Your highlights at the trade fair
- Discover our wide range of cosmetic products, from liquid to solid. Thanks to our broad portfolio and additional specialized technologies such as aerosol filling and powder processing, we cover all areas of skin care and cleansing cosmetics. As a contract manufacturer and contract filler for cosmetic products, we are the partner of choice for natural cosmetics, specialty cosmetics, clean beauty and phyto cosmetics, as well as luxury cosmetics and medical applications.
- Aerosols as boosters for sun protection: Aerosols offer enormous potential for taking sun protection products to a whole new level! Although spray can technology is already well known, it is full of untapped possibilities: less oil, no crystallization, yet maximum stability and performance—propellants as solvents make it possible. Our trade fair team will be happy to show you the options on site.
- Aerosols for chemical-technical products: In various areas of application, we prefer bag-on-valve technology for contract filling of chemical products. Compared to conventional aerosol technologies, bag-on-valve offers longer shelf life, optimal spraying capabilities, complete emptying of the can, and hygienic purity thanks to separate compartments for propellant gas and air as an environmentally friendly propellant.
- New face in the sales team: Meet our newest team member, Alexander Güttner, in person.
- Trade fair team on site: André Keller (CEO), Ronnie Heusser (Sales Manager BU Care), Alexander Güttner (Project Manager Sales), Marc Devaux (Project Manager Sales), Danja Keller (Operations Manager Frike Cosmetic AG), Nikolai Czech (Aerosol Developer)
Let's talk about your ideas
Benefit from our many years of expertise as a Swiss contract manufacturer and discuss your current projects and ideas with our trade fair team. Visit us at booth S64.
February 5, 2026: 9:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
February 6, 2026: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sounds exciting? We look forward to welcoming you soon in Paris.
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Aerosols are more stable, more pleasant, and more sustainable.
Many modern UV filters are poorly soluble. In classic pumpable formulations, this leads to instability — for example, through recrystallization — and a greasy skin feel.
The use of propellants such as dimethyl ether (DME) significantly improves the solubility of UV filters. At the same time, these dry propellants replace oily components, resulting in a lighter, faster-absorbing skin feel—without any loss of UV protection performance.
Development of sun protection products
Aerosols enable stable, highly effective, and sensorially appealing sun protection products — in line with current market trends. For over 20 years, the FRIKE GROUP has developed countless sun protection lines for national and international customers. From premium to mass market, we offer various formulations and forms: from sprays to creams to oils. On request, we develop sun protection products with mineral filters such as zinc or titanium, which protect our skin from optical radiation by reflecting, scattering, and absorbing it. Alternatively, we also offer sun protection products with organic filters to filter out the ultraviolet portion of light and thus prevent sunburn.
«Sounds exciting? Let's talk about your ideas and upcoming projects!»
Discover our product range
Thanks to a broad portfolio and additional specialized technologies such as aerosol filling and powder processing, we cover all areas of skin care and cleansing cosmetics.
Welcome to booths C484 & C485 in Convention Hall
66 countries, 326 exhibitors, and 164 specialist presentations—the Sepawa Congress has been an important networking event in the chemical engineering industry for many years. Meet our trade fair team and discover our diverse range of services as Switzerland's largest independent contract manufacturer. We develop and produce everything from pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to chemicals. Discuss your current projects and ideas with our trade fair team. Expand your knowledge of aerosols and attend the exciting specialist presentation by our aerosol expert Nikolai Czech on October 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Sound exciting? Get your copy now.
We are happy to provide you with some useful links to the congress and last year's presentation as a download. The latest presentation by speaker Nikolai Czech, “Aerosols as SPF boosters – how does it work?”, will be available here on October 17, 2025, at 5 p.m.
The Paris Packaging Week is opening its doors again, and as always, we are excited to be part of it with our own stand.
Visit us on January 28th and 29th, 2025, at Stand S62. Our Sales Team is looking forward to making new connections and discussing exciting future projects with you.
We can’t wait to see you there.
Your FRIKE Cosmetic Team
At the beginning of 2024, several press reports highlighted the detection of the substance mono-n-hexyl phthalate (MnHexP) in urine samples from children and adults. These tests were conducted by the German Environment Agency (UBA) and the State Office for Nature, Environment, and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia (LANUV) as part of a study.
The reason for these findings could be di-n-hexyl phthalate (DnHexP), a substance that was previously widely used as a plasticizer in plastics. However, this substance can also appear as a by-product in sunscreen products. The Chemical and Veterinary Investigations Office in Karlsruhe (CVUA) found concentrations of 0.3 to 16 ppm in various sunscreen products. The source appears to be the UV filter DHHB, which has been increasingly used in recent years to replace other UV filters that are now banned. DnHexP may be present as an unwanted by-product.
In its statement of March 21, 2024 (017/2024 "MnHexP in Urine Samples: Health Risk Assessment"), the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) concluded that the concentrations found "pose no cause for concern" from a health perspective. It is essential that consumers are not unsettled by these findings and continue using sunscreen to protect themselves from harmful UV radiation.
How is FRIKE handling this issue?
FRIKE also uses the UV filter DHHB in sunscreen products. Since the by-product DnHexP is prohibited in cosmetics, even as an impurity, only unavoidable traces are allowed. This means that extra care must be taken during the production of the DHHB UV filter.
FRIKE's quality policy is to source only high-quality raw materials with minimal by-products. External analyses of customer products have shown that the sunscreens manufactured by us contain only extremely low levels of DnHexP – so low that they are nearly at the detection limit. Thanks to our high-quality standards, FRIKE was able to support customers contacted by authorities with reliable data in a monitoring campaign.
If you have any questions on this topic, please contact your FRIKE representative.
Visit us at the SEPAWA Congress, October 16-18, 2024, Estrel Congress hotel, Berlin
Soon, the most important gathering for the detergents, cleaning products, cosmetics, and perfumery industries will begin again, and as always, we will be there with our booth.
Visit us in Hall C, Booth No. 483 & 484, and let's discuss future projects.
We look forward to seeing you.
The FRIKE Cosmetic Team
Trends and innovations
Lively hustle and bustle in the aisles, lively discussions, and exciting presentations: on 5 and 6 June 2024, numerous decision-makers from the cosmetics industry and their suppliers gathered at CosmeticBusiness 2024 at the MOC Munich to exchange ideas about trends, innovations and new projects. At the international supplier fair for the cosmetics industry, 418 exhibitors from 23 countries presented their latest products and solutions in the fields of ingredients, manufacturing and packaging. The extensive specialist programme in the INNOVATION CORNER with top-class speakers such as Alicia Lindner from BÖRLIND and Birgit Huber from IKW was very well received.
In the DACH region, Cosmetic Business is the most important trade fair for packaging materials and therefore also for contract manufacturers. More raw material suppliers are also exhibiting, but interest is rather low. Our stand in Hall 3 had a very good location and was literally overrun in places. According to Ronnie Heusser, Sales Manager at FRIKE Cosmetic, we had never made so many new contacts at a Cosmetic Business as we did this year.
And what else is there to report about the trade fair?
Sustainability remains the hot topic in the packaging sector. This year, exhibitors will primarily be showing how they are using mono-material solutions to further facilitate recycling and thus recyclability. The fact that recycled materials can be used more and more effectively in the form of PCR will also be demonstrated at the exhibition using various examples.
Contract filling of aerosols as foams, sprays and gels
We use bag-on-valve technology for contract filling in various areas of application. Compared to conventional aerosol technologies, bag-on-valve offers a longer shelf life, optimum spraying capabilities, complete emptying of the can, hygienic cleanliness thanks to separate areas for propellant gas and product, and the use of environmentally friendly gases.
• Filling quantities from 15 liters to 50 tons, and from small test markets and sample filling to fully automated large-scale production.
• Filling volumes: We fill cans made of aluminum, PCR aluminum, tinplate or, on request, glass with quantities of 10 ml to 1000 ml.
• We use various gases: Propane, butane, trimethyl ether, high-density substances, air, oxygen, nitrogen, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide.
• Several fully automatic filling systems are available for filling aerosol cans as foams, sprays or gels at high speeds of up to 80 units per minute.
• Measurements are carried out by volume and by weight.
• Affixing data to the container: We can also label RFID chips on the line for storing data sheets, product information, etc. (competition to QR code)
• Various sealing methods: Cans can be sealed using various methods, including induction, heat or simply by pressing on sealing film.
• Automatic labeling in various shapes: rounded, on the front and back or all the way around.
Your Swiss contract manufacturer with expertise in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and chemicals
The FRIKE GROUP is the largest independent contract manufacturer in Switzerland and produces private label products and branded products for national and international customers. As a full-service partner of expertise, our core competencies lie in the development of innovative and sustainable products, their manufacture and bulk production, filling, packaging and regulatory services.
From sourcing to shipping and everything in between: As a contract manufacturer, we offer you a complete service. Each of our five locations has its own development laboratory, so we can guarantee high Swiss-made productivity and comprehensive expertise. Customers in all our sectors – cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and chemicals – benefit from rapid technology transfer. Let’s work together to make your product ideas a reality.
