Activ’Inside, the French expert in active ingredients for food supplements, is diversifying its activities and investing in a contract manufacturing factory in Beychac and Caillau (Gironde).
From active ingredients to customized turnkey solutions
Created in 2009, over the years Activ’Inside has become a company recognized for its know-how in active botanical ingredients for food supplements. Building on its success and the expertise it has acquired in the scientific, analytical, regulatory and marketing fields, the company now wishes to accelerate its development by offering a 360° service from scientifically validated ingredients to customized dietary supplements.
“We have noticed an evolution of our customers’ requests for a while now. While they used to ask us for innovative and effective ingredients to formulate, they are now requesting for complete support from the choices of ingredients to the realization of the finished product, all with a marketing perspective and regulatory validation. These customers’ needs are the reasoning behind Activ’Inside Manufacturing.” Benoit Lemaire, co-founder
A factory reflecting Activ’Inside
Activ’Inside has built its reputation on strong promises: premium quality, scientific expertise, local origins. And it is through these promises that the Activ’inside manufacturing project was conceived.
A new building with a surface area of 3200m² is currently under construction and will be completed during the first half of 2023. Located in Beychac et Caillau (20km from Bordeaux), the factory will be 500m from the company’s headquarter.
It will be comprised of an application laboratory with equipment allowing our teams to develop, analyze and control the quality of products under optimal conditions.
It will house various production lines:
– Premixing (weighing, mixing, grinding, sieving, bulk packaging)
– Manufacturing of gummies (pectin based), capsules
– Packaging: in pillboxes, sticks and doypacks
All the equipment selected is top-of-the-range, fabricated in Europe and of pharmaceutical-grade.
Our production facility integrates state-of-the-art production technologies for dry galenic forms and gummies in a controlled and monitored environment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
This industrial facility will allow us to develop quality food supplements that are made in France under safe and optimum conditions.
A factory committed to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
With a pledge to the CSR commitment, Activ’Inside’s development activities have adopted a sustainable framework both in terms of environmental impact and its social policy.
“The construction of the site was designed to limit our environmental impact and achieve a high level of energy performance of the building, particularly through an innovative heat recovery system. In addition, we are equipping ourselves with hi-tech industrial equipment in terms of the environment, such as a production line dedicated to manufacture gummies (with a low water consumption). Future installations of a 1,000m² photovoltaic panels are also planned in order to achieve auto-consumption of the electricity produced.
“Lastly, further approach will be taken in regards to the factory’s operations, such as the eco-design of products and the waste management plan” Stéphane Rey, co-founder.
An SME that recruits
The commencement of an industrial project often leads to job creation. The company, which has already experienced strong growth in recent years (it has doubled its workforce in 3 years) by reaching 60 employees, has many positions to be filled in order to support the inaugural of the factory:
This project is intended to create 15 jobs on site within the next 2 years.
Partners who support our development
“This ambitious project would not have been possible without the support of our shareholders, Aquiti Gestion and Bpi France, the France Relance program of Bpi and the ERDF as well as FEDER (Fonds Européen de Développement Régional) proposed by the Nouvelle Aquitaine Region” David Gaudout, co-founder
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