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BASF launches new skin care active ingredients and showcases its actives portfolio for makeup applications at Cosmet’Agora 2020

• Hydagen^® Aquaporin and Hydrasensyl^® Glucan moisturize the skin
• Inolixir™ aids healthy skin with a dual-action approach
• BASF presents bioactive ingredients for makeup formulations

Cosmet’Agora 2020: BASF focuses on millennials and back-to-nature trend

• “Being Millennials” concept provides tailored formulations for young consumers
• BASF supports the back-to-nature trend with sustainable supply chains and a broad eco-friendly ingredients portfolio
• At the Formulation Awards, BASF is set to present its “Warming Massage Mask” formula for a relaxing skin sensation

BASF pushes UV filter production capacities

Monheim, Germany – December 19, 2019 – BASF as market leader for UV filters and ingredients used in sun care products, performs a range of production expansion activities for UV filters, so as to continue to support the global market demand and its global customer growth. Debottlenecking activities at the production sites Grenzach and Ludwigshafen were a first step and will lead to double digit percent increase of production capacities, e.g. for the value chains of Tinosorb^® S, Uvinul^® A Plus and Uvinul^® T150. 

BASF launches Hydrasensyl® Glucan, an ultra-pure, multi-functional and fast-acting beta-glucan

• BASF’s new active ingredient, Hydrasensyl^® Glucan, moisturizes, smoothes and soothes the skin
• In clinical studies, Hydrasensyl Glucan has proven its powerful immediate and long-term efficacy
• The beta-glucan combines structural elements of both hyaluronic acid and collagen

Project for sustainable certified coconut oil production improves lives of more than 4,100 smallholder farmers in the Philippines and Indonesia

SINGAPORE – November 13, 2019 – BASF, Cargill, Procter & Gamble (P&G) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have cooperated in a development partnership under the develoPPP.de programme commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to establish a certified coconut oil supply chain and improve the livelihood of coconut farmers in the Philippines and Indonesia.