DKSH upgrades innovation centres for food & beverage, personal care

DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials has made major investment in its food & beverage, personal care and coatings businesses by upgrading its innovation centers with brand-new, state-of-the-art facilities in Mumbai.

The Food & Beverage innovation centre specialises in developing confectionery, bakery, dairy, savoury and emulsion-based formulations, including unique bakery products, such as low-sugar muffins, cakes, beverages and dairy products, such as functional drinks, fruits drinks, yoghurt and savoury products, such as egg-free mayonnaise.

The Personal Care innovation centre specialises in solutions and formulations for colour cosmetics, skin care, hair care, oral care and home care applications.

The Specialty Chemicals innovation centre (for coatings applications) provides solutions in automotive paints and car refinishes, architecture and decorative paints and powder coatings.

One-stop solution to customers

The enhanced centres form part of DKSH’s global network of 44 highly specialised and inter-connected innovation centres. Each centre serves as a one-stop solution to customers by providing a broad range of specialised services. The service portfolio encompasses formulation development, idea generation and conceptualisation, new ingredient and technology application, product demonstration, acceptance tests and hands-on technical training.

Mr. Stefan P. Butz, CEO, along with Mr. Thomas Sul and Mr. Natale Capri, Co-Heads Business Unit Performance Materials and Members of the Executive Committee, were guests of honour at the re-opening ceremony. Senior Executives from DKSH’s valued business partners were also present to celebrate the milestone.

“India is a very important, fast-growing market for DKSH’s chemical distribution business. We have reinvested in our innovation centres to further advance our formulation service offering for our customers. Not only do we create and learn together in our centres, but we generate solutions that add value, by reducing time to market for our partners’ products and giving them a competitive advantage,” Mr. Sul and Mr. Capri jointly commented in a press statement.

“Our innovation centres have provided advanced formulation solutions to our ever-growing customer base since 2012. The centres are run by our skilled specialists who provide support and expertise to our valued customers and allow us to create new business opportunities as strategic partners to our clients,” Mr. Atul Nagarkar, Managing Director, DKSH India, added.