From March 20 to 22, the China International Personal Care Expo and Ingredients Exhibition (PCHI) opened at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center. Hongda Group was invited to exhibit and presented its niacinamide, ectoine, sodium hyaluronate and other skin-care ingredient products to customers from China and abroad.
PCHI Shanghai is China’s leading showcase for the global personal-care industry. As a premier ingredients event, this year’s exhibition reached a record scale, with more than 770 exhibitors from over 30 countries and regions and three exhibition halls used for the first time. PCHI connects ingredient suppliers with manufacturers of cosmetics, personal-care and home-care products, providing an international platform for communication, innovation and cooperation.
Many internationally recognized suppliers attended, including BASF, Ashland, Symrise, Croda, Dow, DSM, Clariant, Evonik, Lubrizol and WACKER, alongside an increasing number of influential Chinese suppliers. Hongda placed particular emphasis on niacinamide, a flagship product in its daily-chemical ingredient portfolio. Its quality has long ranked among the industry’s best. Visitors from China and overseas showed strong interest in the product’s naturality, whitening performance and irritation test results, recognized Hongda’s quality and increased the possibility of future cooperation.
Sodium Hyaluronate Product Highlights
Sodium hyaluronate continues to be popular because of its outstanding moisturizing performance.
1. Sodium hyaluronate is a natural biological substance in skin. External sodium hyaluronate supplements the skin’s endogenous supply. Lower-molecular-weight sodium hyaluronate can penetrate the epidermis, support nutrient supply and waste removal, help prevent skin aging and provide beauty and conditioning benefits.
2. Sun exposure can cause redness, darkening and peeling through ultraviolet radiation. By promoting epidermal-cell proliferation and differentiation and clearing oxygen free radicals, sodium hyaluronate can support regeneration at damaged sites and provide some preventive benefit when used in advance.
3. As a polymer with strong lubricity and film-forming properties, sodium hyaluronate gives skin-care products a smooth feel. It forms a thin protective film on skin, creating a smooth and moisturized sensation. In hair-care products it can form a film that moisturizes, lubricates, conditions and reduces static, making hair easier to comb and more natural.
4. Sodium hyaluronate has high viscosity in water; its 1% solution forms a gel and can provide thickening and stabilization in cosmetics.
Ectoine Product Highlights
Among premium anti-aging ingredients, ectoine, ergothioneine and baicalin have become mainstream functional ingredients and were highly visible at the exhibition. Ectoine is one of Hongda Group’s recently launched skin-care ingredients and offers multiple benefits.
1. Ectoine is strongly hydrophilic. By binding water molecules, it forms a “hydration shell” around cells and proteins, like a stable protective film, reducing water loss and locking in moisture.
2. At the same time, it acts like a “wall,” protecting skin from external irritation and damage, supporting nourishment and stability, and strengthening resistance to ultraviolet light and pollution.
3. When skin is sensitive, its barrier is damaged, acne has broken the skin, or it feels stinging and red after sun exposure, ectoine can provide soothing support and gradually improve discomfort.
The premium and personalized development of anti-aging products is an important direction for the cosmetics industry. As technology advances, the industry is developing more precise and effective solutions for consumers seeking healthy, youthful skin. With continued growth in demand for cosmetic ingredients, the domestic and international raw-material markets have broad prospects.
Through this international platform, Hongda Group demonstrated its principle of building the enterprise through quality and its commitment to long-term sustainable development, while further raising brand awareness and reputation. Hongda remains committed to meeting global consumers’ pursuit of a better life and will continue contributing Hongda strength to the rise of China’s cosmetic ingredients industry.