Roquette Beauté appoints Barentz as U.S. distribution partner

Roquette Beauté, a French manufacturer of botanical ingredients for the nutrition, health and personal care markets and a leading supplier of pharmaceutical excipients, has appointed Barentz International as the exclusive distributor of its cosmetic ingredients in the United States. The distribution partnership between Roquette Beauté and Barentz is effective from May 1, 2024.

The partnership between Roquette Beauté and Barentz has already proven successful in the European market, and this new agreement will strengthen both parties’ combined expertise in the U.S. cosmetics sector.

"We are excited to expand our partnership with Roquette Beauté into the United States," said Walter Marish III, president of Barentz CARE North America. "We are committed to delivering sustainable growth to our partners, which is a top priority for our business, and we believe this partnership will help us achieve this."

Roquette Beauté general manager Bénédicte Courel agreed, adding:
"Our collaboration with Barentz in Europe has already yielded great results, and we are excited to expand our partnership into the United States. We believe Barentz's commercial expertise and market understanding will help us provide an even higher level of service to our clients ”

Founded in 1933, Roquette Beauté currently operates in more than 100 countries with more than 30 manufacturing sites, a turnover of approximately €5 billion and nearly 10,000 employees worldwide. Since 2018, Roquette has been applying this expertise to beauty through sustainable, innovative and high-performance biodegradable plant-based ingredients. Roquette Beauté opened a beauty expertise center in Paris at the end of 2020 and currently offers around 25 ingredients to the market.