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Purity for Beauty LANXESS Distribution – Your Partner for Personal Care
Warsaw, November 2014
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LANXESS A Leading Specialty Chemicals Company
Background Spin-off from Bayer in 2004, listed in the DAX since 2012 Core business: plastics, synthetic rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals Name: combination of "lancer" (French: “to set in motion”) and "success” Global success story 52 sites worldwide Around 17,000 employees in 31 countries Global sales of € 8.3 billion in 2013 Strategy of targeted innovation Vital role in LANXESS’ growth Focus on process and product innovation 2
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LANXESS Distribution Serving Specialty Markets
Personal Care Flavors & Fragrances A reliable partner for the global cosmetics industry for more than 15 years. Product portfolio for the Flavors & Fragrances industry. Agriculture Biodiesel Animal Nutrition
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LANXESS Distribution Insect Repellent Saltidin
effective against a broad range of arthropods low concentration required favorable product profile 4
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LANXESS Distribution Insect Repellent Saltidin: Mosquito Anopheles Gambiae
independent field study (Constantin et al.) Saltidin shows best protection in 4 different concentrations tested (0.1 g/cm², 0.3 g/cm², 0.6 g/cm² and 0.8 g/cm²) Saltidin shows best performance over time 5
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LANXESS Distribution Insect Repellent Saltidin: Lone Star Tick
independent lab study (Caroll at al.) Saltidin shows same performance as DEET at much lower concentration Saltidin shows better performance than IR3535 at same concentration 6
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LANXESS Distribution Insect Repellent Saltidin: Key Selling Points
well-proven active ingredient protects against many different kinds of arthropods (numerous efficacy studies available) skin-friendly and low penetration potential effective at lower concentration than DEET recommended by WHO in contrast to DEET no compatibility issues with other materials 7
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PUROLAN® Glucan A new natural anti-aging active
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Sources and Structure of -Glucan
biopolymer comprised of D-glucose units oat glucan: 1,4 and 1,3 linkages yeast and mushroom glucan: 1,3 and 1,6 linkages different linkage leads to different physical and biological properties 2 3
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PUROLAN® Glucan Innovative Purification and Dispersion Process
gentle yet more profound extraction process maintains structure reduces peptide content stable aqueous dispersion without chemical modification natural origin is maintained easy processibility
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PUROLAN® Glucan Proof of Efficacy
Efficacy study for anti-aging effects performed by independent test laboratory 5 % PUROLAN® Glucan (corresponding to 0.25 % -Glucan) test panel of 40 women test period of 4 weeks significant improvement of skin parameters !
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-Glucans Additional benefit of Yeast Glucan
Langerhans cells form a vital part of dermal immune system are responsible for identifying pathogens and mutations depletion of Langerhans cells by UV radiation (sun light) with human age Langerhans cells are activated by yeast glucan yeast glucan counteracts negative effect of sun and aging!
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PUROLAN® Glucan Take Home Message
PUROLAN® Glucan – an innovative active for cosmetics 100 % natural product based on yeast innovative extraction and dispersion process ensuring high purity allowing for easy processability proven efficacy on skin recommended for anti-aging and sun care products
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