SERVICE OVERVIEW
KAS Research & Manufacturing is a 12 000 sqm, full-scale research, development, manufacturing, and packaging plant in Midrand, Gauteng that performs as a capable outsourced extension of many local and global brand production partnerships.
We offer the complete package, and we’ll even make it. As Africa’s leading contract manufacturer of personal, home, baby and oral care products, we’ve staked our reputation on achieving the highest levels of quality throughout the value chain. We enable clients to take an idea from concept, through to design, research, packaging development and into production with our end-to-end manufacturing service.
The KAS Design Lab
Our highly-skilled New Product Development Division is a professional creative development service offering innovation for big and small brands in the retail and private label industry.
We offer a 360-degree service to take our clients’ ideas from concept and design through to sourcing and completion.
The Design Lab is a standard core customer offering that we’ve now made available to those who require access to world-class R&D facilities including a library of buy and deploy formulas for a quicker time to market.
Research and Development
Our top-tier formulation, stability, micro, and safety testing facilities provides private label products with foundational support.
We carry all relevant accreditations for product design required by the industry we serve, along with the experience necessary for innovation.
This service provides the creative and scientific expertise required to bring new and exciting products to market.
Dedicated Specialist Teams
Across our organisation we have specialist teams that are entirely focused on ensuring that every single client requirement is met and exceeded. This could mean anything from full concept to completion bulk manufacturing projects, manufacturing and packing or even gifting or banded projects.

Dedicated Project Managers to oversee:
- New product/Range Development: from Full-Scale to Execute-Only Projects
- Line Extensions Development – from Full-Scale to Execute-Only Projects
- New Capability and/or Equipment Installation

Dedicated Key Account Managers to oversee:
- Order/Supply delivery
- Material availability
- Relations and Communications

A Commercial Team to fuel:
- Product Costing and Quoting
- Annual Cost Saving Projects
- Updating and managing of Quarterly negotiated Material Pricing
- Procurement and management of supplied materials

A Technical Team to coordinate:
- Technical validations of product make and fill
- Specific Quality Requirements
- Technical validation of machinery

Customer Service Delivery Team
- To manage production schedule and communication with clients
- On time scheduling of made to order and made to forecast orders
- Just in time inventory management of raw materials and packaging deliveries according production to schedule
No matter how you look at it, we provide 360-degree full concept-to-completion solutions.
Product Offering
KAS has a vast range of manufacturing and production capabilities which means we can offer flexibility in variation on products, while guaranteeing consistent quality and reliable quantities. Our capability is amplified by our internal design lab, R&D and Micro Lab facilities and dedicated production specialists.

We offer the following range of product types:
LIQUIDS (TOILETRY & COSMETICS)
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CREAMS & LOTIONS
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COLOUR COSMETICS
- Mascara
- Blush
- Eye shadow
- Liquid & powder foundation
- Colour lipstick
- Lip balm
- Lip gloss
TUBES
- Gels
- Creams
- Scrubs
- Toothpaste
PERFUMES & FRAGRANCES
- After shave
- Body Spritz
- Perfumes (EDT & EDP)
- Solid Fragrance
- Fine Fragrance
HOUSEHOLD
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MULTICULTURAL HAIRCARE
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GIFTING & PROMO KITTING
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LIQUIDS (TOILETRY & COSMETICS)
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Hair Gel
- Roll-on
- Body wash
- Body spritz
- Spritz
- Hand soap
- Face Wash
- Cleanser
- Toner
- Foam Bath
- Mask
- Shower Gel
- Bath Oil
- Bath Milk
- Foam Bath oil
- Cream Bath
- Two-phase oil & milk
- Spray oil
- Massage oil
- Baby oil
- Tissue oil
- Foot spray
- Hair-Remover
- Mouth Wash
CREAMS & LOTIONS
- Body Milk
- Body cream
- Body butter
- Cream body scrub
- Moisture cream
- Conditioner milk
- Hand & Body lotion
- Moisture lotion
- Moisture Gel
- Eye cream & gel
- Day/Night cream
- Masque
- Cleanser
- Balm
- Foot balm
- Foot scrub
- Foot butter
- Hand & Nail cream
- Camphor cream
- Hair food
- Aqueous cream
- Vanishing cream
- Depilatory cream
- Shaving cream
COLOUR COSMETICS
- Mascara
- Blush
- Eye shadow
- Liquid & powder foundation
- Colour lipstick
- Lip balm
- Lip gloss
TUBES
- Gels
- Creams
- Scrubs
- Toothpaste
PERFUMES & FRAGRANCES
- After shave
- Body Spritz
- Perfumes (EDT & EDP)
- Solid Fragrance
- Fine Fragrance
HOUSEHOLD
- Fabric Softener – Standard & refill packs
- Dishwashing liquid – Standard & refill packs
- All non-aggressive household liquids & cleaners
- Liquid Laundry Detergent
- Thick & thin bleach
MULTICULTURAL HAIRCARE
- Shampoo & Conditioner
- Hair Food
- Braid Spray
- Regular Relaxer
- Braid & Weave Care
- Oil Treatment
- Anti Itch Scalp Serum
- Hair Fertiliser
- Waterless Hair & Scalp Wash
- Retail & Salon Size
- Hair Mask
- Hair Serum
- Treatment Oil
GIFTING & PROMO KITTING
- Specialist gift packs with multiple SKUs
- Relaxer Kits
- Sample Kits
- Solid Fragrance
- Promo Packing
- Gift Packs
Our quality is trusted by:
Unilever
Tiger Brands
Loreal
Amka
Plush