The Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHI) tradeshow, held March 20-22, 2024, in Shanghai, kicked off with a bang as several ingredient launches were celebrated with firework poppers and a shower of confetti. It was a sign of things to come for day one of the event, which ended honoring 17 Fountain Award winners. The event illuminated 800+ exhibitors and anticipates some 30K attendees will visit across the three days.
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Launch Parties
The first morning, industry giants including Givaudan, Lucas Meyer Cosmetics and Provital debuted innovations including Givaudan's Illuminyl 388, a biotech-enhanced skin brightening prebiotic; Lucas Meyer's Corneopeptyl barrier strengthener, a peptide biomimetic to the LCE6A protein; and Provital's barrier-strengthening Shiloxome active that acts via the "multi-ome" to provide skin with self-restructuring capacity.
PCHi kicked off with a bang as several ingredient launches, including Lucas Meyer's Corneopeptyl, were celebrated with firework poppers and a shower of confetti.
Commenting on Givaudan's launch, Shan Godbille, head of strategic and operational marketing for the company, shared, "It was a combination of factors that led us to unveil the bio-based illuminating active here in Shanghai. For one, the China beauty market possesses tremendous potential — in particular for this type of claims, and is one of great importance to our company. But more importantly, our consumer marketing Insights (CMI) team ran consumer studies and confirmed this ingredient’s high level of relevance for this region."
In addition, Sethic Innovations commemorated the 60th year of diplomatic relations between France and China by unveiling a portion of the original Eiffel Tower in the company's booth. The company's major ingredient focus for PCHi is its Super Metabiotics to enhance the skin microbiome.
"We think PCHi is the ultimate destination for sourcing raw ingredients as it offers a great variety of options," said Lida Castillo, R&D and production manager at Altum Cosmetics Manufacturing, Inc. "Some of the raw ingredients we use in our products can only be sourced here, and we are looking forward to exploring more of the show over the next two days."
More than 50 new products in total will be presented across various show feature areas, such as the New Product Showcase and Beauté Gourmet, at this year’s show.
Fountain Awards Celebration
Following the first day of exhibition, the prestigious PCHi Fountain Awards 2024 were presented at an industry night dinner held at InterContinental Shanghai Expo. Seventeen winners across 13 categories were chosen by a panel of industry experts comprising scientific researchers, industry veterans and specialists from PCHi’s Cosmetics Science & Technology Innovation Committee (CSTIC).
"The caliber of entries we received this year was exceptional, showcasing the industry's immense capabilities in driving innovation and setting new standards," noted an RSE spokesperson. "The process of selecting the winners was no easy feat with such a strong lineup. We extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who took part, recognizing the valuable contributions each company has made to the industry. As we celebrate tonight's winners, we're truly inspired, and we look forward to fostering even more sophisticated and creative offerings in the years to come."
The winners are:
Moisturizing-Hydrating - Bloomage Biotechnology Corp., Ltd. - Hybloom Minitrue
Skin Microbiome - Croda China Trading Co., Ltd. - Zanthocare
Acne/Allergy Alleviation - Rahn AG - Perfeline-FIT
Anti-pollution - Symrise China Holding Co., Ltd - SymDecanox HA
Anti-aging - Suni Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd - Suni Jinsenoside F2
Emulsifying/Stabilizing - Gattefosse China Emulium - Dermolea MB; and BASF (China) Co., Ltd - Emulgade Verde 10 OL
Sensory Enhancing - Shanghai Oli Enterprises Co., Ltd - OLP-6120 Cellpolypid Titanium Dioxide
Whitening/Brightening - Ichimaru Pharcos Co., Ltd - JuniperBright
Skin Barrier Repair - Shanxi Jinbo Bio-Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd - micoreCol.XVII Pro
Hair Care/Scalp Care - Nutri-woods Holdings Corporation - Hairdensyl
Green/Sustainable - Wacker Chemicals (China) Co., Ltd - BELSIL eco EG 3001; Clariant Chemicals Technology (Shanghai) Ltd.- Aristoflex Eco T; Guangzhou Nago Biotechnology Co., Ltd - NAGO VLC
Best Newcomers Award - Givaudan - Cloe Boira; and JAKA Biotech Co., Ltd. - Lidan Zhou
Outstanding Individual of the Year - Yunnan Baiyao Group Shanghai Science & Technology Co., Ltd. - Quan An
The next edition of PCHi is scheduled to take place Feb. 19-21, 2025, in Guangzhou, China. For more information, please visit www.pchi-china.com/en, or connect with PCHi on social media.
