Research and development

L’Oréal is using "reverse innovation" in new and emerging markets, which are key in the quest of doubling its consumer base. It’s an example of the newfangled strategies beauty companies are implementing to juice up business in a competitive...

The Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant, Unilever, has entered into a partnership with BioLeap, a New Jersey-based company that undertakes molecular design for product development, to work on products related to 'the core biology of ageing'.The collaboration is designed to...

Italian cosmetic packaging manufacturer, Brivaplast has entered into a distribution agreement with Quadpack in the UK, Spain and Australia. The agreement gives an exclusive right to resell Brivaplast mascara, lip gloss and eyeliner containers in these territories. Brivaplast is...

CPL Aromas France has moved into a new facility in Paris which will serve as a perfumery and development centre, not only for the French market, but as a centre for producing fine fragrances for the whole of CPL...

ASTM International, together with Atlas Material Testing Solutions and DyStar, will hold a one-day conference on Textiles - Light and Weatherfastness, on January 21, 2011, in Mumbai, India. The conference`s topics of light and weather fastness were chosen to...

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to a wide range of industries worldwide, is now authorised by Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) to conduct Woolmark testing of apparel textile products. AWI presented the authorisation certificate to...

As the Indian retail sector expands, and retailers aim for international standards and best practices, a number of store designers and furniture manufacturers, among others, from across the world are making a beeline for India. One such company that...

Beiersdorf's research and development team has developed an innovative method, which allows the amount of UV protection on the skin to be visible and thereafter measured. Through this method, the researchers could decipher the amount of sunscreen that...

NEC India, a retail specialty technology provider, is setting up a cloud computing infrastructure in its Bangalore office. Confirming the development, David Arambhan, head retail solutions, India and Middle East said, “Our upcoming cloud computing initiative will help retailers,...