<html> <head> <title>Scienceuticals June 07 Newsletter</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .mid { border: thin solid #000000; } .rgt { padding-left: 10px; } .border { border: thin dotted #000000; width: 100%; } .border-top { width: 100%; text-align: left; } .botbord { border-top-width: thin; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-color: #000000: } .fonts { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-right: 5px; } .col-left { float: left; width: 49%; border-top: thin dotted #000000; border-bottom: thin dotted #000000; border-left: thin dotted #000000; } .col-righ { float: right; width: 45%; border-top: thin dotted #000000; border-right: thin dotted #000000; border-bottom: thin dotted #000000; border-left-width: thin; border-left-style: dotted; border-left-color: #000000; } .text { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } .text img { float: left; } .text p { float: right; } .imgleft { float: left; width: auto; background-image: url(http://www.scienceuticals.com/images/julynews/artic.jpg); } </style> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16448" name="GENERATOR" /> </head> <body> <div align="center"> <table width="765" height="448" border="1" bordercolor="#000000"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="321" class=""> <div align="center"><img width="757" height="319" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.scienceuticals.com/images/letterhead.jpg" usemap="#Map" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="757" height="56"> <div class="border-top"><div align="center"> <h3>July Newsletter</h3> </div></div> <div class="text"> <p> <p><b>European commission informs consumers about new sun protection labels.</b><br /> <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/news/sun_uv_en.htm">The European Commission has launched an information initiative to alert consumers to a new sunscreens labelling regime</a> which will be phased in from summer 2007. This campaign follows a Commission text of September 2006 recommending that sunscreens manufacturers modify their products' labels to better inform consumers about the dangers of skin exposure to UV rays and how to get effective protection. <img alt="" src="http://www.scienceuticals.com/images/julynews/uva.jpg" /><br> <br> <em> Sunscreen products protect from UV radiation and can be effective in preventing sun-burn and skin cancer , the Commission states.  Consumers should therefore use sunscreens and clearer labelling should help consumers to make informed choices. Through this information campaign the Commission is also seeking to remind consumers that there are several reasons why sunscreen products should be only one out of a number of measures to protect from the UV radiation of the sun </em> <br> <br> The new labelling recommended by the Commission aims at helping consumers to choose sunscreen products offering the best protection, in particular products that offer protection against both UVB and UVA radiations. A <a href="http://www.beauty-on-line.com/brd/dettaglinews.asp?ID=588">standardised logo</a>, based on similar testing standard, is introduced in order to inform consumers about the UVA protection offered by the products they intend to purchase. The labelling will also introduce verbal descriptions ( low , medium , high ,or very high protection), which should be used alongside the traditional sun protection factor (SPF) to provide better guidance. <br> <br><br> The improved labelling regime will also feature recommendations and warnings, reinforced by standardized pictograms: <table width="550"> <tr> <td width="542"> <li class="text">Avoid excessive sun exposure at peak hours, which is usually between 11am and 3pm;</li> <li class="text">When it is not possible to stay out of the sun, keep yourself well covered; </li> <li class="text">Hats and sun glasses can give you additional protection; </li> <li class="text">Avoid direct sun exposure of babies and young children;</li> <li class="text">Use sunscreens products protecting against both UVB and UVA radiation; </li> <li class="text">Apply sunscreen products regularly to maintain the protection claimed; </li> <li class="text">Apply sunscreen products in sufficient quantity. </li> <img src="http://www.scienceuticals.com/images/julynews/sunchart.jpg"> </tr> </table> <p><br> Furthermore the commission recommends not to use misleading terms such as "sunblock", "total protection" or any other claim that might induce that a sunscreen can deliver total protection from UV radiation. </div> <div class="col-left"><img src="http://www.scienceuticals.com/images/julynews/artic.jpg"> <div class="text"> <b>Greentech to explore cosmetic resources of the Arctic icecap <br>July 29, 2007 - Paris (France)</b><br><br> <a href="http://www.beauty-on-line.com/ebn/newsletter.asp?eid=144">Polar micro-organisms and substances with potential cosmetic uses continue to fascinate the French cosmetics industry</a>. In July and September 2007, Dr. Jean Yves Berthon, CEO of <a href="http://www.greentech.fr/">Greentech</a>, a French manufacturer of cosmetic, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical ingredients, will join a scientific expedition on Greenland's icecap. <br> <br><br> <b>Dubai Municipality to finalize cosmetics regulation.</b><br> <br> On the occasion of a conference organised yesterday in Paris by <a href="http://www.ubifrance.fr/Default.asp?Reload=566">UbiFrance</a>, the French Agency for international business development, Mrs Naseem Mohd Rafee Abdulla, head of the Cosmetic Group at <a href="http://vgn.dm.gov.ae/DMEGOV/public-health">Dubai's Public Health Departmen</a>t presented the outline of the new rules governing cosmetic products in the Emirate. According to the new text, cosmetic products will have to be registered before being placed on the market in Dubai. The registration process should include two main steps aiming at assessing the product's labelling and safety. Compulsory labelling requirements would include: brand name, manufacturer details, country of origin, ingredients, quantity of contents, production date and expiry date, bar-code, storage conditions, warnings and instructions for use. Medical claims would be prohibited, as well as any picture, illustration deemed inconsistent with Dubai's prevailing customs and values. It is apparently not decided yet whether this labelling will be totally or partially required in Arabic. In all cases, a  grace period will be granted for the enforcement of labelling requirement, probably until March 2008. As far as the safety assessment is concerned, cosmetics companies wishing to register their products will have to provide a Certificate of Free Sale, a health certificate, a laboratory test report, a material safety data sheet (MSDS), and a Ministry's of Health Approval Form. Dubai's current Cosmetic Guideline is available to members in our <a href="http://www.beauty-on-line.com/brd/00-00.asp">Beauty Regulations Database</a>. Check the United Arab Emirates data. </p> <div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-righ"><div class="text"><strong>Mascaras: Alcan invests USD 5 million every year <br>July 11, 2007 - Paris (France)</strong></div><br><img alt="" src="http://www.scienceuticals.com/images/junenews/june5.jpg" /> <div class="text"><a href="http://www.beauty-on-line.com/ebn/newsletter.asp?eid=158">Mascara - a strategic market?</a> That question is no longer asked at the headquarters of the Alcan Packaging Beauty Group in France. The answer is obvious:  The mascara market is of major importance for a group such as ours, insists Thomas Jonas, director Sales & Marketing in charge of strategic development for mascaras worldwide.  We are now the global leader in this sector, says Nicholas Thorne, Director Innovation & Development,  and we intend to remain in that position. Indeed, we will strengthen it during the coming months with new products. With an annual turnover in this sector around 120 million dollar and an annual production of 300 million units, Alcan now has an infrastructure which includes production sites for bottles in Mexico, Brazil, China and Italy, as well as 2 factories specialising in the production of brushes, in the United States and Italy.  For the past three or four years, Alcan Packaging Beauty has invested around 5 million dollar per annum in this product, says Thomas Jonas. And that's not the end, either, looking at the forecasts for growth in this market.  Extremely important markets are opening up now, especially in Asia, he continues,  even if that is a very specific market where it is essential to offer a mascara which is perfectly adapted to the lashes of Asian women in general and Chinese women in particular. We will launch a specific product aimed at this market between 3 and 6 months from now. <br><br> <em><strong>Innovation is Key</strong></em><br><br>Innovation is obviously key in this market for<a href="http://www.alcanpackaging.com/Internet/Packaging/alcanp.nsf/Public/HomePage"> Alcan Packaging Beauty</a>. The latest novelty are the famous injected brushes available in different colours and - most of all - in a very short time. Nicholas Thorne explains:  Within two weeks after the first design, we are able to supply a functional mock-up which allows the first make-up tests to take place! Thanks to this exclusive and unique process, it's easy and quick to vary the form and the suppleness of the brush, and so test various concepts to obtain the make-up effect required. As well, the choice of a plastic brush allows changing the form, the colour and the effect thanks to elastomers which are more or less supple.  Especially nice is the fact that this type of plastic, coloured brush becomes an important trump card for marketing to the consumer. Nowadays, to benefit most from its colour and original shapes, brushes can even be presented outside the bottle, under transparent blister pack. Elastomer brush vs. traditional brush? This is not an important debate for the two Alcan managers.  It is still possible to innovate enormously with the traditional brush, insists Nicholas Thorne.  Alcan may well launch several novelties in this sector before the end of the year. Thomas Jones adds,  One must not forget that elastomer brushes only represent 5% of our turnover so far. An equilibrium will soon exist between the two. This is why we are working in three directions: developing a new plastic brush, reinventing the so-called  classic brush, and at the same time, developing truly revolutionary applicators. Three approaches to truly  intelligent mascaras! Optimisation is one of the arguments advanced by the Alcan managers in favour of their technology to manufacture elastomer brushes.  This new technology offers the possibility of a competitive entry in the market: our brushes are made of one material and can be manufactured in practically all our sites worldwide, says Nicholas Thorne.<br><br><em><strong>The expansion of  waterproof </strong></em><br><br><a href="http://www.alcanpackaging.com/Internet/Packaging/alcanp.nsf/Public/HomePage"> Alcan Packaging Beauty team </a>also continues its efforts in the sector of the waterproof mascaras, especially since the potential for growth remains strong in countries where the climate makes the use of such products necessary.  As you know, the bottles for waterproof mascaras must also specially adapted, explains Nicholas Thorne.  Various technologies exist: you either use PVC, or polyamide, or you can opt for multi-layer structures based on EVOH. We have all these technologies in-house, and we have even transferred this expertise to our new Chinese site to respond to the demand from our clients. <br><br> Brushes in elastomer, waterproof-adapted bottles, new  revolutionary applicators& the competition might well be tough between the various players in the market. Especially since a number of important patents held by the number one user of mascaras in the world are about to enter the public domain. To be continued& <br> <br></div> </div> </tr> <tr> <td height="58" bordercolor="#000000" class=""> <div align="center"><span class="text"><a href="http://scienceuticals.com/about.html" target="_blank">About Us</a> | <a href="http://scienceuticals.com/capabilities.html">Capabilities</a> | <a href="http://scienceuticals.com/contact.html">Contact Us</a></span><font class="newsletter"><br /> <span class="style5"><br /> </span></font><span class="text">&copy; copyright 2007 Scienceuticals, Inc. 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