Company Category: Film-Formers

Bolt Projects

Bolt Projects, founded by scientists and engineers, is changing the Beauty and Personal Care industry with a new generation of biotech cosmetic active ingredients for haircare, skincare, and color cosmetics. By harnessing the power of nature’s materials, we develop scientifically advanced, clean, luxurious ingredients that help brands meet growing demands for sustainability and high performance.

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BIOWEG

BIOWEG’s MicBeads™ and RheoWeg™ are sustainable, high-performance bacterial cellulose ingredients for cosmetics. Produced through eco-friendly fermentation of food industry side streams, these microplastic-free, biodegradable alternatives outperform traditional synthetics. MicBeads™ enhance texture in skincare and makeup. RheoWeg™ replaces synthetic thickeners, offering superior viscosity and stability. Both ingredients meet clean beauty standards, ensuring natural origin compliance (ISO 16128) and regulatory alignment.

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Barnet Products

Barnet Products is a global company that was established in 1987 with a commitment to finding, developing, formulating, and presenting fashionable new concepts, ingredients, and systems to our customers. Our portfolio includes highly scientific, well tested active ingredients, texture enhancing system formers to create, stabilize, and offer unique sensory experiences, and BarSperse™ Pigment dispersions for high impact color formulations. We invite you to stop by the booth at 10am (both days) to meet special guests from our BarSperse™ Pigment Playground! | Barnet Products is a global company established in 1987 with a commitment to finding, developing, and presenting fashionable bio-active ingredients, system formers, pigment dispersions and starting formulas to our customers. Stop by our booth at 10:00am, 11:30am, 2:30pm, and 4:00pm for a live demonstration featuring BarSperse™ Pigment Dispersions!

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Azelis US PC

Azelis’ roots in the Americas trace back to trusted regional distributors with deep expertise in personal care and chemical solutions. DeWolf Chemical, with decades of service to diverse markets, and Ross Organic, recognized for its sustainable and innovative approach to beauty and personal care, each built reputations as valued partners to principals and customers. A major milestone came in 2015, when Azelis entered the Americas through the acquisition of KODA Distribution Group, bringing these strong regional legacies into a global network. On January 1, 2026, Ross Organic and DeWolf formally united under the Azelis banner, bringing together two histories of excellence into a single organization. This foundation enables Azelis to deliver best-in-class innovative ingredient solutions, regulatory expertise, and R&D support that help customers bring products to market with speed and confidence.

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Arxada AG

Arxada is a global science-based specialty ingredients business creating innovative chemistry and solutions. With customers in more than 100 countries, it achieved sales of CHF 2.0 billion in 2023. The company aims to solve the world’s toughest preservation challenges by enhancing sustainability with cleaner, greener solutions. Arxada focuses on multiple end-markets, primarily in: Human Health & Nutrition, Home & Personal Care, Paints & Coatings and Wood Protection, providing a broad portfolio of differentiated products and solutions, supported by its science and innovation capabilities, in-depth regulatory know-how and track record in manufacturing and process development. Headquartered in Basel (Switzerland), the company’s 3,400 employees contribute to the success of its customers, spanning 24 production sites and 14 R&D centers.

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Arxada

Manufacturer of high performance Primaset Cyanate Ester Resins, Primacure curatives and Primaset BMC for advanced composite materials for aerospace, space, automotive and industrial applications. | Arxada is a global industry trailblazer in innovative solutions that protect our world. Our microbial control solutions are the silent protectors you don’t even know exist in your everyday products. Wherever there is water, there are harmful microbes—and wherever microbes exist, our solutions help control them. You’ll find our products in your home, from shampoos and dish soap to disinfecting wipes, the paint on your walls or on your boat, and even in the wood deck or fence surrounding your property. With in Personal Care, we offer high-performing, more sustainable solutions—featuring preservation solutions, mild surfactants, bioactives, natural emulsifiers, and multifunctional ingredients made with renewable or biodegradable components, designed for efficacy and global compliance.

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Andicor

Andicor Specialty Chemicals is a trusted distributor of high-quality ingredients for the consumer care industry, offering actives, pigments, and product protection solutions for skincare, haircare, cosmetics, and personal care formulations. With a focus on performance, sustainability, and regulatory compliance, we provide technical expertise, market insights, and premium raw materials to help formulators create high-performing, trend-driven products.

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Andicor Specialty Chemicals

Andicor’s venture into the Consumer Care marketplace has been an exciting evolution of our business. Through exclusive relationships with our valued suppliers, we offer a diverse product line of innovative raw materials designed for a growing marketplace. From performance actives to functionals in personal care products developed for product protection, sensory enhancement, emulsification, and conditioning, to a wide range of green chemistries for home care formulators, Andicor delivers.

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ALZO INTERNATIONAL INC.

Alzo International is a leading supplier of specialty ingredients to the personal care industry and holds more than 50 patents. Alzo’s products include the Dermol, Bernel, Elefac, Wickenol and Waxenol esters, Necon, Nequat and PolyNecon conditioners, Polyderm polyurethane emollients and NuLastic silicone elastomers. NuLastic Slip elastomers entrap water and water-soluble actives that can be delivered in anhydrous stick formulations and in emulsions. Alzo’s NuPLastic Film Systems provide transfer and water resistance film forming properties in skin care and color cosmetics. The range of Dermothix polymeric rheology modifiers provide unique cushioning textures and are stable from pH 2-12. Dermothix 100 as an emulsifier has also been shown to provide enhanced UV absorption in sunscreen products. Alzo’s Dermol SLLC-L, Sodium Lauroyl Lactyalte is an unique easy to use liquid form providing long-lasting foam properties, has antimicrobial activity and is readily biodegradable, Dermol SLLC-L is now COSMOS/Ecocert approved.Dermol MBDD is new natural polymeric ester based on mango butter and rapeseed oil. It is an excellent shine agent and pigment dispersant for lips and face as well as being alternative to petroleum based film formers such as polyisobutene.

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Alland & Robert

Alland & Robert

Created in 1884, Alland & Robert is a family company and a leader in tree exudates, with a strong focus on acacia gum and sterculia gum. Natural gums are entirely natural ingredients used in cosmetic products worldwide. They are found in thousands of day-to-day products thanks to their various functional properties and are particularly appreciated for being 100 percent vegetal. Alland & Robert’s main focus is on customized R&D, tailor-made customer service and making its products available on all continents via 40 distributors.

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