Kolmar Laboratories, a subsidiary of KDC network of companies, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, and one of North America’s leading custom manufacturer of colour cosmetics, skin care and personal care products, has announced the relocation of Colleen Jennings, Senior Sales Manager, to the West Coast effective January, 2017.

Kolmar Laboratories is part of KDC (Knowlton Development Corporation), a contract manufacturer of health and beauty-care products headquartered in Longueuil, Québec

Throughout Kolmar’s long history, our relationships with our customers on the West Coast have remained strong and valued. We are passionate about bringing the highest level of service to all our customers and the time is right to have a dedicated sales presence on the West Coast to further support our customers increasing speed-to-market needs,” said Julie Strasser, Vice President, Sales & Marketing.

Colleen brings 24 years of total industry experience, 14 years dedicated to Kolmar. She has built her career on successfully servicing brands’ needs to help bring the highest quality products to market and provides a level of service that goes beyond their expectations. Jennings will enhance this positive momentum while on the West Coast to further solidify Kolmar’s commitment to build seamless partnerships and oversee all aspects of our customers’ needs from strategic initiatives and new product development through the final execution phase.

Last November, KDC announced the acquisition of Thibiant International, a California based formulator and manufacturer of personal and skin care products. This transaction followed a series of acquisitions carried out in 2014 and 2015, in particular of Cosmetic Technologies, which allowed KDC to establish a first branch on the West Coast of the U.S.