Cosmetic market

Many attempts have been made to reduce the ammoniacal and sulfurous odor of the standard thioglycolate formulations. As the cosmetics market is very sensitive to the presence of impurities, odor, and color, various treatments of purification have been claimed to improve the olfactory properties of thioglycolic acid and its salts, such as distillation (33), stabilization against the formation of H2S using active ingredients (34), extraction with solvents (35), active carbon (36), and chelate resin treatments (37). 

Performance. Consumer acceptance is a criterion on which cosmetic marketers caimot compromise. Whereas the likes and dislikes of consumers are in a state of constant flux, some product features are critical. A deodorant that does not deodorize or a hair coloring that fades in sunlight is unacceptable. Performance is tested by in vitro techniques during formulation, but the ultimate test of a product s performance requires in-use experience with consumers and critical assessment by trained observers. Performance tests can sometimes be combined with in-use safety tests, and protocols for such programs have been developed. 

With this nice set of properties, it is not surprising that the biomedical uses of ELPs seem to be the first area where ELPs will disembark in the market. This is especially true considering that the biomedical (and cosmetic) market shows a clear disposition to quickly adopt those new developments that... 

At present the unique performance of biotechnological products is the main driver of this technology, especially in the pharma and cosmetic markets. API s, active pharma ingredients, are often protein based, like antibodies. These are one of the backbones of red biotechnology. But also other API s and nutrition ingredients, which can only be synthesized in a complex series of chemical steps are nowadays synthesized in microbes. Examples are insulin or vitamins, examples of White Biotechnology. Many of these are described in the beginning of this chapter. 

SAN competes with polystyrene, cellulose acetate, and polymethyl methacrylate. Applications for SAN include injection-molded parts for medical devices, PVC tubing connectors, dishwasher-safe products, and refrigerator shelving. Other applications include packaging for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics markets, automotive equipmenL and industrial uses. 

Market applications based on optical properties of polymers are coimtless. Polymer optical lenses, CDs, DVDs, and packaging applications for the medical, electronic, food, and cosmetic markets are just a small sampling where optical properties of polymers play a dominant role. 

In addition to the long standing uses of natural products in pharmaceuticals and herbal medicines, new developments in nutrition and cosmetics continue to provide new opportunities for cultivation of non-food crops. Providing the momentum for developments such as sweet gale is a strong customer drive for products derived from natural sources. This can be seen in the personal care sector in products from shampoo to skin care. The natural cosmetic market is believed to be near the lbilhon mark in Europe (Organic Monitor, 2006). Another... 

Consumer acceptance is a criterion on which cosmetic marketers cannot compromise. Whereas the likes and dislikes of consumers are in a state of constant flux, some... 

Demand from the cosmetics market is expected to drive the growth of the global surfactant market, particularly in Asia. Asia-Pacific is the largest surfactant outlet with 37% share of global consumption followed by North America and Western Europe. Global demand for anionic surfactants was ca 6.5 x 10 t in 2010. Anionic and non-ionic surfactants combined account for 85% of global demand for surfactants. 

The two most important laws pertaining to cosmetics marketed in the United States are the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act. 

The world market for lipases is the fastest growing segment driven by its growing applications in the detergent and cosmetic markets (Rahman et al. 2005). Global Industry Analysts Inc. has announced a comprehensive analysis on the worldwide market for industrial enzymes. According to this analysis, the world market for industrial enzymes is forecasted to reach US 3.74 billion by 2015, and lipases represent one of the major product... 

Cosmetics marketed in the US must comply with the labelling regulations under the FD C Act and the FPLA. The principal display panel, i.e. the part of a label that is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown or examined under customary conditions of display for retail sale , shall bear a statement identifying the product and an accurate statement of the net quantity, using US measures and additionally the metric system. The latter declaration must be distinct, placed at the bottom of the panel in line, generally parallel to the base on which the package rests. 

The manufacturer or the importer is responsible for the safety and efficacy of cosmetics marketed in ROK. Cosmetics must not present a risk for human health due to inadequate ingredients, microbial or heavy metal contamination, unhealthy manufacturing practices or insufficient packaging. 

Manufacturers must ensure safety and efficacy of cosmetics marketed in the RSA. An in-market control system is in place but the cosmetic industry has no inspectors to check compliance to national standards. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which receives complaints from the public or companies from time to time on misleading or false advertising, can check cosmetics. In this case, the non-compliant companies have been asked to withdraw their products. 

In Japan, colouring agents are named as colorants. As mentioned in Section 1.2, a positive list for synthetic organic colorants was created for the first time in 1966 by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW, 1966), and amended by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) in 1972 and 2003. As mentioned in Section 4.1, Japan uses alternate INCI names for colouring agents in the cosmetics marketed in Japan. These Japanese names differ from the U.S. and EU names. 

NMR, a traditional technique for organic compound identification, when applied to surfactants provides essential structural information about the average of chain length, type of branching in the chain and type of aromatic substitution. Goff (2000) identified and quantified components of one formulation by NMR without using previous separation methods. This technique is usually used for the de-formulation of competitive products (such as shampoos) on the cosmetics market. 

Market Potential. The cosmetics market in China has grown from around US 25 million in 1994 to 7.9 billion in 2004, and is expected to e q)and at an aimual rate of about 12% (c.f, Tao (2005) and Fang et al. (2006)). Also, the cosmetics industry has become the fifth largest consumption hotspots on the Mainland China only after real estate, automobile, electronics, and tourism (c.f, Li and Fung Research Report, 2005). 

Li and Fung Research Report, The Booming Cosmetic Market in China, Li and Fung Group, Hong Kong, 2005. 

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