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KDC emerges as leading independent contract manufacturer

Written by Paul Goulet
Thursday, 07 February 2008
Press release GROWTH IN PRODUCTION CAPACITY, DIVERSIFICATION AND IMPROVED CONTINENTAL COVERAGE MARK AN ACTIVE 2007 FOR KNOWLTON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (KDC) Knowlton, Québec, Thursday, February 7, 2008 -- Knowlton Development Corporation (KDC), the fastest-growing independent personal care contract manufacturer in North America, is pleased to report it ended 2007 with production-capacity increase of more than 63%, enabling the company to generate additional business opportunities in this high potential industry. KDC also announced today the official launch of its website, www.kdc-companies.com The company positioned itself to gain industry-leading status with its acquisition, earlier in the year, of Virginia-based Tri Tech Laboratories. The transaction greatly enhanced KDC’s manufacturing capacity, adding significant liquid-filling capacity to KDC’s affiliate companies LEKinc and Body Blue 2006, already North American leaders in antiperspirant and deodorant production. TriTech’s strategic southeast location is a new geographic cornerstone for KDC, providing high-volume customers with greater geographic coverage at a time where freight costs are an increasing concern. “Adding Tri Tech Labs to our team further strengthens our ability to tailor solutions to a wide variety of personal care product companies,” stated Duncan Coopland, Vice-president of Sales and Business Development for KDC. “But equally important, it provides our business partners with even greater depth of service and R&D expertise since TriTech excels in the realm of lotions, surfactants, alcohol and anti-bacterial-based liquids.” Capitalizing on new opportunitiesEarly last spring, KDC created a new business entity, ItalHair, fusing LEKinc’s heritage as a former hair-color plant to the cutting-edge European hair-color technologies of Italian-based Hair Styling Applications (HSA) to take advantage of the fast growth of the private label hair-color market in North America. About Knowlton Development Corporation (KDC)Privately-owned, KDC is a growing company whose subsidiaries include LEKinc, TriTech Laboratories, Body Blue 2006 Inc. and ItalHair, making it a driving force in the personal care contract manufacturing industry. Combining a dedicated market intelligence and innovation group with several highly scalable production facilities, with a million square feet of operations, KDC provides clients with the industry's utmost service offering. Partnering with industry pillars and up-and-coming players, KDC's tailored approach to contract manufacturing is driven by the complementary and strategic location of its plants in North America. KDC's industry recognized expertise provides the ultimate quality, value-engineered technologies and optimal time-to-market - key success factors for the industry's top-500-listed companies. For more on KDC, please visit our website at www.kdc-companies.com or contact Duncan Coopland at +1 416.988.2809. -30- Media relationsGO Public Relations incPaul B. Goulet+1 514-710-8290 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Bookmark with: Delicious Digg reddit Facebook StumbleUpon What are these?

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