as Managing Director of the company since its inception in 2010. Drom fragrances USA announced that Mark Murphy has joined the sales team as a Senior Account Manager. He joins drom with experience from previous positions at IFF, Givaudan and Symrise. He will work out of drom’s Towaco, NJ location. Heinz Glas USA appointed Monica Juguet VP of Sales, North America. People in the News and development organization including product and packaging innovation and development, process engineering, quality assurance and regulatory compliance. Shiseido Americas Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Tokyobased Shiseido Co. Ltd., promoted Pankaj Gupta to Executive VP, Finance & Operations and CFO. He had previously been the Senior VP, Finance & Operations, for Nars Cosmetics, a division of Shiseido Americas Corp. Stanislaus Archambault has been named CEO of InterParfums Luxury Brands, after having served and preparing goods for shipment via road, rail, sea or air. BAMA is also arranging a training course on the topic, which is also free to BAMA members, on May 15. More info: www.bama.co.uk Shiseido has eliminated most of its animal testing practices ahead of the EU ban on the import and sale of animal-tested cosmetics products and ingredients in the EU that went into effect on March 11. Shiseido said it will no longer engage in animal testing, except in exceptionally rare cases in which the safety of an ingredient has been called into question. However, Shiseido will continue to use animal testing for products destined for China, where it is legally mandated. Additionally, Shiseido announced that President and CEO Hisayuki Suekawa stepped down in March for health reasons. Chairman Shinzo Maeda assumed the role of President on April 1. The Lindal Group—developer and manufacturer of valves, actuators and spray caps for aerosol products used in pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food applications—has opened its new Global Innovation Center, a facility designed to further support customers in development of new generation packaging solutions. The new center is based in Briey, France and managed by Hervé Bodet. It’s designed as an R&D hub that will help improve time-to-market, speed commercialization of new products and enhance overall quality. It consists of five departments: Development & Engineering; Central Laboratory; Technical & Market Watch; Tool Room; and Industrialization Dept. Grillo-Werke AG announced plans for a new, state-of-the-art dimethyl ether (DME) production plant in the southern part of Industriepark Höchst in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. The new plant will supply the European market and is contingent on a license Grillo acquired from a Japanese business partner. DME can be used as an environmentally friendly propellant for aerosols in the cosmetic, polyurethane foam, and paint industries. Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna closed its 2013 edition with record-breaking figures: 193,842 visitors (14% increase) including 48,823 from abroad (22% increase). Exhibitors numbered 2,390, including 1,500 from abroad and 24 national collectives with new entries from Japan, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Colombia. Italy, China and France topped the list of leading countries when it came to exhibit space in square footage. Other countries with significant figures included the U.S. (143 exhibitors), Germany (125 exhibitors) and Spain (113 exhibitors). India, participating for the first time, had 21 exhibitors, Pakistan had 15 and Japan had 12. International News Continued 38 Spray April 2013 Murphy Johnson & Johnson appointed Sandra Peterson as Group Worldwide Chairman and member of the company’s executive committee. She will have responsibility for the consumer group of companies, information technology and global supply chain. Previously, she was President and CEO of Bayer Medical Care and President of Bayer HealthCare AG’s Diabetes Care Division. Prior to joining Bayer in 2005, Peterson spent five years in leadership roles at Medco Health Solutions. Crown Holdings, Inc. announced that Timothy Donahue has become President and COO. Thomas Kelly has been appointed Senior VP & CFO. They will report to John Conway, Chairman of the Board and CEO. Donahue was formerly Executive VP & CFO, a position he held since 2008. Prior to that, he had served as Senior VP, Finance since 2000 and as the Company’s Controller from 1991 to 2000. Kelly was formerly Senior VP, Finance, a position he’d held since 2009. Prior to that, he had served as Senior VP, Corporate Controller since 2001. The Sun Products Corp. appointed Carlos Linares as Chief Technology Officer. He will be responsible for leading the research
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