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With over 2600 experts working across seven facilities , DCC Health & Beauty Solutions ( DCC Health & Beauty ) is a global contract manufacturer for world-leading health and beauty businesses in the UK , Europe , and the US . Focused on manufacturing and supplying nutritional , cosmetic , health , and pharmaceutical products , the company ’ s goal is to create products specifically developed to suit each customer ’ s requirements . Thanks to this customer-focused partnership approach , DCC Health & Beauty has had the opportunity to work with over 3000 brands and suppliers . Louise Cruickshanks , Chief Development Officer , provides a detailed account of the company ’ s evolution and diverse operations across the globe .
“ DCC Health & Beauty was established in 1994 as a subsidiary of DCC Healthcare , one of the three pillars of DCC plc , alongside DCC Energy and DCC Technology . As part of the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 , DCC plc has grown over 50 years from a small Irish venture capital company to a large , diversified multinational . On the contract manufacturing side of DCC Healthcare , there are seven facilities , five of which are based in the UK , and two in North America ,” she opens .
Focusing specifically on DCC Health
& Beauty , Louise adds : “ We boast an international presence with various facilities in the UK and US to drive lifelong health for our customers . Starting as a soft gel encapsulation plant in Tredegar , South Wales , we have expanded with a tablet manufacturing plant in Runcorn , Cheshire , and acquired a beauty creams and liquids business in Alton , Hampshire in the early 2000s . Since then , we have introduced two more businesses in the UK , all focused on beauty creams and liquids . Our primary objective has always been to service brands with exclusive innovation in nutrition , health supplements , beauty , and credible skin care products through our five manufacturing sites in the UK .”
Following its tremendous success in the UK , Louise explains that expansion into the US was a natural next step for DCC Health & Beauty . “ The North American market is vast in the nutritional health and big brand consumer markets . Given that innovation
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