Rising incomes and a swelling middle-class in Asia’s third-largest economy is driving demand. This has put the FMCG segment under significant pressure to meet the demands of their products, Contract Manufacturing becomes the next best answer to this challenge. However, finding the right contract manufacturing partner is a trouble in the highly cut throat competition.
Based out of Howrah, ABDOS Oils is one of the leading contract manufacturing companies in the FMCG sector providing processing and packaging solutions in the home care, food and personal care categories. The firm has evolved from having dedicated manufacturing solutions to also including contract and private label manufacturing & ODM services in its strategy evolution. Founded in 1967, ABDOS is into diversified group of businesses. The group has 5 businesses including Lamitubes, Life Science, Contract Manufacturing, Distribution & FMCG. Through the years, the Group has grown in both depth and breadth, and frequently received accolades from its patrons in recognition for delivering high quality standards and for its customer-centric approach.
During the initial years, ABDOS Oils started with the manufacturing of pure and perfumed hair oil under the brand Nihar and diversified into the food
category with the processing and packaging of olive oil under Bertolli. It extended its portfolio in the food category by initiating production for Figaro olive oil. In the personal care segment, ABDOS further strengthened its capabilities by setting up a dedicated shampoo sachet manufacturing site for Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
Today, it is driving growth in the Home care sector with its new site equipped with all the capabilities to manufacture categories such as powders, bars and liquids. It’s strong focus on quality has enabled it to develop product and processes that entitle clients to focus on scalability and brand building and provide complete trust in ABDOS Oils regarding their products. ABDOS has the Capability to manufacture different products within the same/different facilities to enable the buyer to source all its requirements from the same place. The contracts are flexible in nature in terms of the volumes, categories and size.
In 1997, as mentioned earlier, ABDOS Oils started off manufacturing the famous Nihar Coconut Hair Oil. In 2006, the firm undertook the contract for manufacturing Bertolli Olive Oil. 2013 was the year when the firm stepped to manufacture shampoo sachets with an installed capacity of 6.9 million sachets per day which has in-creased to nearly 30 million sachets/day today. In 2019, the firm started manufacturing FIGARO Olive Oil for DEOLEO and established a new plant catering to Home Care products in Kolkata, Eastern India.
ABDOS has the capability to manufacture different products within the same/different facilities to enable the buyer to source all its requirements from the same place
ABDOS, a family owned business, has created the right mix of family entrepreneurs and professionals to run its various businesses. The group considers its people to be its core strength. Committed professional relationships define ABDOS, which build an integrated environment of trust and deliver excellence. ABDOS has deep & long term relationship with conglomerates like TATA & Multinational companies like Unilever & Deoleo, together with regional companies like Cipla, Lupin, Anchor, Himalaya, & Mankind.
ABDOS Oils envisions becoming the first choice of customers by building long-term relationships with them through its product range, service levels, innovations and sustainability endeavours. This is the future roadmap for this rapidly growing contract manufacturing mogul.