(Guangzhou, PRC – March 13, 2015) – Ringier Trade Media Ltd. and Reed Sinopharm Exhibitions Co., Ltd. has recently announced the winners of the 2015 China Personal Care & Cosmetics Innovation Awards (CPCIA 2015). 24 winning companies featured 26 innovative products and technologies across 15 categories.

The grand Awards ceremony was held at PCHi 2015 in the Guangzhou on March 13, 2015. More than 300 high-level delegates from the winning companies, such as Merck, Ashland, Symrise, participated together with the Awards judges, VIP buyers attending the tradeshow, Ringier magazine readers and industry media. Winners received awards for their innovative products and technologies which drive development in China’s personal care and cosmetics industry. Meanwhile, all winners received a free showcase opportunity at the most traffic-attractive space at PCHi 2015 where trade show visitors were able to learn more about of the winning technologies and products.

The 2015 China Personal Care & Cosmetics Innovation Awards is co-organized by Ringier Trade Media and its magazine HAPPI China and Reed Sinopharm Exhibitions and its trade show - The Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients 2015 (PCHi 2015). Mr. Michael R Hay, President of Ringier Trade Media, explains:‘This Innovation Award, held annually since 2006, is committed to recognizing exceptionally innovative products/technologies with the greatest potential to produce breakthroughs in today’s personal care and cosmetic industry. Tonight, we are here to honor the companies who have demonstrated their excellence in innovation. Innovation, by our definition, may include, but is not limited to, those that utilize novel theoretical concepts, R&D approaches and manufacturing processes.’

For this year’s awards winners, we set the bar even higher. The aim? To make the word ‘Innovation’ special, not just a cliché. Firstly, the definition of 'innovation' is refined and safety/efficacy evaluation has become an integral part for this year's criteria. Secondly, a new judge with an exceptional background of packaging, has joined our judging panel to add higher authority to the award in the packaging category.And thirdly, after extensive reviews by the judges, only those winning a majority of votes were given the title ‘innovation’.

This year’s Awards, 26 out of 82 products become the winners, covering 15 categories, ranging from active and functional ingredient to OEM/ODM and processing. As such, SymRepair®100 from Symrise Shanghai Ltd., and Aminobutyric Acid from Bloomage Freda Biopharm Co.,Ltd. win our this year’s top award, Breakthrough Innovation Award. Winners were announced at the Awards ceremony at PCHi 2015. This provided the winning companies with a great opportunity for brand exposure and recognition at the trade show.

In addition, continued Mr. Hay:‘The judging process for CPCIAis completely neutral, objective and fair. It is the independent panel of experts – the judges who play the key role in the selection of the winners, not Ringier. These judges cannot be bought, and we cannot be bought. Nominations are open to everybody in the industry and the final winners are selected solely on their merit. Let me state: no other Awards ceremony is as Neutral as CPCIA! We stake our reputation on it.’

Next year’s Awards entries will open in October, 2015.

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