Personal Care & Cleaning
Whether it’s skin cream, shampoo or all-purpose cleaner: personal care and cleaning are highly emotional consumer sectors – driven by formulations that must combine effectiveness, safety and a sense of well-being. Clean beauty, sustainability, multifunctionality and growing regulatory requirements characterise both sectors in equal measure. Biesterfeld supplies manufacturers of cosmetics and personal care products, as well as household, industrial and institutional cleaning products, with the right ingredients.
Our strengths
Europe-wide raw material supply
Our pan-European sales organisation, with its strong supplier network, efficient logistics and regulatory documentation, ensures a reliable supply of raw materials for you.
Laboratory expertise
In our laboratories, we develop bespoke solutions, create innovative formulations from our extensive portfolio of raw materials, screen products made from new materials supplied by our suppliers, carry out comparative tests, and organise seminars and training courses.
Experts at the cutting edge
Our specialists continuously monitor trends in cosmetics and cleaning and are among the leading experts in their fields – ensuring that the advice we provide is always based on the latest knowledge.
Our portfolio
In the Cleaning sector, we supply manufacturers of household cleaners, industrial and institutional (I&I) cleaners, vehicle care products, textile cleaners and cleaning agents for agriculture (Agro) with surfactants, enzymes, chelating agents and fragrances. In the Personal Care sector, we supply active ingredients and carriers for antiperspirants and deodorants, bath and shower products, decorative cosmetics, fine perfumery, hair care, skincare, sun protection and pet care. In addition, we supply manufacturers of cosmetics and fragrance packaging, as well as beauty devices and applicators for personal care.
Natural cosmetics trends such as solid cosmetics and clean beauty, the demand for microplastic-free and biodegradable formulations, and increasing certification requirements such as ECOCERT, RSPO and Fairtrade are transforming both sectors. In the home care sector, there is also a growing focus on concentrated formats, reduced water content and refillable packaging to minimise transport, packaging material and the CO2 footprint.
In our formulation laboratories, we work with customers to develop sample formulations, carry out stability and compatibility tests, and provide support with the submission of Product Information Files (PIFs) and other regulatory requirements. Regional teams monitor market trends directly in the relevant consumer markets.
As a distributor specialising in specialty chemicals, we support our customers in meeting these requirements through our formulation laboratories, market trend know-how and regulatory expertise. A global range of raw materials combined with local advice makes Biesterfeld the partner of choice for products that look well-maintained, work effectively – and clean thoroughly.