Paris-based ANJAC Health & Beauty (ANJAC), a manufacturer and filler of cosmetics, medical devices, drugs and food supplements, has invested in Toronto-area-based APR Beauty, thereby boosting its expertise in makeup, skin care and UV protection OTC products, particularly formulation, manufacturing, filling and turnkey capabilities.
Irene Zheng (pictured) and John Shen, co-founders of APR Beauty, will remain shareholders; Zheng will continue to serve as APR's president and CEO.APR
Per ANJAC, 30% of its makeup customers already comprise American brands.
This investment is part of a larger mission to expand ANJAC's expertise in key markets and strengthen its turnkey offerings.
Irene Zheng and John Shen, co-founders of APR Beauty, will remain shareholders; Zheng will continue to serve as APR's president and CEO.
In 2025, APR Beauty will relocate its Toronto-area site to a 100,000-square-foot refurbished site that expands its production capacity and offers a 20,000-square-foot R&I laboratory.
APR Beauty's Capabilities
APR Beauty's specialties include powders, hot-pouring, emulsions and gels. The organization is also certified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and COSMOS.
APR's Toronto-area operations include an R&D lab and a manufacturing and a filling site that employs 40 people. It also has a packaging design and sales office in New York, a sales presence in Los Angeles and an operations office in Shanghai.
360-degree Service
"This adventure with ANJAC Health & Beauty is based on a shared ambition to provide 360° service, high added value and innovation for our customers," says Zheng. "It represents a tremendous lever for acceleration through the sharing of know-how, commercial synergies, and the strengthening of our respective presences on the American market for ANJAC, and on the European market for APR Beauty."
"We are delighted with this new step for the ANJAC Group, which is in line with our strategy of strengthening our service offering," says Aurélien Chaufour, president of ANJAC Group, "pooling our expertise and expanding internationally. Irene Zheng is a seasoned entrepreneur with whom we share the same ambition: to offer our customers ever more innovative, healthy, natural, high-performance and turnkey beauty solutions."
