kdc/one and Clarion Group joint venture to serve India beauty and personal care market

Knowlton Development Corporation Inc (kdc/one), a global leader in custom formulation, packing design and manufacturing solutions for beauty, personal care and home care brands, and the Clarion Group, a contract manufacturer of beauty, personal, home care and food products and decorative tin packaging, have agreed on a strategic joint venture in India.

The agreement to create the joint venture called kdc/one Clarion Beauty Pvt Ltd 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.

The joint venture brings together more than 65 years of experience and the strengths of both companies in manufacturing and engineering capabilities, local knowledge of the Indian marketplace, global credentials, R&D and innovation capabilities and expertise in injection molding and metallization.

The partnership will cover packaging manufacturing for color cosmetics, skincare and personal care, as well as leverage Clarion’s local market formulation requirements and kdc/one's global formulation and innovation expertise in India.

Over the next 12 months the partnership will develop and build a brand-new manufacturing facility in the Gujarat region of India to produce injection molded and metallized beauty packaging.

"We are delighted to join forces with Clarion Group and combine our individual and collective strengths to enable brand owners to grow their global business in the fast-developing 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. "We are excited by the huge potential of this joint venture and believe that together, we will be the partner of choice for brand owners, and I believe the dream for brand owners, whether they are already operating in the Indian market or looking to enter the region, we aim to help bring their vision to life."

(Photo source: Clarion Group)