IMCD Group Inaugurates New Integrated Headquarters and Technical Centre in Malaysia
IMCD Group (“IMCD” or “the Company”), a global leader in the distribution and formulation of specialty chemicals and ingredients, has officially opened its newly integrated headquarters and laboratory hub in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The revamped site, inaugurated on 5 February 2026, brings together all IMCD Malaysia headquarters and laboratory facilities under one roof, creating a unified space designed to support collaboration, innovation, and customer engagement.
The new Kuala Lumpur hub is tailored to serve customers and suppliers across IMCD’s key business groups: Beauty & Personal Care, Food & Nutrition, and Home Care I&I. By combining technical expertise, application development, and commercial operations, the site is intended to accelerate co-creation, improve efficiency, and provide a hands-on environment for delivering practical, sustainable solutions.
This strategic move further reinforces IMCD’s commitment to expanding its presence in life sciences and specialty markets in Southeast Asia, following its 2023 acquisition of Euro Chemo-Pharma and its subsidiary Biofresh. The integrated hub underscores focus on working closer to customers, sharing knowledge across end markets, and fostering innovation through collaboration.
A Collaborative Hub for Expertise and Innovation
The Kuala Lumpur facility unifies IMCD’s technical and commercial teams that were previously spread across multiple locations. This integration allows customers and suppliers to engage directly with end-market experts, access laboratories, and leverage application capabilities all in one central location. The design emphasizes collaboration, with digital tools, logistics support, and local market insights complementing the technical and commercial capabilities of the teams.
“Our goal is to create a shared space where knowledge and expertise can flow freely,” said Serene Cheng, Managing Director of IMCD Malaysia. “By bringing people, laboratories, and equipment together, we make it easier for our technical and market experts to collaborate with customers and suppliers. This approach ensures better outcomes and reflects our daily commitment to winning together as a team.”
With over 80 laboratories worldwide and a presence in more than 60 countries, IMCD continues to invest in local expertise and shared capabilities to strengthen long-term partnerships across global markets. The Kuala Lumpur hub represents a significant step in this ongoing strategy, supporting innovation and knowledge exchange within Southeast Asia.
Food & Nutrition Applications Laboratory and Bistro
The Food & Nutrition segment at the Kuala Lumpur hub features a dedicated Applications Laboratory and Bistro, designed to facilitate the development of formulations and concepts across food, bakery, and confectionery. The laboratory provides the technical infrastructure necessary for testing, optimizing, and refining recipes, while the Bistro serves as a tasting and discussion space.
Customers can experience finished products firsthand, explore ideas, and collaborate with IMCD teams to co-create formulations aligned with market trends. The integration of these spaces allows for a seamless workflow from ideation and functional recipe development to testing and tasting of ready-to-evaluate samples.
The Food & Nutrition hub embodies IMCD’s commitment to innovation, ensuring that partners can quickly translate ideas into practical, market-ready solutions with expert technical support. This hands-on environment also emphasizes sustainability and product efficacy, helping clients create impactful solutions across the food and nutrition sector.
For further details: IMCD Food & Nutrition Lab Opening
Beauty & Personal Care Laboratory and Beauty Studio
IMCD’s Beauty & Personal Care Laboratory at the Kuala Lumpur hub supports the development of formulations for skincare, sun care, hair care, toiletries, and color cosmetics. The facility includes a Beauty Studio, designed to accelerate product development and innovation.
The Beauty Studio offers more than 20 market-ready chassis formulations based on consumer trends and proven ingredient technologies. This enables rapid prototyping of tailored products, with customized formulations available in as little as half a day. The space emphasizes speed, flexibility, and collaboration, allowing customers to co-create formulations that meet both market demands and consumer expectations.
By combining technical know-how, market insights, and a hands-on approach, the Beauty & Personal Care Laboratory strengthens IMCD’s ability to deliver trend-driven, consumer-relevant products efficiently, helping customers stay ahead in a competitive market.
For more information: IMCD Beauty & Personal Care Lab Opening
Home Care I&I Laboratory
The Home Care I&I Laboratory focuses on applications across laundry, dishwashing, surface care, vehicle care, air care, and pet care. The laboratory is equipped with advanced tools to support testing, formulation optimization, and troubleshooting for a wide range of consumer and industrial products.
The hub enables customers and suppliers to experiment with new formulations, troubleshoot issues in real time, and accelerate product development with the support of IMCD’s technical experts. The facility reinforces the company’s emphasis on co-creation, practical development, and problem-solving across the Home Care segment.
For more details: IMCD Home Care Lab Opening
Driving Co-Creation and Practical Solutions
Across all laboratories, IMCD places a strong emphasis on moving from concept to application with confidence. Customers can work side by side with suppliers and IMCD technical teams to ensure formulations are practical, effective, and aligned with sustainability objectives.
- Collaboration: Integrating commercial and technical teams to work closely with customers.
- Efficiency: Reducing development timelines through centralized laboratories and shared expertise.
- Innovation: Offering hands-on environments like the Bistro and Beauty Studio for rapid experimentation and co-creation.
- Market-Relevant Solutions: Providing trend-driven formulations and tailored prototypes across food, beauty, and home care sectors.
By combining deep technical knowledge with strong formulation capabilities, IMCD helps partners create products that have a meaningful impact while delivering results efficiently.
A Strategic Investment in Southeast Asia
The new hub is part of IMCD’s broader strategy to strengthen its footprint in Southeast Asia, reflecting the company’s long-term commitment to supporting life science and specialty markets. Following the acquisition of Euro Chemo-Pharma and Biofresh in 2023, this expansion illustrates focus on customer proximity, shared expertise, and innovation-driven growth.
With this integrated headquarters and technical centre, IMCD Malaysia is well-positioned to support the evolving needs of customers and suppliers, providing a world-class environment that encourages collaboration, co-creation, and the development of high-quality, sustainable products.
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