Federal Package News & Updates

Recent beauty events offered a look at the ways in which suppliers and contract/turnkey manufacturers can deliver newness to the industry. Here, we round up the latest innovations, including sustainable packaging components, turnkey skin care solutions, trendy tottle formats and much more. Here’s the full breakdown.

In recent discussions with beauty brands, we’ve heard a lot about the soaring costs of product launches. To quantify those costs, for the latest edition of our ongoing series posing questions relevant to indie beauty, we asked 11 cosmetic chemists and manufacturing executives the following: What’s the realistic cost of an A-level product launch today? How much different is the cost now versus a few years ago? What’s responsible for the change? Do you believe costs will continue to rise?

One trend in the beauty value chain has been the consolidation of small manufacturers by private equity firms with visions of building portfolios. Unfortunately, indie beauty brands are often the collateral damage in such transactions because the first step is often mercenary optimization, leaving brands that cannot hit newly established minimum order quantities scrambling for new partners.

Bucking this trend, Federal Package, a preferred contract manufacturer for many leading personal care companies, has doubled down on its manufacturing capabilities with the launch of FP Labs, putting 40 years of experience into building a complete solution for beauty brands of all sizes.

Traditionally in the beauty industry, brands have kept their contract manufacturers under wraps and vice versa, and the main tool to enforce secrecy has been a non-disclosure agreement.

There are reasons to believe that greater candidness is creeping into the relationship between contract manufacturers and brands, including the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA), which requires brands to register their manufacturing facilities, although it has an exemption for those that generated less than $1 million in the last three years, and consumer interest in openness.

Hey beauty entrepreneurs! Get the inside scoop on consumer-driven skincare trends from industry expert Jeffrey Martin. Make sure your products are aligned with emerging trends and hear Jeffrey's advice for scaling your business to get into larger retailers like Sephora or Ulta. Jeffrey is the Director of Marketing at Federal Package, a manufacturer of skincare products based in Chanhassen, MN.

Demand for contract manufacturing services remains strong as startups and established players jostle for position in the household and personal products industry. Large or small, they understand that hiring a third-party to handle production is the fastest way to get products to market and without the capital investment.