Symrise unveils new production facility in Brazilian Amazon region
Symrise has opened its new production plant, Symrise Amazon Ecoparque, in Belém, Parà. The ingredients supplier invested over €5m to build the new 2,000m2 facility, establishing the location in the north of the Amazon region in close collaboration with its long-term...
Brazilian government relaxes regulations on R&D into biodiversity
Personal care companies seeking to invest in research and development into natural ingredients in Brazil will now be able to do so more freely thanks to new government regulations. On May 20, the Brazilian government adopted a new legal framework for...
Procter & Gamble closes Puerto Rico plant, laying off 230 employees
Procter & Gamble has announced that is closing a manufacturing plant based in Puerto Rico and will be laying off 230 employees. The plant, located in Cavey, a southern town on the Carribean island, has been manufacturing Olay skin care products since Procter &...
Brazilian exhibitors due to attend BeautyWorld Middle East 2015 up by 32%
A total of 40 Brazilian companies are due to attend three-day Dubai trade event, representing a 32 percent increase on the number of Brazilian companies that attended last year. The trade event, now in its 20th year, will be held at Dubai International Convention and...
Strong growth predicted for Chile’s fragrance market, according to Mintel
Chile’s fragrance market has experienced strong growth in recent years, according to new research published by Mintel. The market is forecast to achieve a compound annual growth rate of 5.8 percent by 2017. Mintel figures show that the Chilean fragrance market has...
BRIC nations will drive growth of oral care market, report predicts
The global oral care market represented 15 percent of the personal care market in 2014, and is expected to account for almost 20% of the overall market by 2020, according to a new report. ‘BRICS Oral Care - Market Analysis and Opportunity Assessment, 2014–2020’...
Brazil’s packaging industry experienced 1.47 percent fall in production during 2014
Brazil's packaging industry production fell by 1.47 percent during 2014, with a turnover of R$55.1bn, new figures from the Brazilian Packaging Association reveal. Broken down by material, the research showed that production of wood packaging decreased by 18.25...
Dove teams up with Marie Claire International for Brazil, USA and UK campaign
Dove is teaming up with Marie Claire International for a new editorial campaign featuring five female motorcyclists travelling across Brazil. Film, photographic and written content will be produced by Marie Claire International, depicting the motorcyclists' experience...
Website allowing visitors to book beauty services launches in Brazil
Rocket Internet, the leading internet platform outside the US and China, has backed a new website which allows customers in Brazil to book services with local beauty and wellness professionals. Visitors to the site, which is called Vaniday, can book mobile...
Brazil’s cosmetics market grew by 11 percent in 2014
The cosmetics market in Brazil grew by 11 percent last year, with sales reaching R$101.7bn (US$32.5bn), according to the Brazilian Association of the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Industry. The cosmetics industry plays a key role in the Brazilian economy and...
L’Oreal acquires Brazilain hair care company, Niely Cosmeticos
L’Oréal announced today that it has finalized the acquisition of Brazil’s largest hair care and hair colouration company, Niely Cosmeticos. Niely Cosmeticos operates two main brands, Cor & Ton for hair colouration and Niely Gold for shampoo and hair care, both of...
Pace of consumer spending in Brazil reaches 12 year low
Consumer spending in Brazil has hit its lowest level for 12 years amid a climate of rising unemployment, high interest rates and corruption scandals. Government data shows that in 2014, consumer spending rose by 0.9%, it’s worse growth rate since the 0.7% contraction...
Modern Logistics announces delivery of pioneering plane
Modern Logistics, Brazil's pioneering multi-modal logistics company, has announced that its first aircraft will be ready to fly from May. A first of its kind in Brazil, Modern Logistics aims to provide commercial clients with complete logistics solutions including...
Natura ignores government pleas to invest in country’s economic growth
Brazil’s largest manufacturer of cosmetics, Natura, has ignored pleas from President Dilma Rousseff to provide corporate investment to help the Brazilian government jump-start economic growth. President Dilma Rousseff, whose approval rating is the lowest of any...
Brazilian cosmetics firm Natura lays off 1 percent of work force
Brazilian cosmetics firm Natura announced on Wednesday that it is was laying off 70 of its workers. The redundancies represent just under 1 percent of the firm's 7,000 employees in Brazil. The redundancies are a response to the slow-down of the economy and a drop in...
MAC teams up with Brazilian blogger to launch weather-resistant collection
MAC has teamed up with Brazilian beauty blogger Julia Petit to launch a makeup collection that claims to be resistant to humidity. For a country famed for Victoria’s Secret models Gisele Bündchen and Adriana Lima, tattooed 42-year-old Petit may seem like an unusual...
Venue change for in-cosmetics Brasil due to high visitor figures
Organisers of in-cosmetics Brasil have announced a new venue in anticipation of a significantly higher footfall than predicted. Reed Exhibitions will be holding this year’s trade show at Blue Pavillion of São Paulo's Expo Center Norte, a larger venue than the São...
Brazil speeds up cosmetics approval system
Brazil has loosened regulations affecting the cosmetics industry, meaning that products can be placed on the market without government approval. The government’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has divided cosmetics products into two categories according...
Mary Kay expanding to Colombia
American direct selling cosmetics company Mary Kay has announced that it is expanding operations to Colombia. The company, which currently operates in 35 countries and has a network of 3.5 million Independent Beauty Consultants, has invested US$8 million into entering...
Sonoco acquires controlling stake in Brazil-based flexible packaging company Graffo
US global packaging manufacturer Sonoco has acquired a two-thirds stake in Brazil-based flexible packaging company Graffo. The transaction, which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2015, gives Sonoco a majority interest in Graffo and will enable Sonoco to...
Brazil-based iron ore company All Ore targets cosmetics market
Brazil-based iron ore company, All Ore, has announced plans to buy a cosmetics company and change its corporate purpose. The move, outlined by the company in regulatory filings published on Tuesday, is a reaction to bleak market conditions for mining firms in Brazil....
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