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COMPANIES

Tender offer for DOUGLAS HOLDING AG: 96.11 percent of shares attained

Tender offer for DOUGLAS HOLDING AG: 96.11 percent of shares attained

Frankfurt am Main, 2 January 2013 – The DOUGLAS founding family Kreke and Advent International today announced the result of the voluntary public tender offer for DOUGLAS HOLDING AG after the expiry of the additional acceptance period. During the additional acceptance period, which ended on 21 December 2012, 456,972 shares were tendered to Beauty Holding Read article

Antitrust authorities issue approval for takeover of DOUGLAS Holding AG

Antitrust authorities issue approval for takeover of DOUGLAS Holding AG

Frankfurt am Main, 19 November 2012 – The European Commission and the Swiss Competition Commission COMCO each issued their approval on 16 November 2012 for a possible takeover of DOUGLAS Holding AG by Beauty Holding Three AG. The DOUGLAS founding family Kreke and Advent International have achieved a key milestone in securing the success of Read article

PEOPLE & JOBS

BOSS FRAGRANCES UNVEILS GWYNETH PALTROW AS COMPLEMENT TO ITS SOPHISTICATED NEW FRAGRANCE – BOSS NUIT POUR FEMME

BOSS FRAGRANCES UNVEILS GWYNETH PALTROW AS COMPLEMENT TO ITS SOPHISTICATED NEW FRAGRANCE – BOSS NUIT POUR FEMME

BOSS Fragrances is delighted to announce the signing of internationally renowned actress and fashion icon Gwyneth Paltrow as the face of its new female fragrance, BOSS Nuit Pour Femme. The elegant Read article

Managing director Fabian Krone to leave MÄURER & WIRTZ

Managing director Fabian Krone to leave MÄURER & WIRTZ

Stolberg, 13 April 2012 – After two years at MÄURER & WIRTZ, managing director Fabian Krone has left the company. Fabian Krone, who joined MÄURER & WIRTZ in 2010, previously worked for Read article

PRODUCTS & BRANDS

Ducati Fight For Me – Perfume Premiere in Rome

Ducati Fight For Me – Perfume Premiere in Rome

The new fragrance by the Italian motorcycle legend Ducati called “Fight for Me” has been presented in Rome. Speaking to representatives of the international press and many Italian celebrities, Enrico Ceccato, CEO of the Italian perfumer Christophe Reynaud Perfume Holding, explained the concept Read article »
Symrise at the Biotechnica 2011 – Going where Nature Leads for Sustainable Fragrances and Flavors

Symrise at the Biotechnica 2011 – Going where Nature Leads for Sustainable Fragrances and Flavors

Symrise exhibits at Biotechnica, the leading trade show for biotechnology and life sciences, in Hanover from October 11-13. At booth C80 in hall 9, visitors can learn how microorganisms and enzymes help produce fragrances, flavors, and functional ingredients from renewable resources. In a Read article »
Strellson N°1 wins iF packaging award

Strellson N°1 wins iF packaging award

The Swiss fashion and lifestyle brand Strellson has won the prestigious international iF packaging award 2011 for Strellson N°1, the brand’s first fragrance for men. The minimalist concept, the resource-friendly use of material and the very clear, purist flacon design won over the jury of Read article »

INDUSTRIE VIEW

Switzerland: perfumery and cosmetics companies in breach of Cartel Act

Switzerland: perfumery and cosmetics companies in breach of Cartel Act

Bern  – the Swiss Competition Commission COMCO has prohibited ASCOPA, the Association of Manufacturers, Importers and Suppliers of Cosmetic and Perfumery Products, and its members from exchanging market-sensitive information. Such exchange allows companies to align their market conduct and is in breach of the Cartel Act. As the practice does not fall into the category Read more »

EVENT OVERVIEW

camexpo – the UK’s biggest complementary & natural health care event – returns to London tomorrow!

camexpo – the UK’s biggest complementary & natural health care event – returns to London tomorrow!

camexpo – the UK’s only dedicated professional holistic event for CAM practitioners and therapists, returns to London’s Earls Court this weekend, on 20-21 October.  The two-day show will celebrate its 10th anniversary edition, with 190 exhibiting companies representing leading manufacturers and suppliers showcasing everything from natural Read more »