Canadian company Knowlton Development Corporation Inc. (kdc/one) and Indian manufacturer Clarion Group have partnered to form a joint venture, aiming to meet the rising demand from beauty brands in India.
The agreement was signed by Sandra Wisniewski, Global President Beauty & Personal Care at kdc/one and K N Lakshmanan, Chairman of the Clarion Group, in Chennai, India. It will establish kdc/one Clarion Beauty Pvt Ltd, a new company dedicated to support the rapid growth of beauty and personal care brands in Indian.
Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Clarion is one of the largest Contract Manufacturers of Personal Care and Home care products in India. Clarion also offers Private Label Manufacturing facilities and exports its products to USA, Europe and Middle Eastern countries.
Over the next 12 months the partnership will develop and build a brand-new manufacturing facility in the Gujarat region to produce injection moulded and metallized beauty packaging. The joint venture will also draw on kdc/one and Clarion’s formulation experience in colour cosmetics, skincare and personal care.
“We are delighted to join forces with Clarion Group and combine our individual and collective strengths to enable brand owners to grow their business in the Indian marketplace,” said Sandra Wisniewski, Global President of Beauty and Personal Care at kdc/one. “We look forward to bringing the bespoke packaging design, quality and development credentials of both kdc/one and HCT, and benefitting from Clarion’s significant track record in India, highly strategic personal care manufacturing footprint and deeply experienced local management team.“
“Our two companies not only have complementary manufacturing, formulation and packaging strengths in the beauty and personal care products sector, but we also share a commitment to providing the highest level of innovation, quality, service, agility and regulatory compliance,” said K N Lakshmanan, Chairman of the Clarion Group.
