Summary

Paroxite have supplied the personal care industry with a wide range of high quality ingredients for more than 30 years. Now a division of LEHVOSS UK; a wholly owned subsidiary of Lehmann & Voss & Co., our reputation for exceptional customer service is further enhanced through bringing the most up-to-date technology to a company with experience and in-depth knowledge of the industry.

Profile

Paroxite have supplied the personal care industry with a wide range of high quality ingredients for more than 30 years.

Now a division of LEHVOSS UK; a wholly owned subsidiary of Lehmann & Voss & Co., our reputation for exceptional customer service is further enhanced through bringing the most up-to-date technology to a company with experience and in-depth knowledge of the industry.

We work closely with our supplier partners to bring you the best ingredients to enhance the performance of your products and address the market requirements.

We are certified to ISO 900112008 on all sites including our warehouse in Folkestone in Kent. We have a worldwide presence via Lehmann &Voss & Co. head office situated in Hamburg, Germany; subsidiaries in France, Italy and China. Our UK, German and Polish warehousing facilities give full European coverage.

We pride ourselves on the breadth of our business; from being core suppliers to the global multi-nationals to addressing the needs of local customers, we have a solution for your formulation needs.

Highlights

• Neuro-active peptide based on plant Auxins for anti-ageing activity from Exsymol
• Marine derived active for skin redensification from Greentech
• Meadowfoam seed derived ceramide-like active from Fancor
• Encapsulated Nigari Salt to detox the cells from Lucas Meyer
• New natural extracts from the Tahitian Islands from Pacifique Sud Ingredients
• EcoCert certified vegetable butters from Phytocos
• Nitrosamine-free neutraliser from Vevy

Product Activities

Algae Actives and Algal Technology, Amino Acids, Anti-Dandruff Agents, Anti-Bacterial and Anti-Microbials, Anti-Oxidants, Anti-Ageing Actives, Biotechnology Actives, Botanical Actives, Botanical Extracts, Natural Butters, Clays, Emulsifiers, Emollients and Esters, Chemical and Physical Exfoliants, Film Formers, General & Fine Chemicals, Natural Gelling Agents, Hair Conditioners, Insect Repellants, Lanolins, Lanolin Derivatives and Replacements, Liposomes and other vectors, Lecithins, Phospholipids and Phospholipid isolates, Marine Actives, Metal Stearates, Minerals: Kaolin, Bentonite, Magnesium Aluminium Silicates, Mica,Talc, Moisturisng Agents and Humectants, Natural Actives, Oils, Fats and Waxes, Polymers, Silicone Polymers, Hydrolysed Proteins, Rheological Modiliers, Silicon based Anti-Ageing; Hair and Skin Conditioning, Surfactants, Self-Tanning Actives, UV Absorbers, Vitamins.

Active ingredients are also available in naturally sourced versions and an EcoCert certification is available in many cases.

Contacts

Managing Director, Ivan Pennington
Technical Manager, Dr. Ruth Borner
Business Manager, Stuart Beach

Alzo International

Alzo International manufacture a wide range of emollient esters. Dermol, Wickenol, Trivent and Bernel esters. Also novel silicone and polyurethane polymers; hair conditioning agents, naturally sourced ingredients and silicone replacements. New technology includes a natural system to provide low and consistent particle-sized emulsions; silicone 'sponges’ to introduce water based actives into non-polar formulations

Biosil Technologies Inc

Experts in silicone technology, Biosil products range from silicone waxes to tears free tensides and proprietary moisturising blends. Gentle surfactants designed to work with anionic systems and at extremes of pH

Global Seven

Global Seven have initially concentrated on ethoxylated and propoxylated esters with wide ranging HLB values and surfactancy. More recently they have developed some special actives: anti-microbial water soluble esters, vegetable based surfactant thickening systems, vegetable based non-polar rheological modifiers and unique clear waxes

Grain Processing Corporation

Grain Processing Corporation are one of the largest manufacturers of corn based products in the USA. Their skincare products allow rheological modification of products at a variety of pH ranges: talc replacement powders, maltodextrins for water soluble dispersion of oils

Greentech

Greentech produce extracts from their library of more than 3,000 terrestrial plants, specific combinations for defined activity, standardised products for quantified activity. Solvents include water, organic glycerine, alcohol, butylene glycol, organic sunflower oil, MCT. Extraction methods include cryoextraction to provide the greatest potency. Seaweed extracts and bioenriched products provide novel activities. A new partnership with Phytocos brings soft butters and lipoamino acids to the mix

Kalichem Italia

Kalichem present a wide range of EcoCert certified surfactants and emulsifiers based on olive oil and hydrolysed vegetable proteins. Also unique products such as anti-ageing actives, PCA derivatives, insect repellents and mineral sunscreens

Lucas Meyer

Phospholipids for use in skincare: soy and sunflower lecithins, hydrogenated lecithins and lecithin isolates for use as co-emulsifiers, emulsifiers and liposome precursors. More recently combinations of these materials have given full emulsifying systems with the “phospholipid touch” and a range of vectorised actives and natural anti-ageing products have broadened the Lucas Meyer offering

LEHVOSS UK

LEHVOSS UK possesses the broadest and yet most specialised range of magnesia and calcium products available in the UK today. Magnesium oxide, carbonate, hydroxide, calcium carbonate, hydroxide as well as a range of lactates, gluconates and citrates form the foundation of the LEHVOSS UK product range. Zinc, Copper and Magnesium salts have a wide application as abrasives, anti-bacterials, fragrances extenders and anti-ageing actives. A range of formulation basics including fumed silica, vitamins and benzophenones

Natural Plant Products

Natural Plant Products are the sole supplier of Meadowfoam Seed Oil, a unique plant oil with a very high stability. Excellent for products with high levels of oil, both as a stable component in it’s own right, or to stabilise the more reactive oils such as Sunflower and Evening Primrose

Pacifique Sud Ingredients

Products sourced from the French Polynesian Islands including Tahiti; the source of Monoi de Tahiti, an enfleurage of Tahitian Gardenia in pure Coconut Oil. Also a wide range of actives based on the local flora and other resources: Noni, Tahitian Vanilla, Tiare, Frangipani, Sea Algae, Lagoon Water, Volcanic Sand, Mother of Pearl & Coconut Powders

USA Best Aloe

Aloe Barbadensis, grown under organic conditions and wild crafted in the Southern USA. This material is unique in that the Aloe Vera gel is not pasteurised; the full activity of the aloe enzymes is possible with the consequent benefits in skincare and topical application

Variati & Co

Hydrolysed proteins from corn, keratin, wool, silk, sericin, oat, rice and wheat; skin and haircare products based on usnic acid salts: deodorising and anti-dandruff. Sericin and silk powders. Echinacea and Horsetail powders with high efficacy; moisturising esters and complexes

Vevy Europe

A broad spectrum of material to satisfy all your formulating needs. Highlights include rheological modifiers, water soluble essential oils, oligopeptides for anti-ageing products, lanolin substitutes, emulsifiers, undecylenate based anti-bacterials