A BRADFORD-district based cosmetic firm continues to grow and has expanded into manufacturing.
Global Cosmetic Developments, based in Clyde Street, Bingley, is a consultancy service and pilot scale manufacturing company who specialise in offering Bespoke Formulation Development for cosmetic skincare, sun care, personal care and male grooming products.
They provide a range of services from product concept through to product and formulation development, all aspects of cosmetic testing, and supporting regulatory services and pilot-scale manufacturing services.
Each product formula is uniquely designed and created using innovative ingredient technologies and with supporting market data giving brands a stand-out presence within the cosmetic marketplace; with the ever-increasing demand for global scale on-line retailing.
A self-financed venture by Stacey Irving-Gaffey, Global Cosmetic Developments was founded in 2016 using experience she gained from a wide variety of roles across within the cosmetics industry, including creating and developing her own skincare line, and starting up her own consultancy business a few years earlier in 2012.
She identified a gap in the market and created a niche product offering; a highly valued, unique, cost-effective solution for start-up companies and young brands requiring advice and assistance with Cosmetic Formulation Development and supporting Regulatory Services.
In 2019, Global Cosmetic Developments launched a further supporting service to their portfolio with the addition of a pilot scale UK manufacturing service. Identifying the need for young brands to produce much smaller batch sizes when launching, they expanded into a new facility during the Covid pandemic in April 2021 to offer this niche, and unique manufacturing solution and full-turn-key solution to meet current market demand.
Supporting both indie brands and larger personal care businesses looking for a small-scale production consultancy service; at the time of launch this service was one-of-a-kind within the industry.
Whilst the business is designed to attract clients who need a more unique formulation development solution, the client portfolio covers all aspects of product development and ranges from new start-up’s to large multi-nationals. Their ethos is to think globally but act with a professional, personal manner with family values, to inspire and motivate the small team, and to drive business forward.
She said: “We hope to inspire local women in business that with hard work and determination you can achieve anything, and with investing into the small-scale manufacturing facility we hope to create more interest from students wishing to enter the cosmetics manufacturing industry via industrial placements and apprenticeships in the near future.”
Go to globalcosmeticdevelopments.com for more information.
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