Company announcements
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Brunel Laboratoria and Avid Brands merger: New era in healthcare distribution
Brunel Laboratoria and Avid Brands have merged, finalised in November 2025, creating a stronger force in South African healthcare distribution. Now operating as Brunel Laboratoria, it unites pharmacy logistics with retail reach to manage 37 trusted brands, including Lipsano—discover the strategy and what’s next.
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ALPLA opens production plants in Turkey to expand capacity
ALPLA has opened two new plants in İzmir and Adana, investing ~€30 million to boost capacity, cut lead times and serve customers closer to home. With advanced automation plus PV and rainwater systems, they produce PET preforms, closures and HDPE/PP bottles for beverages, food, dairy, home and personal care.
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ACW named Woolworths Supplier of the Year – Beauty 2026
Aerosol & Cosmetics Works has been named Woolworths Supplier of the Year – Beauty 2026, recognising manufacturing excellence, product quality and dependable partnership across the value chain. Explore how ACW’s team—from developers and batch mixers to fillers and packers—delivers award‑winning beauty for South Africa.
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Circular hydrogen recycling in cosmetics: Symrise wins L’Oréal award
Symrise has won L’Oréal’s Energy Award for Closing the Hydrogen Loop, a circular hydrogen recycling process that captures, purifies, and reuses hydrogen in producing Hydrolite 5 green. Cutting fresh hydrogen use by ~80% with 98% recovery, it lowers Scope 1 emissions, boosts efficiency, and sets a scalable decarbonisation blueprint.
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Bio-based cosmetic ingredients: WACKER and Amyris collaboration
Discover how WACKER and Amyris are accelerating sustainable beauty with bio‑based ingredients. By pairing Amyris’s precision fermentation with WACKER’s formulation and BELNEXT® expansion, the partners aim to deliver scalable, high‑performance alternatives that cut resource use and elevate personal care.
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Manuchar to acquire CJP Chemicals in South Africa
Manuchar will acquire South Africa’s CJP Chemicals, expanding its reach across personal care, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, and industry, pending antitrust approval for a planned Q3 2026 close. See how this deal links a $2.6bn distributor with a $100m local leader operating in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and Gqeberha.
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Prime Product Manufacturing Midrand: Facility acquisition
Prime Product Manufacturing has acquired L’Oréal South Africa’s former Midrand plant, instantly doubling its production footprint. Explore how this advanced, dual-site platform boosts high-volume, globally compliant manufacturing for local and international brands—and what it means for South Africa’s cosmetics and personal care sector.
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Givaudan invests in Campus 52 natural ingredients hub
Givaudan is investing CHF 55 million to build Campus 52 in Grasse—one of Europe’s largest hubs for natural fragrance ingredients—advancing its House of Naturals across agronomy, innovation, operations and perfumers. Discover how cutting‑edge extraction, responsible sourcing and operational excellence will scale premium, sustainable ingredients for beauty and pharma.
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Breaking new ground: Pharma warehouse in Joburg
Bidvest International Logistics has opened a SAHPRA‑accredited pharma warehouse near O.R. Tambo, built to international standards. With validated temperature control, electronic inventory, enhanced security, and customs degrouping to speed processing, the facility streamlines air and road distribution of Schedule 0–6 medicines across South Africa—see what sets it apart.
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Gattefossé celebrates two decades in China
Gattefossé marks 20 years in China with the opening of an upgraded Technical Centre of Excellence in Shanghai, underscoring its long-term commitment to the region. Discover how this strategic hub powers innovation in personal care and pharma as China rises from trend-follower to trailblazer.
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Bayer ISO certification sets new standard for medical innovation
Bayer has achieved ISO 13485:2016 certification, confirming rigorous quality management for medical devices and reinforcing its leadership in safe, innovative healthcare across South Africa. Discover how this SANAS-accredited milestone, audited by JC Auditors, was celebrated in Midrand and what it means for patients, partners, and the future of medical innovation.
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SA’s breakthrough: Locally manufactured cholera vaccine
South Africa has launched clinical trials for its first locally manufactured oral cholera vaccine, a major step toward vaccine independence and stronger health security. Discover how Biovac, the SAMRC and global partners are shifting from distribution to development—and what this milestone means for Africa.
