Silab, a natural active ingredients manufacturer based in central France, recently announced the takeover of Ecomeris, a startup specializing in film technologies and natural coating solutions.

Founded in 2011, Ecomeris emerged from the Laboratory of Natural Substances Chemistry at the University of Limoges. Its innovative solutions are based on processes combining natural biopolymers and minerals, for the food, health and nutrition, veterinary and cosmetics sectors. Ecomeris has initiated a number of partnerships with major international groups, without however getting as far as industrial production of its products.

Keen to enable the transition to industrialization, Cyrille Cabaret, CEO and founder of Ecomeris, explains that “Silab has the ideal profile for continuing the development we have started, through its capacity for technological innovation, its international reputation in the cosmetics and dermo-cosmetics sector and its local roots.

Jean Paufique, CEO and founder of Silab, confirmed that “this operation highlights Silab’s willingness to take the project initiated by Cyrille Cabaret through to the industrial phase. It represents a technological and human commitment, as we are going to use the original processes developed by Ecomeris for cosmetic and health applications in conjunction with our own expertise, while safeguarding its employees’ jobs.

Let’s remind that Silab, which now employs over 260 people across the world, was also born from a project initiated at the University of Limoges a little over 30 years ago.