The distributor and formulator of speciality chemicals and ingredients has opened its first technical expert facilities in South Korea with the launch of a Beauty & Personal Care Application Laboratory and the IMCD Beauty Studio Seoul. With these new facilities, IMCD aims to strengthen local technical support for the group’s customers in one of the world’s most dynamic and influential beauty markets.
The opening follows IMCD’s acquisition of Dong Yang FT announced in October 2025.
The new laboratory is designed to foster close collaboration with IMCD’s clients’ development and formulation teams. It is equipped for a broad range of cosmetic applications including skin care, hair care, colour cosmetics, sun care and toiletries. Key equipment includes mixing and homogenising systems, as well as analytical and stability testing instruments. These enable IMCD Korea’s Beauty & Personal Care team to validate performance and specifications required for today’s market and regulatory expectations.
Next to the laboratory, the new IMCD Beauty Studio acts as a practical product development accelerator. It reduces R&D time and risk, while giving customers direct access to local and global technical expertise and IMCD’s wider network of laboratories.
The Beauty Studio Seoul has been designed as a hands-on innovation space that helps brands and OEMs move faster from idea to prototype. Using predeveloped chassis formulations with different textures and sensorial profiles, customers can customise formulations with active and sensory ingredients and leave with a tailored prototype in as little as half a day.
The new facilities also provide space for technical workshops, trend seminars and targeted training.
“This opening is about being closer to our customers and doing the work side by side. South Korea is a fast moving and demanding beauty market, and our teams here understand what it takes to succeed. The lab and Beauty Studio give our supplier and customer partners a place to test, learn, and create together,” said Dongjoon Lee, Managing Director, IMCD South Korea.
