipids from within.
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Recent launches of botanicals and bioactives: Expanding Evonik’s active ingredients portfolio to include botanical extracts, cholesterol specialties, and peptides.
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The largest and most advanced delivery system portfolio for the personal care and beauty industry through the acquisition of Infinitec Activos. Generating new concepts and enhancing scientifically substantiated consumer cosmetic trends.
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For product protection, a new digital tool on the platform into beauty allows tailor-made preservation recommendations that suit individual cosmetic formulations. A new technology concept is also available for natural preservation solutions for challenging systems.
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The broad portfolio of AEROSIL®, SIPERNAT®, and SPHERILEX® enables the production of innovative and sustainable products, e.g. "waterless" formulations which require less or even no water. The technology supports a reduction in water consumption. Formulations are used in solid care products such as dry shampoo and lipstick, and in special powders that consumers can mix with water via a refill concept, e.g. in soap, shampoo, and shower gel.
Reinforcing Innovation Capabilities
In 2021, the latter included the acquisition of the Swiss plant extract producer Botanica and the cosmetic delivery systems company Infinitec Activos. The acquisitions of Botanica and Infinitec Activos in 2021 follow those in previous years of innoHealth (2020), Wilshire Technologies (2020), Dr. Straetmans (2017), and ALKION Biopharma (2016).
These companies bring complementary technology to Evonik and reinforce innovation capabilities. A recent example draws on synergies from Wilshire Technologies and within the Nutrition & Care division to use lipid technology across a broad range of medical, cosmetic, and cleaning applications.
Recently Evonik announced the construction of a commercial-scale plant for rhamnolipid biosurfactants. This special class of biobased, biodegradable lipids will help Evonik’s customers to develop more sustainable personal care products.
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The only way forward is sustainability and performance. And we cannot do it alone. Our M&A activities combined with our own R&D capabilities have led to enabling technology platforms that we are making available to our customers to jointly develop the sustainable beauty products of tomorrow,” says Yann d'Hervé, head of Evonik's Care Solutions business line.
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