Press Room
September 21, 2005
German Version
Cognis at the IFSCC 2005: innovative ideas for wellness products
At this year’s IFSCC conference in Florence, Italy, Cognis Care Chemicals and its active ingredients business, Laboratoires Sérobiologiques (LS), exhibited a number of new products and concepts for value-added formulations, in keeping with the event’s theme of “World Wide Wellness”. Among the products Cognis presented were Emulgade? Sucro, a new emulsifying system that delivers an outstanding pleasant skin feel, Plantapon® LC 7, a versatile fruit acid surfactant with moisturizing properties and exceptional mildness, and LS’s new ProDEJine™ LS 9784 anti-wrinkle active ingredient.
Care products that are based on structures well-known from the food area and that combine the benefits of these with a pleasant texture and scent are becoming ever more popular. At the IFSCC, Cognis showcased Emulgade® Sucro, a new emulsifier based on sucrose polystearate, which can be used to give emulsions a velvety and powdery feel during application, and a light, non-sticky afterfeel. Unlike traditional emulsifiers, the product shows shear thinning characteristics, and it also improves spreadability. These qualities make it a key ingredient in facial and body creams, including sun care products, where customers are looking for a nice cushion and a velvety afterfeel.
Personal care products that contain value-added ingredients are continuing to increase in popularity. One such product presented by Cognis at the conference was Plantapon® LC 7, a surfactant combining the benefits of moisturizing fruit acids with a degree of mildness that far surpasses that of traditional surfactants. It is suitable for personal care and baby cleansing formulations such as body and facial washes. Added to hair cleansing formulations, such as shampoos, this citric acid derivative supports hair conditioning and ease hair treatments such as combing. Its 100% active state also makes this liquid surfactant suitable for use in non-aqueous formulations such as shower gels and bath oils.
Consumer demand for products which defy the signs of aging has revitalized the market. LS presented ProDEJine™ LS 9784, a new active ingredient of biotechnological origin, which is isolated and purified from yeast. It protects and regenerates the dermo-epidermal junction, the membrane that anchors the epidermis to the dermis. Clinical tests on ProDEJine™ LS 9784 have shown that it has a pronounced anti-wrinkle effect around the eyes, making it ideal for use in anti-aging face care products and care products for mature skin. LS also provided information about Tricholastyl™ LS 9267, an active ingredient designed to prevent the aging of the scalp, thereby slowing hair loss and helping the hair keep its youthfulness. It achieves this by using an extract of the bark of the Indian kino tree, which is known to reduce glycation. It is suitable for use in both intensive hair loss prevention treatments and in complementary care products such as shampoos and hair tonics.
Competitive advantages in an attractive growth market
The proportion of income spent on beauty products continues to rise: in 2001, the global wellness market, including fitness and health, was worth 200 billion US dollars, and by 2010 it is expected to reach 1,000 billion dollars. Bettina Jackwerth, Global Marketing Director Cognis Skin Care comments: “At Cognis Care Chemicals, we aligned our products and services with the wellness growth trend at an early stage. Our in-depth knowledge of Cognis customers’ markets has enabled us to offer ready-to-market formulations and complete marketing concepts that serve this trend, and will continue to do so, giving our customers a competitive advantage in their markets.”
About Cognis
Cognis is a worldwide supplier of innovative specialty chemicals and nutritional ingredients. The company employs about 8,100 people, and it operates production sites and service centers in 30 countries. Cognis has dedicated its activities to a high level of sustainability and delivers natural source raw materials and ingredients for food, nutrition and healthcare markets, and the cosmetics, detergents and cleaners industries. Additionally, Cognis provides solutions for a number of other industries, such as coatings and inks, lubricants, textiles and plastics, as well as agriculture and mining.
Cognis is owned by private equity funds advised by Permira, GS Capital Partners, and SV Life Sciences. In 2004, Cognis recorded sales of 3.07 billion euros and an Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization and exceptional items) of 362 million euros.
Contact
Bettina Jackwerth, Global Marketing Director Skin Care
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Phone: +49-2173-4995-195
E-mail: bettina.jackwerth@cognis.com
Internet: www.cognis.com
Sybille Cornelsen, Global Marketing Hair / Body / Oral Care
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Phone: +49-2173-4995-207
E-mail: sybille.cornelsen@cognis.com
Internet: www.cognis.com
Isabelle Stussi, Communications Laboratoires Sérobiologiques
Division de Cognis France
Phone: +33-3-83299789
E-mail: isabelle.stussi@cognis.com
Internet: www.laboratoires-serobiologiques.com
Wulf Klüppelholz, Corporate Communications Manager
Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Phone: +49-2173-4995-221
E-mail: wulf.klueppelholz@cognis.com
Internet: www.cognis.com