In April 2025, the United States announced additional "reciprocal tariffs" on a number of trading partners, including China. Recently, the United States "tariff war" has escalated, and China has once again countered, and tariffs are still rising. The "double-edged sword effect" of the Sino-US tariff war is particularly obvious in the cosmetics industry.

Factors such as tariffs imposed by the United States on China and fluctuations in shipping prices have reduced the stability of the supply chain of key raw materials dependent on imports, and the procurement cost has risen sharply. Taking the cosmetics industry as an example, the price of some imported raw materials rose by 20%-30% due to tariff adjustment, forcing downstream enterprises to turn to domestic suppliers.

Anhui Newman Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd., are the global leading manufacturer of carbomer and acrylates copolymer. As a domestic brand, we have three core advantages of domestic substitution: 1. Cost advantage, price competitiveness is prominent, and domestic raw materials have significant cost advantages in logistics, tariffs and intermediate links. 2. Supply chain security and stable supply have become the core competitiveness, and the uncertainty of global supply chain has intensified, making "domestic supply" the first choice of enterprises. 3. Technological breakthrough, from "running with" to "running with". In the past, some high-end raw materials relied on imports, but in recent years, we have gradually broken through technical barriers through independent research and development.

We have been launching and improving our traditional carbomer 960,970C ,996, 990 and improve carbomer 20,21,10, and 30. Especially, we launched polymeric emulsifier  NM-Carbomer TR series, NM-Carbomer TR-1, TR-2 and TR-3 ,are versatile, non-ethoxylated polymer designed to create stable and mild oil-in-water emulsions at low use levels.

We launched the versatile rheology modifier  NM-Carbomer 1 with INCI Name: Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Cross polymer

NM-Carbomer 1 is a versatile rheology modifier for a wide range of formulations that have  thickening, suspending and  emulsification to simplify formulation design and reduce  ingredients costs. Due to unique cross-linked chemical structure of interpolymer,  it not only delivers excellent thickening and suspending  ability, but also meets the needs of multiple applications through excellent emulsification capacity and higher electrolyte tolerance. A single ingredient can replace multiple functional additives, helping customers reduce supply chain inventory pressure and achieve more efficient formulation management.

Features and Benefits 

Versatile and flexible：

• Suitable for shampoo, body wash, sunscreen, gel, cream and other personal care products, covering cleaning, skin care, hair care formulation.

• Allows for cold and  hot processing enabling flexible processing requirements

All-round and efficient：

• At the same time, it provides thickening, suspending and emulsification, reducing the need for multiple ingredients in the formula.

• Excellent electrolyte tolerance, compatible with surfactant-containing systems, providing long-lasting stability and unique skin feel for cleansing and skin care formulations.

• Optimized spray performance: Easy to shear thinning, ensure smooth and uniform spray, reduce the risk of nozzle blockage, suitable for sunscreen spray, moisturizing spray and other high atomization requirements.

Easy to operation：

• The low additional amount (0.1-1.5 wt.%) enables stable formulation and significantly reduces raw material costs.

• Quickly dispersed in cold water, neutralized by gentle stirring can form a smooth gel, reduce production time and energy consumption.

• Avoid high shear (>5000 rpm) operation after neutralization to ensure viscosity stability and reduce process risks.

Recommended Applications 

• Cleaning: shampoo, body wash, cleanser

• Skin care: lotion, sunscreen, cream

• Functional type: water alcohol gel, hair care gel, leave-in product

Here is the formulation for NM-Carbomer 1 in silky shampoo