focused on the sensory feeling of
the formulation – the goal being
lighter products with very high
protective properties. Countries in
Africa and East Asia follow Europe
in terms of product innovations
with increasing awareness for the
Senior Marketing Manager Sun
Care need of UV-protection.
Last but certainly not least, South
American products utilize even
SPF 99, with one-third protection
from UVA rays. This is the highest
claimable protection level world-
wide. Certainly this is good news
for all South Americans while
posing a challenge to sunscreen
manufacturers to incorporate
very high UV-filter concentrations
while at the same time keeping a
light formulation.
What are your company’s latest
solutions to serve these trends?
BASF has and will continue to
provide both efficient and photo-
stable UV-filters. Over the last few
decades we have continuously in-
troduced new filters to the market
despite high regulatory hurdles.
These filters represent the base of
creating new sunscreen products
with the highest protection levels
while maintaining a light sensory
feeling. For example, in order to
enable sunscreen manufacturers
to develop lighter sunscreen for-
mulations, we recently started of-
fering a water-dispersed UV-filter
Tinosorb A2B
, which is a highly
efficient UVB/UVAII-filter, as well
as
Tinosorb S Aqua
, an encapsu-
lated water-dispersible version of
this otherwise oil-soluble
broad-spectrum UV-filter. Both of
these filters will greatly aid in the
creation of a lighter and more
pleasant formulation in sun-
screens and many other daily care
products.
What are your company’s most
innovative sun care formula-
tions?
A few of the latest products that
we help our customers to develop
include:
Aqua-touch
, which is a
lighter formulation that surpasses
the usual, stereotypical sunscreen
by feeling more like a daily body
lotion.
Dry-touch sunscreens
dry quickly
and leave no shine.
Cream2powder
solutions provide
an ultra-dry touch for make-up
and other daily care products.
And last but not least
Refreshing
mist sunscreens
which combine
easy application with a refreshing
feeling.
With our long-standing formula-
tion expertise we also provide
customised support to all of our
international customers.
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CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
WELEDA GROUP
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Awareness of UV
protection is still
on the rise
Light formula-
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with high
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With
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South
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