Save the Date: SEPAWA CONGRESS 2026!
66 countries, 326 exhibitors, and 164 technical presentations—the Sepawa Congress has been a major networking event in the chemical-engineering industry for many years.
Meet our trade show team and discover our wide range of services as Switzerland’s largest independent contract manufacturer. We develop and produce everything from pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to chemical products. Whether you’re looking for innovative cosmetic concepts or high-performance cleaning products—we’ll bring your ideas to market. Visit our booth or schedule an appointment in advance with our experts.
Your Highlights at the Trade Show
- Discover our wide selection of cosmetic and chemical-technical products, ranging from liquids to solids. Our trade show team will demonstrate our extensive manufacturing and filling options, as well as specialized technologies such as aerosol filling and powders.
- A New Face in Sales: Meet Alexander Güttner in person.
- Trade Show Team on Site: Alexander Güttner (Sales Project Manager), Walther Polit (Sales Project Manager), Danja Keller (Operations Manager, Frike Cosmetic AG), Roman Ott (R&D Project Manager), Caroline Zia (Head of Development, BU Care), Marion Robel (Cosmetics Developer), Eva-Maria Pastorello (Cosmetics Developer), Maximilian Weber (Household Products Developer), Julian Affentranger (Purchasing), Karsten Schlaeger (Head of Purchasing)
Let's talk about your ideas
Take advantage of our many years of expertise as a Swiss contract manufacturer and discuss your current projects and ideas with our trade show team. Visit us at Booths C484 & C485 in Convention Hall 1—from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. each day.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026: 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 15, 2026: 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Friday, October 16, 2026: 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sounds exciting? See you in Berlin!
Welcome to booths C484 & C485 in Convention Hall
66 countries, 326 exhibitors, and 164 specialist presentations—the Sepawa Congress has been an important networking event in the chemical engineering industry for many years. Meet our trade fair team and discover our diverse range of services as Switzerland's largest independent contract manufacturer. We develop and produce everything from pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to chemicals. Discuss your current projects and ideas with our trade fair team. Expand your knowledge of aerosols and attend the exciting specialist presentation by our aerosol expert Nikolai Czech on October 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
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We are happy to provide you with some useful links to the congress and last year's presentation as a download. The latest presentation by speaker Nikolai Czech, “Aerosols as SPF boosters – how does it work?”, will be available here on October 17, 2025, at 5 p.m.
At the beginning of 2024, several press reports highlighted the detection of the substance mono-n-hexyl phthalate (MnHexP) in urine samples from children and adults. These tests were conducted by the German Environment Agency (UBA) and the State Office for Nature, Environment, and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia (LANUV) as part of a study.
The reason for these findings could be di-n-hexyl phthalate (DnHexP), a substance that was previously widely used as a plasticizer in plastics. However, this substance can also appear as a by-product in sunscreen products. The Chemical and Veterinary Investigations Office in Karlsruhe (CVUA) found concentrations of 0.3 to 16 ppm in various sunscreen products. The source appears to be the UV filter DHHB, which has been increasingly used in recent years to replace other UV filters that are now banned. DnHexP may be present as an unwanted by-product.
In its statement of March 21, 2024 (017/2024 "MnHexP in Urine Samples: Health Risk Assessment"), the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) concluded that the concentrations found "pose no cause for concern" from a health perspective. It is essential that consumers are not unsettled by these findings and continue using sunscreen to protect themselves from harmful UV radiation.
How is FRIKE handling this issue?
FRIKE also uses the UV filter DHHB in sunscreen products. Since the by-product DnHexP is prohibited in cosmetics, even as an impurity, only unavoidable traces are allowed. This means that extra care must be taken during the production of the DHHB UV filter.
FRIKE's quality policy is to source only high-quality raw materials with minimal by-products. External analyses of customer products have shown that the sunscreens manufactured by us contain only extremely low levels of DnHexP – so low that they are nearly at the detection limit. Thanks to our high-quality standards, FRIKE was able to support customers contacted by authorities with reliable data in a monitoring campaign.
If you have any questions on this topic, please contact your FRIKE representative.
Visit us at the SEPAWA Congress, October 16-18, 2024, Estrel Congress hotel, Berlin
Soon, the most important gathering for the detergents, cleaning products, cosmetics, and perfumery industries will begin again, and as always, we will be there with our booth.
Visit us in Hall C, Booth No. 483 & 484, and let's discuss future projects.
We look forward to seeing you.
The FRIKE Cosmetic Team
What does this mean for us and our customers?
Certain substances have been shown to be a significant cause of allergic reactions in consumers who are sensitive to fragrances. To ensure that such consumers are adequately informed, the presence of these substances should be indicated on the list of ingredients.
The purpose of this additional labeling is to inform sensitive individuals who have been tested and know which ingredients to avoid.
Currently, 26 “fragrance allergens” must be included in the list of ingredients, even if they are components of a perfume, a flavoring or a complex ingredient. Labeling is mandatory if the substance is present in the cosmetic product above certain threshold concentrations, which are different for leave-on and rinse-off products. The new regulation extends this list to over 80 allergens.
FRIKE Internal is a specially created task force that is now working hard on this issue, as around 1,000 raw materials are affected and now need to be examined. Examples of affected raw materials include perfume oils, extracts, tinctures and essential oils. Affected customers will be informed of any changes and adjustments in good time.
Transition periods and deadlines are as per publication in the Official Journal of July 27, 2023.
The date of entry into force of the new regulation was August 16, 2023, but there is a transitional period until July 31, 2026 for placing on the market (production or import into the EU). The transitional period for making products available on the market (sale and withdrawal of products) runs until July 31, 2028. The detailed implementation and guidelines for the law are currently being discussed. The FRIKE GROUP is monitoring this and has simultaneously begun implementing the extended allergen list in the internal computer system.
What other effects will this have?
The extension of the list of allergens will lead to new challenges in regulation and implementation. Consumers with allergies will have to remember many new and complicated names for one and the same type of allergen. At the same time, there will be space problems on labels due to the very long list of ingredients.
