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Cosmacon – New company name reflects optimized Services
In August, RK Coaching & Consulting e.K. will be transferred to Cosmacon GmbH. The company, resident in Schenefeld near Hamburg, was founded by Rainer Kröpke in 2013, and specializes in consulting services in the cosmetic industry as well as in developing all types of cosmetics, including natural cosmetics.
Clients are international corporations, brand manufacturers and raw cosmetics producers, as well as beauty centres and vendors in Germany.
Cosmacon GmbH offers a one-stop solution for its clients. As specialist for cosmetic formulas and cosmetic marketing, Cosmacon GmbH supports and advises the client to ensure that the product and brand is developed from start to finish, beginning with formula development right through to final product release.
Development
A solid organizational foundation combined with professionalism ensure that excellent and reliable products can be developed and designed to highest standards.
Cosmacon GmbH can provide market-ready formulae and recipes that are continually aligned with all the relevant rules and regulations, including BDIH, eco product testing (i.e. Ökotest), organic product labels (i.e. EcoCert, NaTrue) and cosmetic analysis specifications.
The cosmetics laboratory is ideally suited for developing client-specific formulae and cosmetic branding that is produced and packaged in Germany.
Services for Raw material supplier/distributors
Without exception, only quality raw materials are used that satisfy Cosmacon’s requirements in terms of efficacy, purity and processability, including certain identification of all bi-products. This is to ensure excellent tolerability and efficacy.
Today, cosmetics distributors have direct access to small and medium-sized cosmetics manufacturers who expect a fast and smooth delivery, and most recently, also solid formulation and performance expertise of raw and active substances.
Therefore, Cosmacon GmbH provides all-in-one consultancy services to cover all aspects of cosmetics production.
The services for raw material manufacturers consist of think-tank-services for creating and honing of new ideas, conceptual and innovative formula development, improvement and advancement of frame formulations, identification of physical and chemical properties for cosmetics developers, optimization of technical specifications, evaluation of incompatibilities, the issuing and organization of customer and exhibition samples, serial batch testing to determine raw material characteristics, identification of solubility (diffusion and absorption) of UV filters and substances, making available laboratory capacities (and services), conducting user tests, as well as cooperation in regard to providing technical advice to customer inquiries.
Knowledge of Cosmacon GmbH
Expertise is all-important: Rainer Kröpke has 30 years of professional experience in the cosmetics development industry. As professional chemical lab technician, he was laboratory manager of “Body Cremes” till 2012, and conducted extensive research and development work concerning the development of sun screens (as well as sun care products), body care and baby care products, aerosol applications, repellents, derma care (and derma repair) products, biocidal and men care products. As co-developer of over 350 patents, he has contributed with his expertise and experience to almost all cosmetic brands of his former employee, Beiersdorf AG, where he was trained as chemical lab technician. Due to his vocational training, and talent, he became lab manager, heading up a team of four experts responsible for core crème products with the highest revenues.
Rainer Kröpke utilizes his expertise and experience for Cosmacon GmbH. In cooperation with leading raw material manufacturers and knowledge leaders, Cosmacon GmbH creates quality cosmetics that meet professional standards. For his clients it is paramount that Cosmacon GmbH is independent and has no binding contracts with specific distributors; thus ensuring that the choice of raw materials, agents and substances provide and secure the specified formulation quality.
Training
Companies in need for hands-on and up-to-date vocational staff training or who require single- or group-based coaching services are served with a training concept particularly honed to fit with the client’s needs and expectations that will equip and train his employees to optimize working methods and workflows.
In-house training sessions in the client’s vicinity with a strong practical focus are aligned with client-specific formulations and concepts. In close collaboration with the client’s team, Rainer Kröpke combines theory and practice by explaining various issues and then providing practical evidence in lab testing environments. Thus, broadening and deepening the team’s level of understanding and practical appliance at the same time.
Collaboration
Collaboration with clients takes many forms. In some cases, Rainer Kröpke makes himself available for longer periods, as in-house project manager or consultant, providing project management and direction; including chemical and technical product development and team leadership with cross-departmental interaction. Short-term or interim project or team management help close gaps in lab management that with Rainer Kröpke’s expertise will push the project forward in a timely and efficient manner.
The change of company status to Cosmacon GmbH also brings about a company move in close proximity to the current location. The new company site incorporates a laboratory with state-of-the-art equipment, well equipped to respond to customer needs on-site. Rainer Kröpke works with a team of well-trained and experienced professionals that is set to grow in the months to come.