Roquette, a French manufacturer of plant-based ingredients for the nutrition, health and personal care markets and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients, has appointed Barentz International as the sole distributor for their cosmetics ingredients in the United States of America (USA). This distribution partnership between Roquette Beauté and Barentz is effective as of May 1, 2024.
The partnership between Roquette Beautéhttps://www.premiumbeautynews.com/e... and Barentz has already proven successful in the European market, and this new agreement is set to strengthen their combined expertise in cosmetics in the USA.
“We are excited to extend our partnership with Roquette Beauté to the United States,” said Walter Martish III, President Barentz CARE North America. “Our commitment to providing sustainable growth to our partners is at the forefront of our business, and we are confident that this partnership will help us achieve that goal.”
Bénédicte Courel, General Manager of Roquette Beauté, agreed, adding, “We have already seen great results from our collaboration with Barentz in Europe, and we are excited to expand our partnership to the USA. We are confident that Barentz’s commercial expertise and market understanding will help us provide an even greater level of service to our customers.”
Founded in 1933, Roquette currently operates in more than 100 countries, through more than 30 manufacturing sites, has a turnover of around 5 billion euros, and employs almost 10,000 people worldwide. Roquette has been applying this expertise to beauty through sustainable, innovative, and high-performance biodegradable plant-based ingredients since 2018. Roquette Beauté opened its Beauté Expertise Center in Paris at the end of 2020 and now offers around 25 ingredients to the market.
