Barentz

Customer focus

At Barentz Personal Care we are dedicated to our customers. We can create, source and deliver all of the ingredients required to produce products in the skin & body care, hair care, oral care, decorative cosmetics and perfume industries.

Different consumers require different products.Therefore, our customers have a wide variety of needs not only for their existing products but also for latest innovations and future product pipeline.

Through our vast technical knowledge of the personal care and cosmetics industries, as well as excellent understanding of our supplier’s products and their application opportunities, our local chemists and formulation experts are best equipped to connect customers with the right ingredients for their projects.

Within Barentz Personal Care we have close to 60 personal care experts in more than 30 local markets. Together, our dedicated teams serve around 3000 customers worldwide.

With over 60 years experience we know what our customers want and how they want it. Because of our partnerships with manufacturers around the world, we can offer a wide variety of high-quality products at highly competitive prices. We can support you in choosing the right ingredients to make the formulations you need. Once you decide what you want, we will take care of the rest.

Our ingredients portfolio for the personal care industry

We are continuously expanding our product portfolio, striving to offer the most complete range of standard & specialty ingredients anywhere in the world. At Barentz Personal Care we offer our customers a complete ingredients portfolio for all formulations in all application areas.

• Botanicals
• Conditioners
• Cosmetic active ingredients
• Emollients
• Fragrances
• Lubricants
• Moisturisers and humectants
• pH-regulators
• Preservatives
• Scrub agents
• Surfactants and foaming agents
• Texturising agents
• Thickeners and stabilizers

Dedication to innovation

Through ongoing monitoring of consumer and manufacturing trends and in-depth market knowledge, our personal care experts are constantly on the lookout for innovative ingredients and application opportunities. Together with our suppliers, we develop innovative formulations in close co-operation with some of the world’s leading research institutes and independent consultancies to ensure we can not only meet but exceed your needs.

The right solutions

At Barentz, we offer our customers throughout the personal care industry:

• Superior innovative active ingredients and specialty additives
• EcoCert ingredients
• Value-for-money standard products
• Excellence in sourcing & supplier relations
• 24-hour delivery from warehouse to customer
• Blending equipment, according to customized tocopherol blends
• Temperature controlled storage and transportation
• Quality Assurance in accordance with industry regulations
• Vendor Managed Inventory (eVMI)

Our commitment to quality

At Barentz, quality is embedded in our company culture. Our approach towards quality is comprehensive and systematic which allows us to continually improve our services. We believe long-term, solid relationships with our customers and industrial partners provide the best measure for quality. As part of our quality focus, we have developed and implemented a European Quality Management System in line with industry standards. Throughout the supply chain we are actively involved in supporting our suppliers and partners to comply with the current regulations for the personal care industry. Working within these guidelines enables us to meet and exceed the very highest quality standards for the distribution of excipients as well as active ingredients.

Our commitment ensures that our quality processes are covered from source to solution, covering the entire supply chain, from suppliers to warehousing and the transport of goods to our customers. Contact our Barentz Quality Service team for more information or copies of our Quality Assurance certificates by simply emailing them at [email protected].

Customer care

For you as a customer, our customer care team will usually be your first point of contact within Barentz. Our customer care team works closely with local sales managers, supply chain colleagues, suppliers and principals in order to provide you with the best possible service, whatever your requirements. Our teams take a proactive approach to service and can always help you in any area. From forecasting and delivery planning, keeping you up to date with the latest product developments or price trends, they always strive to keep you one step ahead of your competitors - with better knowledge, insight and service.

Give yourself the advantage

Discover how the personal care specialists of Barentz can help you develop innovative formulations, using top quality ingredients from manufacturers around the world.

Find out who your local personal care specialist is at [email protected] , or call our headquarters in The Netherlands at + 31 (0) 23 567 3456.