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“ THE IDEA OF THE AWARD IS TO FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASING
COMPETITIVENESS AND FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE
PROJECTS IN THE VALUE CHAIN.
Marina Kobayashi, ABIHPEC Innovation Manager
Innovation plays a strategic role in the Cosmet- 2017 HIGHLIGHTS
ics, Toiletries and Fragrances industry. To get
an idea, on average, every two years about 30% The winner of the 2016 ITEHPEC Innovation
of the billing comes from launches. This result is Award in the gold category was SILAB, with a
a reflection of investments in innovation at the revolutionary biopeptide technology, which aims
sector, highlighting it as the second industrial to achieve the three regulators of hair regrowth:
segment that invests most in research and de- mitochondrial activity, expression of signaling
velopment in the country. molecules and epigenetic components.
To boost and recognize the innovations pro- CLARIANT has been recognized in the sil-
duced by the manufacturers of cosmetic ingre- ver category with the first solution developed
dients that contribute to the innovation of the to protect the skin from damage caused by pol-
Brazilian CT&F industry, ABIHPEC, through lution indoors.
its area of Innovation and Technology, devel-
oped the ITEHPEC Innovation Award, which In the brass category, the winner was LIPO-
in 2017 held its third edition. TEC/LUBRIZOL, with a peptide that repro-
grams the skin, thanks to epigenetics.
“The idea of the award is to further contribute to
increasing competitiveness and fostering the develop-
ment of innovative projects in the value chain.� Ma-
rina Kobayashi, ABIHPEC Innovation Manager.
