Care Cosmetics to set up unit in Sirmour

Ambala-based Care Cosmetics, manufacturer of skin and healthcare products, is expanding in Himachal Pradesh. The company has decided to put up its unit at Kala Amb in District Sirmour with an investment of about Rs 1.5 crore.

Managing Director Anil Kohli said the expansion was to cater for the retail market.

The company manufactures 60 products and four formulations are in the pipeline. According to Kohli, he prepares formulations with herbs, distillates of herbs (arak and gulab jal), fruit juices, and vegetable juices.

"We have to add a chemical component of 5 per cent because natural ingredients need preservatives and so our products are 95 per cent herbal in composition," Kohli said.